Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse is a Swiss financial institution founded in 1856, offering a comprehensive range of banking services through its various divisions. The company operates globally across several segments, including Global Markets, International Wealth Management, Investment Banking, and the Swiss Universal Bank. It specializes in providing over-the-counter derivative products, securities trading, investment research, and advisory services related to mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, and capital raising activities. Credit Suisse also has a private equity arm that focuses on investments in buyouts, venture capital, and mezzanine financing, primarily in Europe and North America. This division invests across various sectors, including clean energy, life sciences, and financial services, typically committing substantial equity capital to middle market firms. Additionally, Credit Suisse is engaged in private equity fund investments and offers specialized services in real estate and structured equity investments. The firm is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and operates various international offices, including significant locations in London and New York.
LUX Fund Technology & Solutions (LUX FTS) is the company behind Transcend, the best-in-class data warehousing and reporting software solution for the financial services industry. Their founders are operations and technology veterans, experienced in both front- and back-office operations-- inside experience that gives us a unique understanding of what’s really needed and what’s most important to your business. Transcend deploys disruptive business technology systems that organizes and displays your data quickly, efficiently, and accurately. Transcend provides a secure and cost-effective solution to automate companywide processes. The SaaS-based automation technology platform is configurable by the end user, mobile friendly and it allows for concurrent access. Transcend serves as a firm’s portfolio intelligence dashboard, dynamic data warehouse and integration system. It is a solution designed specifically to meet the needs of the financial services industry. Whether it’s loading data, aggregation, automation and scalability, or other factors such as speed, transparency, reliability or value, Transcend is best at what matters most to your company.
Upstream Technologies is a leading technology provider for the Separate Accounts Industry. The Upstream platform is highly scalable and seamlessly integrates into an organization’s existing separate accounts infrastructure. Their platform drives operational efficiencies by enabling a single portfolio manager to manage thousands of individual portfolios or a high net worth account manager to actively manage clients in an intuitive, consistent way. Through a user-friendly, web-based front end, Upstream’s platform helps managers embed their particular investment insights into all of their portfolios and automates many of the labor-intensive and error-prone tasks typically associated with managing separate accounts. Automated processes include raising or investing cash, harvesting gains and losses, enforcing compliance and managing dispersion. Uniquely, the platform also automates the handling of client restrictions, legacy holdings, and other exceptions. By continuously monitoring each portfolio based upon thresholds and predicted tracking error from specified benchmarks or model accounts, Upstream’s solution quickly identifies those particular accounts that require attention.