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Below is an excerpt from Eze Castle’s whitepaper, Is Hybrid Cloud Right For Your Firm?.  Download the full whitepaper here. With its security, privacy, and performance, the private cloud has been the go-to option for financial and investment firms that require enterprise-caliber IT infrastructure. In most cases, that private cloud is professionally managed by a service provider solely focused on monitoring, managing, and maintaining that infrastructure to meet business requirements and compliance directives. Thus, firms benefit from seasoned, industry-experienced professionals who live and breathe financial IT. For many firms, so-called public cloud infrastructures offer compelling opportunities and advantages. For
NEX Data has launched the ‘EBS FX Benchmarks’, a series of 30-minute FX fixings. The new fixings went live on 26 July 2017 and enhance the variety of global benchmarks available, bringing increased transparency to all FX market participants.  The EBS FX Benchmarks are based on actual transactions and orders during the ten minute fixing window on NEX Markets’ EBS FX central limit order book. The fixings are published 24 hours a day, five days a week and include the full list of core EBS currencies (see list below). This ensures that the rates are the most reliable and transparent
Much is made in the mainstream media of the supposed greed and avarice of hedge fund managers but as a recent Emerging Managers survey, compiled by boutique prime broker GPP in partnership with AIMA reveals, the opposite is true.  Far from looking to exploit investors with sky-high performance fees, the survey finds that the average figure is 15.37 per cent for funds that launched one to three years ago. Moreover, some 77 per cent of survey respondents said that performance fees in their flagship fund over the next 12 months would remain unchanged.  This level of pragmatism often gets overlooked,
Alternative asset manager FS Investments has promoted Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Mike Kelly (pictured), to President with immediate effect. Kelly will remain as CIO. In his expanded role, Kelly will continue to serve on the firm’s Executive Committee, oversee  investment management and product development, and in addition will now direct FS’s capital markets, due diligence, investment research and investor relations functions.   “Mike has been an important part of our growth and success since joining us, and we are excited to name him President as he expands his role,” says Michael C Forman, Chairman and CEO of FS Investments. “We
Bates Wells Braithwaite has appointed Richard Cross (pictured), as a Senior Consultant to its growing regulatory consultancy, BWB Compliance.   A specialist in UK and European regulation, Cross brings a wealth of experience in helping financial services firms to tackle compliance challenges and regulatory changes such as AIFMD and MIFID II.    Cross joins following a six-year stint at financial services regulatory consultancy Bovill, where he worked as a Managing Consultant, primarily advising asset managers in the Private Equity and Venture Capital sectors.   BWB Compliance offers regulatory advice and support to financial services firms.  Richards joins at a time
LeverPoint Management, a full service Fund Administration firm, has acquired Lamplighter Financial. Lamplighter CEO, Brian Woodall, will take on a new role as Director, Business Development.   “We are thrilled that Lamplighter Financial is now a part of LeverPoint,” says David MacPhee (pictured), CEO, LeverPoint. “As we continue to grow and expand our client base across the country, acquisitions like these will be a vital part of the strategic process.”   LeverPoint is a Clifton Park, NY based Fund Administration firm that offers full service fund accounting, tax and back office support within the alternative investment sector. LeverPoint allows Fund Managers
Two new European indices for blue chips – the Morningstar Eurozone 50 Index and Morningstar Developed Markets Europe 100 Index – are now live on Euronext. The indices developed by Euronext and Morningstar aim to provide different investor profiles (asset managers, brokers, ETF issuers, banks and trading desks) with equity beta indices that can be used as benchmarks and for investable product creation. The new indices are positioned as a competitive alternative to Europe’s existing offerings and are part of Morningstar’s Open Indexes Project, which delivers a portion of Morningstar’s global equity indices for no cost to the investment community
big xyt, a independent provider of high-volume, smart data and analytics capabilities, has launched Liquidity Cockpit, which is designed to give global trading and investment firms enhanced visibility over dark and lit liquidity. It also provides the ability to navigate and analyse European market share across a fragmented and dynamic market landscape.   With the anticipated MiFID II dark volumes caps coming into force and the rise in Large in Scale (LIS) trading activity, equity market participants need to recognise LIS classified trades, track market share and navigate interactions across different liquidity pools.   The big xyt Liquidity Cockpit provides
Thomson Reuters has enhanced its tick history data service, Tick History 2.0, to provide the financial industry with a powerful tool for developing algorithmic and systematic trading strategies and assist in meeting MiFID II requirements in 2018.   The solution assists institutions in complying with MiFID II, by incorporating additional reference data fields to capture the new data sources and venues under MiFID II.    Tick History 2.0 provides greater breadth and depth of historical time series, a wider range of content sets and improved search functionality. Data is recorded from Thomson Reuters Elektron Real Time Feeds covering both OTC and
Dash Financial Technologies has named Sarah Hall (pictured) as Managing Director, Head of Human Resources.  In this role she is responsible for all aspects of the firm’s human capital investment, employee relations and talent management programs globally. A member of the firm’s executive management team, Hall is Dash’s third significant hire in as many months, joining Ari House and Robert Boylan as senior appointments.   Hall joins the firm from consumer goods provider Aden & Anais, for whom she served as Global Human Resources Director. She began her career as a Human Resources Manager for Skywalk Group, a professional services

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