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UWorld Acquires Aspen Publishing to Deliver Extensive Legal Learning Resources

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Acquisition, Dream, Wolters Kluwer, Bar review, MBE, Growth, Publishing, School, Nursing, Student, Accounting

DALLAS, March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- UWorld, a worldwide leader in online learning to prepare for high-stakes exams, today announced the acquisition of Aspen Publishing, an innovative and leading provider of educational content and digital learning solutions to law schools. The acquisition diversifies UWorld's product portfolio across every law discipline, building on its MBE QBank and Themis Bar Review courses.

Key Points: 
  • "We are thrilled to join UWorld and round out the company's premier educational resources in the legal space," said Nicole Pinard, CEO of Aspen Publishing.
  • UWorld's continued expansion across industries underscores the company's commitment to provide the most robust and rigorous learning resources to law students and educators.
  • Over the past two years, Aspen Publishing experienced significant growth, going from a small division of Wolters Kluwer to a standalone company.
  • Aspen Publishing will continue to operate as a standalone company within UWorld in its Legal division.

Nordic Capital makes majority investment in ActiveViam, provider of advanced analytics for financial institutions

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Acquisition, Wolters Kluwer, L.E.K. Consulting, OEM, Investment, Risk management, News, Growth, Tier 1, Entrepreneurship, Risk, Accenture, S&P Global, Organization, Automation, Finance, Capital, ClickHouse, Snowflake, AWS, Partnership, Cryptocurrency

The investment is made in close partnership with ActiveViam's founders and management who will invest alongside Nordic Capital.

Key Points: 
  • The investment is made in close partnership with ActiveViam's founders and management who will invest alongside Nordic Capital.
  • ActiveViam is a leading provider of advanced analytics and decision-making solutions for financial institutions, including risk analytics and regulatory compliance software.
  • Founded in 2005 by industry experts, ActiveViam understands the data analytics faced by financial institutions across trading desks, risk and compliance, and its track differentiated core technology outperforms horizontal data aggregation and analytics tools.
  • Raymond James was the exclusive financial advisor to ActiveViam on this transaction, and Broadhaven acted as financial advisor to Nordic Capital.

Nordic Capital makes majority investment in ActiveViam, provider of advanced analytics for financial institutions

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Acquisition, Wolters Kluwer, L.E.K. Consulting, OEM, Investment, Risk management, News, Growth, Tier 1, Entrepreneurship, Risk, Accenture, S&P Global, Organization, Automation, Finance, Capital, ClickHouse, Snowflake, AWS, Partnership, Cryptocurrency

The investment is made in close partnership with ActiveViam's founders and management who will invest alongside Nordic Capital.

Key Points: 
  • The investment is made in close partnership with ActiveViam's founders and management who will invest alongside Nordic Capital.
  • ActiveViam is a leading provider of advanced analytics and decision-making solutions for financial institutions, including risk analytics and regulatory compliance software.
  • Founded in 2005 by industry experts, ActiveViam understands the data analytics faced by financial institutions across trading desks, risk and compliance, and its track differentiated core technology outperforms horizontal data aggregation and analytics tools.
  • Raymond James was the exclusive financial advisor to ActiveViam on this transaction, and Broadhaven acted as financial advisor to Nordic Capital.

Wolters Kluwer Chief Medical Officer to explore GenAI and healthcare at ViVE 2024

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
Technology, General Health, Health, Artificial Intelligence, Digital transformation, EVP, Artificial intelligence, AI, Triage, Generative, WebMD, Entrepreneurship, Synthetic media, ViVe, Wolters, Wolters Kluwer, Patient, Market share, Trust, Insurance, Atlantic Health System, Medical device

Dr. Peter Bonis, the Chief Medical Officer for Wolters Kluwer Health , will speak on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) and healthcare at a leading digital health tech industry event, ViVE 2024 .

Key Points: 
  • Dr. Peter Bonis, the Chief Medical Officer for Wolters Kluwer Health , will speak on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) and healthcare at a leading digital health tech industry event, ViVE 2024 .
  • Panelists will address the potential of AI technologies including Generative AI (GenAI) to revolutionize the care experience for both patients and healthcare professionals.
  • “Many efforts are underway to take advantage of advanced technologies including GenAI in the healthcare domain.
  • Wolters Kluwer Health is already working with healthcare systems on integrating GenAI into UpToDate® through its experimental AI Labs .

Wolters Kluwer defined benefit plan expert appointed President-Elect of American Society of Enrolled Actuaries

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Wolters Kluwer, Society, Retirement, Software, Life insurance

NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Charles Brown, Actuarial Director of ftwilliam.com at  Wolters Kluwer, has been appointed as President-Elect of the American Society of Enrolled Actuaries (ASEA). ASEA is the primary source of professional organizational support for pension actuaries. Its mission is to advance the knowledge of actuarial science as it relates to retirement and other employee benefit plans.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Charles Brown, Actuarial Director of ftwilliam.com at Wolters Kluwer , has been appointed as President-Elect of the American Society of Enrolled Actuaries (ASEA).
  • Its mission is to advance the knowledge of actuarial science as it relates to retirement and other employee benefit plans.
  • Wolters Kluwer's ftwilliam.com is a leading provider of software and services to retirement plan service providers.
  • Providing a modern, cloud-based employee benefits software, ftwilliam.com's offerings include retirement plan documents, government forms, compliance testing, and distribution tracking.

Wolters Kluwer recognized as one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Wolters Kluwer, Workplace, Artificial intelligence, Culture, Trust (social science), Professional, Wolters, Trust

Accolade highlights the company’s standing as a leading employer in the U.S.

Key Points: 
  • Accolade highlights the company’s standing as a leading employer in the U.S.
    New York – February 14, 2024 – Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services, has been recognized by Forbes as one of America's Best Large Employers, 2024.
  • Wolters Kluwer has been ranked fourth best in the Professional Service industry and 164th overall.
  • “We are truly honored to receive this distinction as one of America's Best Large Employers.
  • To join us at Wolters Kluwer, and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day, explore our dedicated Careers page: https://careers.wolterskluwer.com/en-gb

Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik expert solution wins four Dresner Advisory Services Technology Innovation Awards

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Tagetik, Sales, Wolters Kluwer, Wisdom, Senior, Financial statement, FCCR, ESG, Finance, Cryptocurrency

New York – February 13, 2024 – Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information, software solutions and services, today announced that its CCH® Tagetik expert solution has been named as a winner in four categories in the 2023 Technology Innovation Awards from Dresner Advisory Services.

Key Points: 
  • New York – February 13, 2024 – Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information, software solutions and services, today announced that its CCH® Tagetik expert solution has been named as a winner in four categories in the 2023 Technology Innovation Awards from Dresner Advisory Services.
  • The award for ESG Reporting is a new category introduced by Dresner Advisory Services in 2023.
  • This is the second consecutive year that CCH Tagetik has received Technology Innovation Awards for its Financial Consolidation, Close Management, and Financial Reporting (FCCR) and for Sales Performance Management.
  • Congratulations to Wolters Kluwer for being named a winner in four of our 2023 Technology Innovation Awards for its CCH Tagetik expert solution.”
    Dresner Advisory Services selects award winners from among the top-ranked vendors from 16 of its 2023 thematic market studies in the Wisdom of Crowds® series.

Wolters Kluwer experts to discuss business licensing best practices

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Legal, Technology, Consulting, Other Technology, Professional Services, Small Business, Software, Data Analytics, Data Management, CLE, Wolters, Lung compliance, Wolters Kluwer, FCC, Business license, Consultant, CT Corporation, Organization, Property management

In this continuing legal education (CLE) webinar, participants will learn about the lifecycle of business licensing compliance from initial filing through renewal and ultimate termination.

Key Points: 
  • In this continuing legal education (CLE) webinar, participants will learn about the lifecycle of business licensing compliance from initial filing through renewal and ultimate termination.
  • Attendees will also learn how to identify business licensing compliance gaps and how to complete an organizational risk assessment that considers expansion into new locations and changes in business activities.
  • “Business licensing is a necessary part of doing business, but it can be quite complex.
  • For more than 130 years, Wolters Kluwer CT Corporation has been the leading provider of registered agent services, incorporation services, and legal entity compliance.

Nucleus Research Releases 2024 Corporate Performance Management Technology Value Matrix

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Technology, Finance, Marketing, Accounting, Communications, Professional Services, Software, Data Analytics, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, ESG, ERP, Research, Anaplan, Expert, Board International, Business performance management, Organization, FP, Treasury, CPM, Analytics, Wolters Kluwer, Risk management

Solution’s breadth of functionality remains a key focus in the Corporate Performance Management (CPM) market.

Key Points: 
  • Solution’s breadth of functionality remains a key focus in the Corporate Performance Management (CPM) market.
  • The Experts in this year’s Value Matrix are organizations that deliver value to customers with complex use cases through deep functionality and industry-specific capabilities.
  • Accelerators in this year’s Value Matrix deliver value through greater ease of use and quick implementation.
  • To download the full 2024 CPM Technology Value Matrix, click here .

Smithfield Foods Names New Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer

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Monday, February 5, 2024
John Carroll University, Monster, Growth, History, Smithfield Foods, Bright Machines, Food, Marketing, Pizza Hut, American Bar Foundation, Dartmouth College, Privacy, Perception, Southern Tier Brewing Company, Smith, Culture, Ethics, University, Advertising, Bouldon, Wolters Kluwer, Sociology, Management

SMITHFIELD, Va., Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Smithfield Foods has named Brendan Smith as its chief marketing officer and Allyson Bouldon as its chief ethics and compliance officer.

Key Points: 
  • SMITHFIELD, Va., Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Smithfield Foods has named Brendan Smith as its chief marketing officer and Allyson Bouldon as its chief ethics and compliance officer.
  • Smith, a senior marketing executive with global and domestic expertise in sales, top consumer brand management, strategic development and planning, brand strategy and digital marketing, will serve as Smithfield's chief marketing officer.
  • Prior to serving in these roles, Smith was senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Smithfield Foods and its Smithfield, Farmland, Gwaltney and Cook's brands, where he led and directed all domestic marketing, R&D and innovation initiatives.
  • Prior to serving in these roles, Bouldon served as vice president and chief compliance officer for Michael's Stores, where she managed global supplier compliance; and as vice president and chief compliance officer for Chiquita Brands International, Inc., developing and implementing the company's global compliance strategies.