Technological Innovations 2012

By James Williams – The advances being made in technology to support hedge fund managers are significant, not only because the way hedge funds operate is becoming more complex thanks to multi-prime relationships and the trading of new instruments, but also because of the intense pressure of regulation. »

By Tom Zdon, Vice President of Business Development & Solutions, Advent – One of the biggest challenges for the managers we’re focused on right now is the issue of dealing with multiple counterparties and its impact on performance, cost of carry and on providing transparency across asset classes. »

By James Williams – Over the last three or four years the technology platform between fund administrators and managers has become all-encompassing in terms of supporting front- through back-office operations. There’s a clear push towards real-time integration of services between managers and their administrators, brokers and custodians, and whilst technology vendors are clearly meeting this challenge there’s still plenty of room for improvement. »

Interview with Tyler Kim – Historically, risk reporting solutions were developed to cater to the needs of sophisticated portfolio managers that require a broad array of data-inten »

Trading algorithms are nothing new. But the way they’re being used is changing, with managers today requiring more and more customisation. From a technology perspective, this is putting sell-side institutions under greater pressure. »