Willis Towers Watson has launched The Asset Management Exchange (AMX), an institutional asset management marketplace designed to transform institutional investment for the benefit of the end saver, with USD750 million of delegated hedge fund assets. AMX is a global marketplace
Conquest Capital’s Conquest STAR UCITS Fund, a systematic absolute return trading strategy, has launched on ML Capital’s MontLake UCITS Platform. MontLake is an independent platform for UCITS funds that provides investors with access to a range of liquid, transparent
Artivest, a technology-driven investment platform, is heading in to the New Year year having passed a number of important milestones in 2015, including launching several new alternative asset funds, continuing to grow its user base of major independent advisors, providing
Baird, an international wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm, has selected CAIS as the enterprise alternative investment platform for its financial advisers. Established in 1919, Baird has more than 3,400 associates serving the needs of
One of the persistent pain points for alternative fund managers is finding a way to streamline the investor onboarding process by automating the subscription document process. To date, this has remained a notoriously inefficient and error-prone set of processes, stymieing
Agecroft Partners has pledged to donate USD1 million from its Hedge Fund Leadership Summits to non-profit organisations that benefit children. Since 2013 Agecroft Partners has committed to improving the lives of children through donating 100 per cent of
Quantitative investment firm WorldQuant has launched WorldQuant Accelerator, an independent portfolio manager platform comprising approximately 15 teams, a number the company is committed to doubling in the next two years. World Quant says the platform will continue to attract and
Quandl, a platform for financial, economic and alternative data, has added ICE Data Services’ US Treasury evaluated pricing and reference data to its offering. ICE Data Services is a part of Intercontinental Exchange, a leading operator of global exchanges and
As part of its ‘Agility for Growth’ strategy introduced in May 2016, Euronext has launched a new post-trade solution – The Euronext Chequers service – which will be implemented in stages throughout 2017. The new service will provide Risk Analytics,
Electronic trading platforms are on target to capture 20 per cent of US investment grade corporate bond trading volume in 2015 – a 25 per cent increase from 2014, according to a new report from Greenwich Associates. As e-trading increases
