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November 24, 2025 – NEW YORK – BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) and AccessFintech (AFT), a leading data and workflow collaboration network for financial markets, today announced a strategic partnership. Through Aladdin®, BlackRock’s technology platform that unifies the investment management process, the firms will aim to deliver bilateral connectivity and real-time post-trade collaboration between the global buy-side Aladdin platform community, and the 250+ capital markets and asset servicing institutions already connected to AccessFintech’s Synergy Network.

“This partnership is a major milestone in our mission to unlock capital market efficiency at scale,” said Sarah Shenton, CEO of AccessFintech. “We’re proud to deepen our relationship with BlackRock and bring the power of our Synergy Network to Aladdin platform clients. This integration will enable interoperable, secure, and intelligent workflow across the investment lifecycle—delivering tangible benefits to the buy-side and enhancing collaboration for brokers, custodians and agent bank participants.”

A New Standard for Post-Trade Collaboration       

The integration between AccessFintech and the Aladdin platform seeks to enable secure, API-first connectivity between buy-side firms and their sell-side, asset-servicing, and market-infrastructure counterparties. Benefits for Aladdin clients include:

• Real-time visibility into trade lifecycle events and collaborate directly with brokers and custodians to resolve exceptions and reduce fails;
• Access to real-time, cross-asset, multi-region data and AI-driven predictive analytics without changing existing infrastructure;
• Accelerated remediation processes and reduce operational risk across securities, private markets (loans), and derivatives (swaps).

Sell-side participants and asset servicers gain a powerful new channel to engage with the global network of buy-side firms on the Aladdin platform, enabling faster resolution and prevention of exceptions and providing transparency for better decision-making to improve client outcomes.

“BlackRock has accelerated its strategy in partnership with AccessFintech, integrating real-time data across the post-trade and asset servicing lifecycle. This delivers more efficient workflow, greater interoperability, and improved risk management,” said Michael Debevec, Head of Global Investment Operations at BlackRock. “Our partnership extends these benefits to the wider Aladdin community, helping clients achieve higher operational performance and capacity throughout the investment lifecycle with a broader ecosystem of collaborators, enhancing the client experience.”

Strategic Investment to Accelerate Innovation

BlackRock has separately made a strategic capital investment in AccessFintech designed to support the company’s next phase of growth, including product innovation, global expansion, and deeper ecosystem integration. The investment reflects a shared commitment to a more connected, data-driven capital markets infrastructure.

“BlackRock shares our vision for what advanced technologies can do to transform the post-trade landscape,” added Shenton. “This investment will accelerate our efforts to bring to market the innovations that continue to drive alpha for our clients.”

Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Longtime board member and capital markets leader to guide company’s next phase of product innovation and global growth

July 28, 2025 — NEW YORK — AccessFintech, the data network driving capital optimization and greater operational capacity, today announced the appointment of Sarah Shenton as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. This strategic leadership change marks a significant step for the company as it positions itself for its next phase of growth.

Shenton brings over 20 years of experience in operations, engineering and strategic investing to AccessFintech. Most recently, she led the Value Accelerator at Goldman Sachs’ alternative assets business, where she collaborated with leadership teams at high-growth companies to drive scale, operational efficiency and commercial success. A long-time advocate for AccessFintech, Shenton led Goldman Sachs’ Series A investment in the company and served as a Board Director from 2018 to 2025.

She succeeds John Shay, who has effectively led the company as Interim CEO. John will remain part of the firm as Special Advisor to the CEO, ensuring a seamless transition and offering continued support and industry expertise to the leadership team.

“Sarah brings a rare combination of operational depth, technical insight and strategic vision to the CEO role,” said John Shay. “Her deep knowledge of our company and industry, alongside her commitment to our mission, will be invaluable as we embark on our next growth phase.”

“I am honored to take on the role of CEO,” said Sarah Shenton. “We’ve created a strong foundation and an ecosystem that matters, and now is the time to build on this success and deliver exceptional value to clients. As technology continues to transform markets, I look forward to working with our amazing team to seize the exciting opportunities ahead.”

Shenton’s appointment follows a unanimous decision by the Board, built on years of close collaboration during her tenure as a Director since 2018. “Sarah’s deep market expertise and long-standing commitment to AccessFintech’s vision make her exceptionally well-suited to guide the organization into its next chapter of growth,” said Kevin Marcus, Partner at WestCap, on behalf of the AccessFintech Board. “We are also deeply grateful to John Shay for his steady leadership as Interim CEO and are pleased he will continue to play an active role on the team as an Advisor.”

AccessFintech has built a powerful data and workflow platform —the Synergy Network— that connects and distributes 75+ distinct data sets across 250+ leading financial institutions, enabling real-time collaboration and execution management across the post-trade lifecycle. Under Shenton’s leadership, the company will continue to strengthen its role as a critical player in capital markets infrastructure and advance its mission to improve financial operations for clients.

About AccessFintech
AccessFintech enables improved data sharing and workflow collaboration to evolve the financial industry’s operating model. At its core is the AccessFintech Synergy Network, a modern and secure collaboration network that allows for resolution and decision-making in one place. It facilitates data collaboration at scale and provides more visibility into transaction data and access to benchmarking insights. Synergy’s workflow optimization speeds and simplifies transactions through digital automation, mutualizes risk and allows for better, more enlightened decision-making across organizations and functions. It also offers broad technology distribution that provides industry-wide connectivity to new technologies, reducing the cost of ownership for all. The Synergy Network has built a critical mass of data, participants and solutions with leading financial institutions and processes over a billion transactions every month. For more information, please visit accessfintech.local/ or follow us on LinkedIn or X.

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Partnership delivers streamlined processes, enhancing control and task automation for the financial services industry to bring greater scalability to prime service businesses

LONDON, June 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Synergy by AccessFintech, the network driven by data and intelligence, announced today a partnership with Nuvo Prime, a leading provider of Prime Services SaaS solutions for large and medium-sized financial institutions globally. The collaboration aims to bring greater operational and capital efficiency to prime and securities market participants by transforming trade lifecycle management and post-trade workflows.

Synergy enables real-time data capture and transformation across a wide range of asset classes, including securities, derivatives and alternatives. With an API-first design, AI-driven insights and seamless interoperability, Synergy offers financial institutions the flexibility and scale needed to modernize their infrastructure and workflows.

Through this partnership, Synergy and Nuvo Prime will deliver an integrated solution for swap providers, connecting Nuvo Prime’s unified prime finance platform – which supports both equity swaps and cash trading workflows – with the Synergy network. The result is a more efficient and scalable prime solution, underpinned by automated processes and real-time alignment of accruals and cash flows.

By introducing a daily alignment of accruals and cash flows, this collaboration provides a scalable prime solution that solves for the complexities of equity swaps trading. Built on cloud-native technology and driven by both organizations’ deep industry expertise, the partnership leverages Nuvo Prime’s platform and Synergy’s extensive data collaboration network to streamline swaps lifecycle management, enabling clients to reinvest resources in other areas and more efficiently scale their prime business.

“The team at Nuvo Prime brings expertise across both banking and technology, having built and managed trading platforms, developed Synthetic and Cash Prime Brokerage products, and led business lines end to end,” said Fabrice Carrier, Head of Derivatives Services at AccessFintech. “Together with Synergy the integrated service will help prime market participants to reduce risk and further scale their business through improved post-trade processes.”

“In the highly regulated and complex world of synthetic equity trading, financial institutions must transform and streamline their processes and operations while carefully controlling risk,” said James Cunningham, General Counsel at Nuvo Prime. “Central to that effort is rigorous and effective management of high-volume trades and associated workflows. We are pleased to be working with Synergy, to support our clients’ needs for more efficient matching processes with their customers.”

About Synergy by AccessFintech

Synergy by AccessFintech is a network driven by data and intelligence that transforms post-trade collaboration. Connecting the global capital markets ecosystem, Synergy integrates buy-side, sell-side, order management systems, and vendors, supporting a growing network of over 250 active members. The platform facilitates real-time data transformation across a wide range of asset classes, including securities, derivatives, alternatives, and payments. Built on modern, cloud-native architecture with an API-first approach, Synergy is designed for scalability and flexibility, offering seamless integration with existing technologies. By leveraging AI-driven insights, Synergy improves operational efficiency, resolves exceptions faster, and reduces manual intervention, driving innovation and value across the financial ecosystem. For further information please go to accessfintech.local/ or follow us on LinkedIn.

About Nuvo Prime

Nuvo Prime is a leading provider of SaaS solutions to the financial services industry. Headquartered in London, UK with operations in Toronto and Singapore, its focus is to deliver cutting-edge technology, backed by a team of financial services professionals delivering expert consultancy and application support. Nuvo Prime empowers its customers to achieve operational excellence, ensuring regulatory compliance while growing product flexibility and reach, worldwide. For more information visit www.nuvo-prime.com.

Media Contacts
Pardeep Cassells for AccessFintech
[email protected]
+44 (0) 7388 490018

James Cunningham for Nuvo Prime
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Live on the Synergy network, J.P. Morgan and Citi bring netting solution to €15 trillion EMEA repo market

London, 28 April 2025

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Integration of Synergy by AccessFintech, the network driven by data and intelligence, enhances automation and standardisation of
securities processing across the trade lifecycle on S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Securities Processing platform

London and New York, 24 February 2025

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Driving loan market data transparency, streamlining workflows, and digitizing loan contract position and accrual information for the private credit market.

London and New York, 12 February 2025

Wilmington Trust and AccessFintech have announced a new collaboration that automates and streamlines loan lifecycle management using the Synergy platform. This effort drives real-time data transparency and collaboration, significantly reducing discrepancies and resolution times among various organizations across the loan market. Lenders can compare normalized data sets, prevent cash breaks and accelerate the resolution process.

As third-party agent, Wilmington Trust – part of the M&T Bank (NYSE: MTB) family – is working with AccessFintech to enable real-time sharing of contract level data via its Synergy network for the private credit market, a significant area of growth for the loan market. With many shared clients, this agreement will allow agents, lenders, CLO trustees and administrators to connect seamlessly and work on shared workflows in one, central environment. Agents and lenders can proactively manage every aspect of their loan data workflow and collaborate with partners and benefit from continuous matching.

“Wilmington Trust is working with AccessFintech to further enhance the syndicated loan market’s focus on solutions for data transparency and workflow collaboration, all of which continue to be critical for the future growth and scalability of our industry,” said Medita Vucic, Wilmington Trust’s Head of Structured Finance and Loan Market Solutions.  “Our relationship with AccessFintech will facilitate streamlined communication through a centralized, single-source solution delivering substantial productivity and efficiency improvements for Wilmington Trust and our clients.”

The Synergy network works with financial institutions across all asset classes to establish an ecosystem of connected organizations including buy-side, sell-side, agents, custodians, CLO trustees, service providers and vendors. The network is a data and workflow normalization and collaboration effort, which is live across the financial system.

As the private credit market has expanded – topping more than $2.1 trillion last year – the complexity of data and operational management for firms operating in this space has also grown. Private credit loans bring with them with less standardization and access to information.

“Our goal is to develop innovative solutions in collaboration with the industry. Synergy is expanding its shared data network, and we are thrilled to join forces with Wilmington Trust to further strengthen loan industry cooperation,” said Cory Olsen, Head of Loan Products at AccessFintech. “Empowering lenders to continuously align and collaborate in real time is a revolutionary shift that will transform interactions between agents and lenders, delivering significant operational advantages for everyone.”

Wilmington Trust and AccessFintech are addressing the challenges in the complex private credit and syndicated loan industry – and leading the transition from an e-mail and PDF-centric workflow to an automated workflow with shared real-time digitized data. This, in turn, addresses issues around exchanging and confirming information, allowing improved identification of cash and position breaks leading to delays in settlement times.

For Media Inquiries:

Wilmington Trust                                                                                 

Patrick Fitzgibbons

Senior Public Relations Manager

[email protected]

AccessFintech

Eterna Partners for AccessFintech

[email protected]

About Synergy by AccessFintech:

Synergy by AccessFintech is a network driven by data and intelligence that transforms post-trade collaboration. Connecting the global capital markets ecosystem, Synergy integrates buy-side, sell-side, order management systems, and vendors, supporting a growing network of over 250 active members. The platform facilitates real-time data transformation across a wide range of asset classes, including securities, derivatives, alternatives, and payments. Built on modern, cloud-native architecture with an API-first approach, Synergy is designed for scalability and flexibility, offering seamless integration with existing technologies. By leveraging AI-driven insights, Synergy improves operational efficiency, resolves exceptions faster, and reduces manual intervention, driving innovation and value across the financial ecosystem. For further information please go to accessfintech.local/ or follow us on LinkedIn.

About Wilmington Trust:

Wilmington Trust is a registered service mark. Wilmington Trust, N.A. provides Corporate and Institutional Services including institutional trust, agency, and administrative services for clients worldwide who use capital markets financing structures. Wilmington Trust provides direct trust, custody, and fiduciary services for U.S retirement plans, companies, foundations, organizations and financial institutions.

Wilmington Trust also provides Wealth Advisory services in the Americas with a wide array of personal trust, financial planning, fiduciary, asset management, and family office solutions designed to help high-net-worth individuals and families grow, preserve, and transfer wealth.

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Synergy by AccessFintech Expands Derivatives Offer

London and New York, 4 December 2024

Synergy, the network driven by data and intelligence by AccessFintech, has launched a new Swaps Lifecycle Management service, building on its established derivatives solutions. This new offering empowers hedge funds, asset managers, prime brokers, broker-dealers, outsourced middle offices, and fund administrators to enhance post-trade efficiency across the network. Major industry participants are already live with this innovative swaps solution.

Synergy by AccessFintech is a network powered by data and intelligence that transforms post-trade collaboration, uniting over 250 Buy-Side, Sell-Side, Asset Servicers, and OMS platforms. With a focus on efficiency and innovation across asset classes—such as securities, derivatives, and alternatives—Synergy leverages AI-driven insights and a cloud-native infrastructure to normalize data, generate actionable insights, and resolve exceptions in real time through collaborative engagement.

The new Swaps Lifecycle Management service within Synergy’s derivatives suite includes:

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“The derivatives market has historic inefficiencies, and we are responding to what clients are telling us they need. We believe this new swaps service will be transformative, setting a new standard for the industry. As swaps and derivatives grow in scope and complexity, our clients are dedicating increasing resources to managing them. Synergy’s approach allows clients to redirect their focus toward value-adding activities, cutting down on repetitive manual processes and minimizing email or phone outreach for issue resolution.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]