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Brazilian asset manager, Vinci Partners, is to implement Eze Software’s order management system, Eze OMS, and execution management system, RealTick EMS, to streamline workflows across the investment lifecycle.
In partnership with Eze Software, Vinci Partners will build electronic connections to third-party execution providers (brokers) locally and globally and to their internal back-office system. The firm will leverage the OMS and EMS for portfolio analytics; modelling and pre-trade allocation; pre-, intra- and post-trade compliance; and multi-asset class trading, among other capabilities. Eze Software expects to bring Vinci Partners live on the OMS and EMS later this year.
“Vinci was looking for
- 01/07/2015
Best Credit Data (BCD), a provider of end of day bond pricing data, is partnering with Exchange Data International (EDI), to distribute BCD Municipal Bond End-of-Day Pricing data to EDI clients around the world.
BCD Municipal Bond Pricing provides end of day pricing for over 1.25 million US municipal bonds every day and roughly 8 years of daily history. The partnership gives EDI’s customers the opportunity to subscribe to BCD municipal bond pricing data. Customers will be able to access data fields including: price, yield, spread, multiple duration calculations, convexity, and OAS.
“We are excited to partner with EDI,” says
- 01/07/2015
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has launched a new centralised data provisioning service, DTCC Data Products, which include the expansion of DTCC’s ETF and Corporate Actions ISO 20022 data product offerings.
DTCC Data Products was created in response to growing client demand for more centralised on-demand DTCC data provisioning. The service aims to provide data that helps firms meet increasing regulatory demands, reduce risks, increase operational efficiencies, gain access to better market insight, lower operational costs, and bring greater transparency to their business operations. As envisioned, DTCC Data Products will directly source cross-asset-class data captured across DTCC’s clearing,
- 01/07/2015
CarVal Investors has completed the final close of CVI Credit Value Fund III (CVF III) with USD3 billion in commitments. The fund is investing in undervalued opportunities with a strong focus on portfolios of whole loans coming out of the deleveraging of European banks.
The Fund will also invest in corporate securities, liquidation claims and structured credit.
The Fund has 83 institutional investors, including Cargill and a diverse range of public and private pension plans, endowments, foundations, family offices and corporate investors.
“We were very pleased with the strong reception to our latest credit offering and value the trust our
- 01/07/2015
Lanware has been awarded a three year contract to provide its cloud-based technology outsourcing services to hedge fund Finisterre Capital, part of Principal Global Investors (PGI) who took a majority stake in Finisterre in 2011.
Lanware’s suite of services will provide Finisterre with a secure virtual desktop service delivered on demand from the Lanware private cloud. Lanware will deliver a full range of compliant outsourced IT services to meet Finisterre’s technology needs.
David Hill, Chief Financial Officer for Finisterre Capital, says: “Following a strategic review of its technology, with an expanding business, new systems and an office move on
- 01/07/2015
As mainstream banks continue to face growing pressure from the alternative finance industry, a new study by Amicus Finance, a provider of short term lending solutions, has revealed the key factors driving small businesses towards alternative lenders.
According to the report, nearly half (45 per cent) of small business owners believe that alternative lenders offer more flexibility than banks, while 37 per cent said they have a greater ability to lend. A quarter (25 per cent) of small firms believe that alternative lenders outscore banks on customer service, specialist sector knowledge (24 per cent) and speed (22 per cent).
- 30/06/2015
Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) in Luxembourg has been mandated by Athena Capital to provide a full suite of custody, administration, valuation and registrar services for its alternative investment fund range.
SGSS has been selected in recognition of its alternative investment fund expertise and competitive offering, as well as for its innovative regulatory reporting services. The AIFMD reporting package, “R303”, offers alternative fund managers three different modular options to produce the required regulatory reports and assists in filing them with the local regulator. This overall offering allows Athena Capital to concentrate on its core investment activities whilst ensuring the company
- 30/06/2015
Preston Hollow Capital has added Lynn Wheatley (pictured) as Senior Credit Underwriter. Wheatley’s corporate responsibilities include evaluation, analysis and underwriting of the real property components of the firm’s investments.
“Lynn’s extensive experience as a commercial real estate underwriter give us depth in this critical function as we continue to grow the business,” says Jim Thompson, the Chairman and CEO of Preston Hollow Capital.
Before joining Preston Hollow Capital, Wheatley worked with GE Capital for 11 years. While with GE, Wheatley served as Senior Vice President at GE Capital Bank where he managed the credit perspective for its commercial real estate
- 30/06/2015
Tradeweb Markets’ actionable axes have significantly improved institutional investors’ access to high quality liquidity for European government and corporate bonds.
Tradeweb axes provide valuable pre-trade information in today’s challenging environment of constrained dealer balance sheets and reduced market liquidity.
Tradeweb is the only trading platform with real-time axes for European government bonds, in addition to axes for European credit, covered bonds, and supranationals, agencies, and sovereigns (SAS). Twenty eight corporate bond dealers provide more than 3,500 axes at a time for investment grade and high yield instruments, in addition to approximately 5,000 runs. Twenty liquidity providers also support more
- 30/06/2015
Prestige Capital Management Limited (PCM) has been granted an AIFMD (Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive) licence by the Maltese regulator, the Maltese Financial Services Authority (MFSA).
PCM operates a Maltese-authorised SICAV. The AIFM licence will allow this business to grow both its existing SICAV as well as the future management of additional structures in Malta and elsewhere by making use of the passporting benefits under the AIFM Directive within the European Union. The SICAV represents a licensed and established structure suitable for investment managers who want to take advantage of Maltese passporting opportunities PCM is a Malta-based investment management company,
- 30/06/2015
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