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Globe and Mail
05-08-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
SS&C Technologies Unifies Wealth Offerings Under SS&C Black Diamond Wealth Solutions
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSNC) today announced the launch of SS&C Black Diamond® Wealth Solutions. The suite combines SS&C's award-winning Black Diamond Wealth Platform with SS&C's full suite of wealth management solutions to enable wealth managers to easily manage their technology and operations needs in one place. 'We've long relied on multiple SS&C solutions—Black Diamond, Accord, Salentica, and family office services—to serve clients more efficiently and intelligently,' said Doug Turner, Principal, Director of Operations & Strategic Projects at Diversified Trust. 'Seeing them come together under the SS&C Black Diamond Wealth Solutions brand validates what we've experienced for years: a deep commitment to integration, innovation, and advisor-centric technology.' SS&C Black Diamond Wealth Solutions serves over 800,000 active users across more than 3,000 firms managing more than $3.6 trillion in assets. Capabilities include: "The wealth management industry continues to evolve amid the Great Wealth Transfer and changes in investor expectations. To manage these shifts, wealth managers need their technology partners to deliver increasingly connected, modern experiences," said Steve Leivent, Co-General Manager of Wealth and Investment Technologies at SS&C Technologies. "SS&C Black Diamond Wealth Solutions gives firms a truly integrated experience without the friction of working across separate systems. Advisors can now manage the full client lifecycle from one ecosystem, with seamless data flow, automated workflows, and enhanced insights. This unification represents a strategic evolution designed to help wealth managers operate more efficiently, grow faster, and deliver more personalized service at scale." The introduction of SS&C Black Diamond Wealth Solutions reinforces Black Diamond's ability to serve as the central hub for wealth managers, allowing firms to build an end-to-end technology stack to seamlessly connect proprietary systems and third-party applications. Current clients will experience no disruption to their existing systems, logins or support relationships. To learn more about SS&C Black Diamond Wealth Solutions and explore the complete offering, visit the new website at About SS&C Technologies SS&C is a global provider of services and software for the financial services and healthcare industries. Founded in 1986, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has offices around the world. More than 22,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale and technology. Additional information about SS&C (Nasdaq: SSNC) is available at
NZ Herald
01-08-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Kerikeri's world-class events facility, the Turner Centre, turns 20
'I remember driving into Kerikeri, what I thought was a reasonably small town, and seeing this massive events centre. And I was like, 'Wow, these guys are lucky'. Little did I know a few years later I'd be up here running the place. Careful what you wish for, eh?' While that initial surprise may have worn off after three years in the job – following a stint running Wellington's popular CubaDupa festival – Paul said he still found it remarkable. 'For a town under 10,000 people, to have a 400-seat theatre and an event centre that can accommodate 1000 people is just amazing. It's probably one of the very few towns around the world that [has] a facility of this size for the population.' With the Turner Centre widely regarded as the best performing arts venue north of Auckland, many touring groups bypassed Whangārei and headed straight for little Kerikeri instead. 'It's meant that we've had access to performances that you would never otherwise get in a small town. The capability of the stage and the capacity of the fly tower and the rigging system means we can bring up the likes of the Royal New Zealand Ballet or the [New Zealand] Symphony Orchestra.' The Kerikeri-based Northern Dance Academy perform The Nutcracker in 2015. Photo / Peter de Graaf The other thing that made the Turner Centre unusual was that it was planned and paid for by locals, not by the council or Government. 'That's a big part of the Turner Centre story. The whole building was built and fundraised by the community. So there's a real investment in the place, and that's why we see it so well attended.' The dream began in the 1970s when arts enthusiasts John Dalton and Doug Turner were putting on shows in the Memorial Hall, a possum-infested former fruit-packing shed. As the population and interest in the arts grew in the 1980s, they decided something bigger and better was needed. Doug Turner in 2011. Photo / Peter de Graaf Aided by fellow volunteers, they spent the next two decades planning, lobbying, cajoling and fundraising. What was initially known as The Centre at Kerikeri was opened on August 5, 2005, by Prime Minister at the time, Helen Clark. Its bold design, by local architect Martyn Evans, included a distinctive swooping roof to create space for stage machinery. The roof also gave the centre its early nickname, 'the ski ramp'. John Dalton died in 2012, followed by Doug Turner just late last year. The venue was renamed the Turner Centre in 2011; the main auditorium had already been named after Dalton. The centre's distinctive roof led to its nickname, "the ski ramp". Photo / Peter de Graaf, RNZ Turner's daughter, Susan Corbett, said her father would have loved to see this weekend's 20th anniversary show. 'He would have thought it was absolutely wonderful. And he'd be very pleased to see that everything that he and John dreamt about all those years ago has come to fruition, and is still happening – and in very exciting ways with Gerry keeping things moving on.' Corbett said her parents owned Kerikeri's Cathay Cinema for 35 years. They would host art exhibitions and plays at the cinema before joining Dalton organising shows in the Memorial Hall. Corbett said their legacy showed the value of dreaming big. 'Why not dream big? And it's just as well they did, because we probably wouldn't be able to afford it today. Their dream has happened, and the community has got this wonderful asset because of it.' A scene from Kerikeri Theatre Company's The Sound of Music in 2021. Photo / Peter de Graaf In total, building the two stages of the Turner Centre – The Plaza event centre was completed in 2012 – cost around $20 million. Gerry Paul said a commercial building expert had told him building the same venue today would cost more than $100m. Operating a large venue in a small town was not without its problems, however. In 2024, with rising maintenance costs and the after-effects of the Covid pandemic threatening to overwhelm the Kerikeri Civic Trust, the Far North District Council took over ownership of the building. The trust was still responsible for equipment, staff and programming. In the past year, Paul said the centre had been used by 43,000 people, had 558 bookings and given away 5000 free event tickets to youth. A shift since 2022 towards greater inclusion had included a series of 'pay what you can' events and initiatives such as community kapa haka. Bay of Islands College cultural group Te Roopu o Pewhairangi perform at the Turner Centre's 10th anniversary celebration in 2015. Photo / Peter de Graaf John Oszajca, a US-born actor and singer-songwriter who now lived in Kerikeri, said the town was 'incredible lucky' to have a venue like the Turner Centre. Now the president of Kerikeri Theatre Company, Oszajca said he had performed at the centre as a musician and actor, as well as bringing plays to life on the stage. One of his personal highlights was co-producing the musical Little Shop of Horrors in 2024. He said the venue had become a second home to him. 'I think having high-calibre performing arts, which you couldn't have without a venue like this, makes the quality of life notably better. It's one thing to live in a beautiful town. It's another thing to live in a beautiful town that has amenities, and it's another thing again to live in a town that offers inspiration to the people that live there, both as artists and as patrons.' The centre had also served as a springboard for young performers who had gone on to forge careers in the arts. One of those hoping to follow in their footsteps is 17-year-old Jack Laird, a Year 13 student at Kerikeri High. Laird had just played the part of Scuttle the Seagull in The Little Mermaid; this Saturday he would be one of more than 100 performers taking part in the centre's 20th anniversary show. On this occasion he would be playing drums for hard rock band Bandwidth Riot, winners of the recent Far North Smokefreerockquest. Having a venue like the Turner Centre meant a lot to Kerikeri youth, he said. 'It's so nice to have that venue, that outlet, to be creative and just give us a voice. I don't know what we'd do without the Turner Centre.' Also performing in Saturday night's anniversary show would be the Bay of Islands Singers, Kerikeri Theatre Company, Taylah Barker from Fly My Pretties, a duo from Americana folk band T Bone, local rocker Merv Pinny and Ngāti Rehia Community Kapa Haka, with local legend Troy Kingi the headline act. - RNZ
NZ Herald
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Two decades of inspiring arts and community connections in Kerikeri
What started as conversations between two committed locals became Operation Spotlight – a six-year fundraising campaign that raised $7.5 million through community effort. The 200 local contractors and tradespeople who brought architect Martyn Evans' design to life created something lasting. That distinctive roofline, the 400-plus seat auditorium: the workers built a facility that would cost more than $100m today. The $20m investment the community and funders made was significant, but the returns have been substantial. Then Prime Minister Helen Clark with Kerikeri Civic Trust chairman Doug Turner, outside the new $7.5 million entertainment and event centre in August 2005. The venue is named The Turner Centre in his honour. Turner died in 2024. Since opening, the centre has hosted more than 4000 performances, workshops, exhibitions, meetings and community events. It is home to more than 35 community groups who access discounted venue hire subsidised by commercial bookings. Last year, we were able to offer 10,000 free or pay-what-you-can tickets for 42 events – including 5000 for tamariki and rangatahi throughout the Far North. A scene from the Sound of Music, as performed by Kerikeri Theatre Company at the Turner Centre in 2021. Our anniversary concert is really a celebration of the incredible creative talent we have in Kerikeri and the Far North. Troy Kingi brings his unmistakable songwriting and considerable mana to the evening. Kerikeri Theatre Company will present an entertaining and specially written radio play, and actor Willi Henley will perform a piece by Rowan Atkinson. The Bay of Islands Singers – our 60-strong mixed-voice community choir who rehearse here every Monday – will perform several pieces including Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. Bandwidth Riot - Smokefree Rockquest Far North winners; Luke Lawler, Jack Laird (front), Alistor Fairhurst, Freddy Jarman Merv Pinny, who has built a global following while remaining thoroughly local, will perform. His songs have achieved over 30 million streams across platforms. We're also excited to showcase the talent of the future with Bandwidth Riot, the youth band who won the Smokefree Rockquest Far North finals. Their performance represents the emerging creative energy in our community and a group of rangatahi who have come through the Be Free music mentoring programme that happens every Tuesday afternoon at the Turner Centre. Ngāti Rēhia Community Kapa Haka Group will present work from their eight-week kapa haka programme, held at the centre and led by Rawi Pere. Kerikeri songwriter Taylah Barker of Fly My Pretties will join these local acts on our stage and help us mark 20 years of the Turner Centre's contribution to our community. This programming approach reflects our strategic vision – developed in consultation with our community and guided by Ngāti Rēhia – 'Te Ranga Toi Waka': to be the waka that weaves together the arts for our community. Doug Turner and John Dalton's vision of a purpose-built cultural facility has evolved into something more comprehensive – a hub for Far North creativity and community connection. Gerry Paul has been the General Manager of the Turner Centre in Kerikeri since moving there three years ago. We're celebrating two decades of supporting local talent, of programming that connects people across cultures and generations, of arts experiences that matter. This is what happens when a community invests in cultural infrastructure and programming. This venue continues to serve its purpose, adapting and growing with the community it represents. American singer, Kerikeri resident, and president of the Kerikeri Theatre Company, John Oszajca, will perform an original song infused with his distinctive Americana flavour. I'll be taking the stage myself alongside Dusty Burnell. We're two-fifths of T-Bone, and there's something fitting about Burnell being part of this celebration – he remembers fundraising as a teenager at Okaihau College in the early 2000s, when this dream was still taking shape.
