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FlexTrade Systems, a provider of multi-asset execution and order management systems, has launched FlexAR – an augmented reality trading application offering a new way of visualising and presenting trading via the company’s FlexTRADER EMS.
FlexAR builds on existing technology and APIs within FlexTRADER’s open architecture offering an interactive order blotter, trade ticket and charting, all presented in a virtual space.
Components can be placed throughout the real world, allowing traders to see and interact with the markets in a completely unique manner.
Andy Mahoney (pictured), business development director of FlexTrade UK, says: “With consumer technology evolving at such a rapid
- 18/04/2017
INTL FCStone's Precious Metals division is now a direct participant to the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Gold Auction.
ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) introduced central clearing to the twice-daily London gold auction, removing the need for firms to have significant bilateral credit lines in place with each other to become a direct participant.
INTL FCStone joins nine other firms taking part in the auction process.
"To be a direct participant of the LBMA Gold Auction is a major step for INTL FCStone," says Barry Canham (pictured), global head of precious metals. "We are continually driving our business forward
- 18/04/2017
For private equity fund managers, the daily task list is growing in both its length and its complexity – and in many cases, these tasks fall outside the scope of a manager’s expertise or general interest. Technology, for example, is not a hidden skill most fund managers or C-level execs can tout. And as IT evolves and its complexity grows, many private equity firms are looking for opportunities to evolve the back office and leverage outsourced support – freeing up managers to spend more time on what they do best – raising and investing in successful funds.
Drivers for back
- 18/04/2017
The hedge fund industry continued its positive start to the year with another month of gains in March with the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark recording returns of 0.68 per cent through the month, building on gains of 1.01 per cent and 1.46 per cent in February and January, respectively.
Q1 2017 performance now stands at 3.18 per cent, which marks the best opening quarter performance since 2013, as hedge funds sustained their recent strong performance. With just one month of losses recorded since February 2016, the industry has now returned 11.61 per cent over a 12-month period.
Event driven
- 14/04/2017
Rocaton Investment Advisors has formed a partnership with SAF Platform, a New York City based financial technology firm to offer offer private capital and hedge fund research to institutional investors.
Potential clients include endowments, foundations, insurance companies, pension funds, family offices, and registered investment advisors.
"Rocaton is singularly focused on our clients' success, and a cornerstone of that success is objective investment research. Our experienced and dedicated team of research professionals analyse investment themes, managers and strategies to deliver a comprehensive evaluation of each opportunity," says Robin Pellish, CEO, Rocaton. “We see the growing need for high quality, unbiased investment
- 14/04/2017
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index measured 0.30 per cent in March while hedge fund flows as measured by the SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.90 per cent in April.
"The increase of 0.90 per cent for SS&C GlobeOp's Capital Movement Index for April 2017 is a very strong result, especially considering the month of April typically sees net outflows," says Bill Stone (pictured), chairman and chief executive officer, SS&C Technologies.
"For example, the 0.90 per cent gain for the April 2017 compares to -1.18 per cent a year ago for April 2016. In
- 13/04/2017
- 13/04/2017
Sprott Asset Management (SAM) is to sell its Canadian diversified fund business to a management-led group, with John Wilson, CEO and co-CIO of SAM, and James Fox, president of SAM, to be co-managing partners of the new firm.
The agreement is expected to be finalised in the coming months, pending regulatory approvals.
“This agreement marks a new and exciting era for our clients and our employees – one where the new company’s management team is fully aligned behind one idea: continue our growth as an exceptional fund management business that uses innovative thinking to help advisors succeed,” says Wilson
- 13/04/2017
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.06 per cent in March, slightly outperforming the 0.03 per cent return of the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index.
“For the quarter, systematic, discretionary and currency strategies all contributed positively to the Index, while CTAs showed negative performance for January and March, detracting from a strong February,” says Jason Schwarz (pictured), president of Wilshire Funds Management.
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Multi-Strategy Index, which includes both single and multi-manager funds, returned 0.08 per cent in March.
The Wilshire Liquid
- 13/04/2017
Federal Way Asset Management, an investment management firm offering both alternatives management and fiduciary management services with approximately USD5.6 billion in assets, including USD3.7 billion on a discretionary basis, has changed its name to Aptitude Investment Management.
“Since becoming an independent firm five years ago, we have sought to provide our clients with deep alternatives investing expertise and intelligent solutions in order to generate superior, long-term, risk-adjusted returns,” says Jeffrey Klein, chief executive officer of Aptitude.
“Our new name, Aptitude, reflects the talent and skills that we seek in the managers in which we invest, strengthening our ongoing commitment
- 13/04/2017
Tradeweb Markets, a provider of fixed income, derivatives and ETF marketplaces, saw trading activity in European spread products/Eurobonds reach a record-breaking EUR73.8 billion in the first quarter of 2017.
This beat Q1 2016 by 22.3 per cent and the previous record-holder Q1 2015 by 21.5 per cent.
Volume executed in European credit alone surpassed EUR 38.32 billion, a 21.4 per cent increase from Q1 2016 and previous record quarter.
March 2017 was also the third consecutive record month for the Tradeweb European Credit platform, with more than EUR 14.17 billion in notional volume, up 10.2 per cent from
- 13/04/2017
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