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Abel Noser Solutions, a specialist in Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) in equities, preferreds, FX and futures, is now offering coverage of a new asset class – fixed income.
From customised reporting to higher level executive summary views, fixed income TCA aims to provide clients with clarity into the cost of their trades, best execution analysis and best practices. In addition, Abel Noser Solutions’ spread-based methodology and peer benchmarking offers institutions a relative view versus other bond participants trading similar securities. All of this functionality and analysis is offered on one platform and is consistent with clients requesting centralised software services
- 08/06/2017
IHS Markit has launched Collateral Manager, an end-to-end solution for calculating margin, settling margin calls and managing margin disputes.
New regulation requires the mandatory exchange of variation and initial margin for cleared and uncleared OTC derivatives transactions. In response, financial institutions seeking operational excellence require new tools with which to automate margin activity and manage legal and liquidity risk.
Collateral Manager’s intuitive, configurable dashboards and real-time reporting help users automate processing of margin calls, manage exceptions and provide transparency for audit and risk purposes. The complete solution provided by Collateral Manager is made possible by sourcing key data, including
- 08/06/2017
Hedge funds posted the seventh consecutive month of gains in May, with contributions from Currency and Technology exposures, according to data released today by HFR.
The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) gained 0.5 per cent for the month, bringing YTD performance to +3.5 per cent, and extending the record Index Value to 13,406. The HFRI FWC has now advanced in 14 of the trailing 15 months.
HFRI gains were led by Event-Driven (ED) strategies, as the HFRI Event-Driven (Total) Index advanced 0.6 percent, the 11th consecutive monthly gain, bringing YTD performance to +3.9 per cent. ED sub-strategy performance
- 08/06/2017
Ashburton Investments (Ashburton), the investment management arm of the FirstRand Group, has further strengthened its multi asset team with three hires in its London office.
Mark Melehes joined the business as a cross-asset strategist in April. Jianzhong “Jack” Ren joined the team as a fixed income analyst and Samed Hysa as a macro analyst. Melehes, Ren and Hysa will help to further develop Ashburton’s multi asset offering which has a track record of more than 30 years.
Mark Melehes, cross-asset strategist, comes with a strong background in generating and structuring of trades in both cash and volatility markets. Prior
- 08/06/2017
Eaton Vance Management has launched the Eaton Vance International (Ireland) Parametric Global Defensive Equity Fund, a sub-fund of Eaton Vance International (Ireland) Funds.
The Fund currently has over USD200 million (USD) in commitments, of which over USD70 million (USD) was invested at the Fund’s inception in May 2017. The Fund is a registered UCITS fund, subject to regulation by the Central Bank of Ireland.
The Fund is managed by Eaton Vance Advisers (Ireland) Limited and the investment adviser is Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (“Parametric”), a majority owned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp. The Fund’s portfolio managers are Jack Hansen
- 08/06/2017
CTA performance on the whole was flat in May, remaining flat for the year 2017, according to the latest performance figures for the SG CTA indices released by Societe Generale Prime Services.
The Short Term Traders Index fared slightly better and posted a positive return +0.29 per cent, but all SG Managed Futures indices remain down year to date.
Trend-following had mixed fortunes in May, closing a challenging month down -0.35 per cent, despite positive returns from four of the ten constituents in the SG Trend Index.
The SG Trend Indicator illustrated that there were return opportunities for
- 08/06/2017
Alternative investments have become increasingly mainstream in recent decades, but particularly since the financial crisis, the industry has placed renewed emphasis on transparency and governance when it comes to hedge, private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and other alternative funds.
Working with the Economist Intelligence Unit, Northern Trust asked 200+ alternatives managers and institutional investors for their views. Highlights from the new survey are outlined in a new infographic.
6 out of 10 respondents cite transparency as the most important factor in alternative investing
Regulation and risk management drive the need for transparency
Despite its importance, there remains little consensus
- 07/06/2017
NEX Regulatory Reporting is to use Duco’s technology to provide MiFID II reconciliation to the firm’s clients.
Reconciliation is a mandatory activity under MiFID II. The joint offering will use Duco’s reconciliation platform, Duco Cube, as a “black box” through its API. As a result, NEX Regulatory Reporting clients will receive a seamless reporting, validation and reconciliation experience for MiFID II through the new NEX Regulatory Reporting integrated user interface. Clients will also be able to get full access to a dedicated Duco Cube instance for more complex requirements, such as MiFID-related internal controls or clean-up activities.
Collin Coleman,
- 07/06/2017
Linedata has launched its intelligent dashboard interface, Linedata Clarity, which is designed to simplify and prioritise decision-making for asset managers.
The dashboard interface is a modular component which can be integrated with solutions across Linedata’s comprehensive asset management platform.
Linedata says that Linedata Clarity provides a new way for key asset management roles, to include portfolio managers, compliance officers, traders and risk managers, to stay ahead and ensure their attention is focused in the right place at the right time with intelligent notifications and an interactive user interface that allows navigation through key data. The dashboard interface will have
- 07/06/2017
Sun Hung Kai Financial (SHKF) announced it has closed on its acquisition of 100 per cent of UK specialist brokerage and research firm North Square Blue Oak Limited (NSBO), following strategic cooperation between the two parties that started in early 2016 and with approval from UK regulators.
Subsequently, NSBO has been renamed Sun Hung Kai Financial (UK) (SHKF (UK)). Through the acquisition, SHKF will now have the ability to conduct institutional brokerage, specialist research and corporate finance businesses in the UK.
Established in 2003 and headquartered in London with an office in Beijing, SHKF (UK) is a member of
- 07/06/2017
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