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Ullink has launched a fully automated post-trade data management solution called UL PUBLISHER, enabling market participants to report transaction data to relevant regulatory authorities, meet upcoming MiFID 2 regulation and create a centralised view of post-trade data across multiple asset classes and front-office electronic trading systems.
With the introduction of MiFID 2 in January 2018, firms face new challenges in collecting, validating, enriching, submitting and tracking order and trade data across asset classes and front-office trading systems.
For transaction reporting, MiFID 2 introduces requirements for more than 60 new data items to be reported, imposes new reporting logic, and
- 25/04/2017
Man GLG, the discretionary investment management business of Man Group, has appointed William Ferreira as its head of machine learning.
In this newly-created role, Ferreira will be responsible for developing Man GLG’s machine learning capabilities, providing the firm’s portfolio managers with tools and techniques through which to support their analysis and decision-making processes.
He will also work directly with Man GLG’s teams on the application and interpretation of machine learning techniques in relation to topics such as analysing news and social media, market events and announcements, and the visualisation of complex data.
Ferreira will use the knowledge and
- 25/04/2017
- 25/04/2017
Esprow has launched ETP GEMS, a global exchanges and markets simulation platform, to enable market participants to test trading algorithms’ design and functionality, as well as venue connectivity, and to comply with the latest MiFID II requirements.
The latest MiFID II regulatory technical standards (RTS) require financial firms to test all algorithms and certify connectivity with counterparties and trading venues, prior to market use.
ETP GEMS allows brokers to test trading algorithms independent of the trading venue, enabling them to carry out required MiFID II assessments easily and efficiently.
The service can also be deployed by exchanges
- 25/04/2017
- 25/04/2017
Euronext is launching Euronext Fund Service in Paris, a complementary solution for investing in open-end funds (UCITS and AIF) registered or passported in France.
It offers institutional and retail investors a simplified, automated cost-efficient subscription/redemption service to invest in funds through their brokers.
Euronext Fund Service will be launched on 15 May 2017, starting with AXA IM, Ecofi Investissements, Natixis AM and OFI AM funds. Other asset managers including Commerzbank and La Française Investment Solutions will join Euronext Fund Services in the weeks following its launch.
Euronext Fund Service is designed to meet industry professionals’ needs for an
- 25/04/2017
- 25/04/2017
The ongoing performance difficulties experienced by CTAs in the current market are having a negative effect on investor demand, according to the Preqin Quarterly Update: Hedge Funds, Q1 2017.
CTAs suffered losses of 0.30 per cent in Q1 2017 and have returned -1.07 per cent over the past 12 months; in contrast, the wider hedge fund industry recorded its best start to a year since 2013 and generated gains of 11.65 per cent over the past 12 months.
The sustained underperformance by CTAs has been noted and the proportion of total hedge fund investor searches issued for CTAs fell
- 25/04/2017
iCapital Network has expanded its platform to offer investment opportunities and support to accredited investors.
As part of the roll-out, iCapital has enhanced the functionality of its technology platform to allow for the onboarding and servicing of accredited investors — in addition to its offerings for qualified purchasers — with the platform featuring alternative investment products specifically tailored for each investor base.
The accredited investor market, which is estimated to be 10 times the size of the qualified purchaser market, has a burgeoning appetite for alternative investments and the important role they play in diversifying a portfolio. The large
- 25/04/2017
By Eze Castle Integration – There’s a lot to fear in the cyber world and hackers’ techniques are only getting more advanced. Their weapons of choice vary in scope and substance, but regardless of the threat actor, investment management firms must employ rigid and resilient protections to ward off the equally sophisticated cyber threats that continue to surface.
We recently surveyed a group of financial investment firms to learn more about what they consider the most fearsome cyber threats to their businesses. Here’s why we think these are eliciting the most fear.
Unauthorised access or theft of data (31%) –
- 25/04/2017
Law firm MJ Hudson has hired three senior lawyers to its team.
Christopher Dearie joins as partner (financial services law and regulation).
Dearie advises asset managers, banks and domestic and international investment funds on a broad range of financial services regulatory issues. He previously worked at Freshfields, Ropes & Gray, and Jones Day.
Dearie says: “I am delighted to be joining MJ Hudson at this exciting time and look forward to playing my part in growing the regulatory offering.”
Daniel Lewin will head the firm’s tax practice as partner. Lewin is currently a partner of Arnold &
- 25/04/2017
- 25/04/2017
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has added four new members to its board of directors.
The new directors are Michael Herskovitz, director of fixed income risk operations and technology and co-head of enterprise operational risk at AllianceBernstein; Kathleen Lynch, chief operating officer for UBS Americas and Wealth Management Americas; Umesh Subramanian, co-head of the Goldman Sachs technology division; and Lara J Warner, chief compliance and regulatory affairs officer at Credit Suisse and a member of the executive boards of Credit Suisse Group and Credit Suisse.
The DTCC board of directors provides direction and oversight for DTCC in
- 25/04/2017
- 25/04/2017
Axon Financial Systems, a provider of technology-enabled market data management, has launched its new brand and website, which includes an enhanced product platform offering a three-tier suite of market data management solutions.
The new platform, which includes the product suites AxonKnowledge, AxonManage, and AxonWorks, is designed to strengthen Axon’s core customer offering and lay the foundation for the introduction of additional new products and services in the future.
Since its launch in 2014 Axon has been disrupting the market data management industry by using technology to streamline market data reporting and administration.
Axon products ease the burden of
- 24/04/2017
- 24/04/2017
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