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Software from the data aggregation company, who expects to reach $1tn of assets on platform by year end, will now be used by MS's largest's wealth management teams. The startup is in talks with other wirehouses, a category that includes B of A, ML, and Wells Fargo.
“It became clear to me there was a much broader opportunity because there's really no common infrastructure or data standards for $100 trillion in assets managed globally,” Mr. Poirier said. “There's people using spreadsheets and old accounting systems.” Mr. Poirier met Mr. Thiel, a founder of PayPal Holdings Inc., while an undergraduate at Columbia University. A few years as a bond-department coder at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. convinced Mr. Poirier that finance needed better technology systems, a topic he said he brainstormed with Mr. Thiel.
