SS&C Intralinks Recognized for Secure AI Innovation in M&A Dealmaking
Two Asian Banking & Finance awards highlight how Intralinks helps organizations streamline transactions without compromising security or privacy.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is creating new opportunities for financial institutions to accelerate transactions, surface insights faster and improve decision-making. But as AI becomes more deeply embedded in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) dealmaking workflows, keeping sensitive information secure has become just as important as the productivity gains AI delivers.
Against this backdrop, SS&C Intralinks was recognized in Hong Kong with the Cybersecurity Innovation Award and the Data Privacy Excellence Award at the Asian Banking & Finance Awards held in Hong Kong. The awards underscore Intralinks' commitment to helping organizations deploy AI while adhering to the highest cybersecurity, privacy and governance standards.
Meeting the challenges of modern dealmaking
Across Asia and around the world, deal teams face mounting pressure to process large volumes of information, identify risks and execute transactions on shorter timelines. At the same time, organizations must respond to evolving cybersecurity threats, regulatory requirements and expectations for responsible AI adoption.
To address these challenges, Intralinks developed DealCentre AITM, the only end-to-end M&A platform powered by Link, a purpose-built AI assistant. Rather than simply automating individual tasks, DealCentre streamlines administrative work, surfaces document insights and connects intelligence across the deal pipeline, enabling teams to make faster, more informed decisions.
Delivering speed, security and data privacy
For dealmakers handling highly sensitive financial and corporate information, trust is essential — particularly in major financial centers such as Hong Kong, where cross-border transactions and international investment activity continue to drive significant data flows. DealCentre AI combines AI-powered workflows with the enterprise-grade security and access controls our clients have trusted for decades.
Receiving both the Cybersecurity Innovation Award and the Data Privacy Excellence Award validates Intralinks' approach to secure AI innovation. In DealCentre AI, every AI interaction is aligned with data room permissions, which means our AI can only access authorized documents and share outputs with users who are authorized to access that information. In addition, customer data is never used to train our models and remains within the secure environment at all times.
What makes Intralinks’ AI different
Unlike data room providers that embed general-purpose large language models (LLMs) into their environments, Intralinks built our own AI from the ground up to understand the context and workflows behind M&A transactions. Going far beyond document analysis and summarization, Link helps teams stay in control of the entire deal process by automating administrative tasks and creating new efficiencies with every deal.
DealCentre AI also gives deal teams the flexibility to securely use external AI tools through our model context protocol (MCP) connector. Leveraging MCP-connected LLMs within DealCentre AI, however, is a fundamentally different experience from doing so with a traditional data room. With Link, teams are not limited to one-off prompts that start from scratch every time. In DealCentre AI, you’re tapping into a secure, permission-aware, AI-to-AI collaboration that builds institutional knowledge with every prompt.
Driving better M&A outcomes across the globe
As the dealmaking landscape continues to evolve, Intralinks is helping clients move faster, make more informed decisions and manage sensitive information with confidence. By combining purpose-built AI with industry-leading security and privacy controls, Intralinks remains committed to building a more secure, connected financial ecosystem across Hong Kong, Asia Pacific and the rest of the world.
On behalf of the entire Intralinks team, we thank the Asian Banking & Finance Awards panel for recognizing our success in delivering industry-leading AI-powered dealmaking solutions. To learn more about how DealCentre AI can help your deal team work smarter, talk to one of our experts today.