Empyrean Solutions® Announces the Release of Empyrean Budgeting & Planning™ for Financial Institutions
WOBURN, Mass. - August 30, 2022 - (Newswire.com)
Empyrean Solutions is pleased to announce the market release of its new, cloud-based Budgeting and Planning Solution, Empyrean Budgeting & Planning™, generally available to the financial services industry as of today. The solution, while offering the features and ease-of-use of a comprehensive multi-user planning system, fully integrates with Empyrean's industry-leading Asset/Liability software, Empyrean ALM®, ensuring banks and credit unions that their assumptions and results will be easily reconcilable across the two disciplines. "Easily sharing assumptions such as rate scenarios and prepayment rates from the treasury/risk team's Empyrean ALM® system helps our customers maintain consistency and accuracy across all finance and risk activities while allowing performance managers to concentrate on what they know best," says Kevin Studders, Principal, Product & Strategy, at Empyrean.
"Over my 35-plus years in the industry, banks and credit unions have been asking for a solution that would make it easier for them to share information between the performance and risk management teams," says Ken Levey, Managing Director, at Empyrean Solutions. "What makes Empyrean's solution unique is that we have such a flexible platform, and that we were able to meet this need without sacrificing the needs of planning personnel to plan at any level of the organization."
Empyrean Budgeting & Planning™ is designed with the end user in mind, offering an easily configured solution that offers a myriad of setup options based on the way that an institution plans, without the need for product customization. The system allows administrators to easily create strategic plans, rolling forecasts and budgets for virtually any timeframe desired. "We have spent just under two years developing this solution, and the feedback from the marketplace thus far has been remarkable as close to 20 customers will go live on it in 2022," says Chris Maclin, CEO of Empyrean. Chris went on to say that "this product distinguishes us from the rest of the software solutions currently available by offering our clients an intuitive front-end that doesn't sacrifice the accuracy needed to model and simulate complex financial balance sheets."
About Empyrean Solutions
Empyrean Solutions is a leading provider of asset/liability management, risk, compliance, and performance management solutions for banks and credit unions. Empyrean's software allows financial institutions of all sizes to take control of their balance sheet management, scenario planning, and risk/performance analysis in a single integrated software platform. The company offers a host of modules, including asset and liability management, liquidity stress testing, deposit analytics, budgeting, and profitability to provide a centralized view of an institution's financial strength for the broader office of the CFO and key business stakeholders. Led by industry veterans with extensive expertise in financial institution risk & performance management technology, Empyrean has grown rapidly, tripling revenue over the past three years while operating profitably, as leading banks and credit unions have increasingly adopted Empyrean software solutions. Empyrean has powered the balance sheet analysis of over $2 trillion of cumulative customer AUM since its founding in 2010. Through their deployed software and outsource solutions services division, FICast, Empyrean works with over 600 banks and credit unions, ranging from $50 million to $200+ billion in assets.
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PLA Acquires TaylorMade Pallets & Logistics
DALLAS - August 30, 2022 - (Newswire.com)
Pallet Logistics of America ("PLA" or the "Company"), a portfolio company of Silver Oak Services Partners, LLC ("Silver Oak") and an asset-based pallet management services provider, has acquired TaylorMade Pallets & Logistics ("TaylorMade"), the largest independently-owned pallet company in Central/South Texas. Founded in 2000 by Jeff and Jenny Gill, TaylorMade is a family-owned and operated provider of new, recycled, remanufactured, and custom-sized pallets. With a 17-acre facility in San Antonio, Texas, TaylorMade serves a highly-diversified customer base, including various Fortune 500 companies.
The acquisition of TaylorMade brings PLA's asset network to 77 facilities and expands the Company's capacity and service capabilities within the South Texas market. "We are honored to join the PLA Family of Companies," said Byron Evans, CEO of TaylorMade. "Our entire team is looking forward to offering South Texas an even broader array of pallet and logistics services through PLA's expansive network and capacity."
"I'm proud to welcome TaylorMade to the PLA Family of Companies," said Kyle Otting, CEO of PLA. "TaylorMade's highly-efficient operations, dedication to quality, and commitment to their customers have earned them their position as one of the leading pallet operators in South Texas."
Wade Glisson, Partner at Silver Oak, added, "We are excited to partner with the Gill family, Byron Evans, and the entire team at TaylorMade, and look forward to supporting their continued growth. TaylorMade represents the sixth strategic partnership within the PLA platform, further expanding our footprint and enhancing our service capabilities."
About PLA
Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, PLA is a national supply chain solutions provider offering Pallet Management Services, 3PL Services, Reverse Logistics Services, and Freight Brokerage & Transportation Management Services, handling more than 115 million pallets per year for over 500 customers. Operating under the Pallet Logistics of America, Pallet Repair Services ("PRS"), Pal-Serv, Propak, TaylorMade, Valley Pallet, and Yancey Pallet brands, PLA operates over 75 facilities across the U.S., providing a comprehensive suite of supply chain management solutions. Learn more at www.plasolutions.com.
About TaylorMade Pallets & Logistics
Founded in 2000 by Jeff and Jenny Gill, TaylorMade is a family-owned and operated provider of recycled, new, and custom-sized pallets. Based in San Antonio, Texas, the company is the largest independently owned pallet company in Central/South Texas, with a 17-acre facility and over 100 trailers. Learn more at www.taylormadepallets.com.
About Silver Oak Services Partners
Founded in 2005 and based in Evanston, IL, Silver Oak Services Partners, LLC ("Silver Oak") is a lower-middle market private equity firm focused on partnering with exceptional management teams to build industry-leading business, consumer, and healthcare service companies. Silver Oak utilizes a proactive, research-led investment process to identify attractive services sectors and seek out the best potential management teams and investment opportunities. Silver Oak seeks to make control investments in leading service businesses with $15 to $150 million in revenue. The firm is currently investing out of its fourth fund, a $500 million investment vehicle. Learn more at www.silveroaksp.com.
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