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Linedata has launched a new version of its fund accounting solution, Linedata Mfact. Based upon client feedback and an evaluation of market trends, Linedata Mfact offers a range of improvements designed to deliver increased operational efficiency and compliance with stringent regulatory requirements.   The new release offers greater integration with Linedata’s business process management tool, Linedata Optima, which offers customisable tools that sit across Linedata’s suite of fund services products. This increased integration is designed to automatically bring areas of potential concern and improvement directly to the users’ attention, without the need for detailed examination of reports, as well as
Wall Street Horizon and Estimize have partnered to provide their respective datasets to each other’s platforms in an effort to help investors find additional sources of alpha. Effective immediately, Wall Street Horizon Enchilada subscribers will have access to Estimize’s crowdsourced earnings and economic estimates, and Estimize’s clients will have access to Wall Street Horizon’s forward-looking earnings date calendar.   Quantitative and systematic investors use Wall Street Horizon’s and Estimize’s unique datasets in a variety of different ways to generate alpha. These firms rely on the accuracy of Wall Street Horizon’s earnings dates and Estimize’s earnings estimates to forecast upcoming volatility
Maitland is one of the industry's largest independent hedge fund administrators with USD280 billion in AuA. With more than 1,300 employees across 16 offices globally, Maitland is more than a fund administrator. It is a global advisory group, with its roots as an innovative law firm in Luxembourg in 1976 offering cross-border structuring solutions to corporates and some of the world's wealthiest families.  This in-house legal and tax expertise, as well as Maitland's independence, set it apart from most other fund administrators – and means that it is ahead of the game when it comes to administrators moving up the
DMS Governance specialises in providing global fund governance with the firm best regarded for the provision of offshore independent directors in the Cayman Islands. The second core business line is its UCITS and AIFMD management company and platform based in Dublin and Luxembourg.  "The demand for our European range of solutions has exceed expectations to the degree that we have doubled out footprint in Ireland and just relocated a senior executive team to Luxembourg to support the growth. Whilst proud of the now 94 mandates secured, what pleases me more is our ability to adapt to our clients changing needs
As William Samuel Johnson, one of the US founding fathers once said: “He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.”  Well, it’s fair to say that adversity has been a common trait in the hedge fund industry over the last couple of years as managers have struggled in their alchemical quest to turn base ideas into investment gold.  Performance has lagged broader market indices, trades have become crowded, investors have become more astute and cutthroat in their allocation process, cybersecurity threats have risen exponentially, whilst the weight of regulatory compliance has continued to build.  2016 was, in
Interview with James Alexander & Nick Briscoe – Invast Global is a premium, multi-asset prime services brokerage serving the needs of hedge funds, retail brokerages, high frequency trading firms and sophisticated clients. The company provides access to industry-leading OTC FX and Commodities liquidity, along with synthetic DMA access to over 30 global stock and futures exchanges. The Invast Global PurePrime facility, with optimised liquidity streams and connectivity options is designed specifically to meet the needs of small and mid-sized trading firms. The company has experienced rapid expansion over recent years as demand for prime services grows strongly amidst a regulatory-driven retreat
Latest figures from Eurekahedge reveal that hedge funds gained 1.01 per cent during the month of December, with 2016 returns coming in at 4.48 per cent.This compares with the MSCI AC World Index (Local) gaining 2.38 per cent in December with its 2016 returns coming in at 7.37 per cent. The firm writes that North American equity markets traded higher in December as the Trump-driven reflation theme buoyed markets in a somewhat 'honeymoon' period post-election. The S&P 500 Index gained 1.82 per cent during the month, with the DJIA also up 3.34 per cent. Eurekahedge writes that central bank actions
Nordea Asset Management has expanded its suite of outcome-oriented solutions with the launch of the Nordea 1 – Flexible Fixed Income Plus Fund. As the current low yield environment challenges the return potential of high-quality fixed income assets, the fund aims to provide a solution for conservative investors willing to take on limited and controlled risk in a bid to achieve returns more in line with historical fixed income performance.   The strategy invests across all fixed income asset classes, but it also has the flexibility to have a limited exposure to equities of up to 15 per cent. The
Family Office Networks is expanding its hedge fund division to help a select group of emerging and established investment managers raise assets from the fast-growing family office sector. "New managers typically rely on 'friends and family' money or perhaps a key investor to launch their fund. Once they've launched, however, they want allocations from family offices but find them to be hard to identify and get in front of to tell their story. That's where we come in. Our group has a global network of 7,000 family offices and we understand the investment preferences of every one of them," says
itarle UK, a provider of multi-asset best execution technology, has appointed Tom Middleton to head its quantitative services department. A Cambridge PhD and Olympic rower, Middleton was a founder member of the team developing the first set of algorithms at Citigroup.   He went on to lead the team from 2005 to 2009 while building Citi’s European smart order router (SOR) from scratch and looking after the release of CitiMatch (EMEA), which went on to become one of the most successful dark pools in Europe.   Between 2010 and 2016, Middleton held roles in quantitative trading and quantitative risk management

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