Singapore Exchange (SGX) is to launch a bond trading platform by mid-2015. It will initially trade Asian corporate bonds in G3 currencies, with Asian local currencies to follow. To drive this initiative, the first of its kind focused on Asian
The City of Zurich Pension Fund has chosen Citco to provide administration, custody and related financial services to its USD1.3bn hedge fund portfolios. The mandate follows a series of other key wins from institutional investors, driven by demand for customised
Throughout December, Bougeville Consulting will be collecting stationery items from hedge fund clients and contacts within the financial services industry. This is part of the firm’s seasonal appeal, aiming to bring what it collects – pens, writing paper, old laptops
RARE, the Australian Infrastructure Investment Manager, has chosen Calastone to automate their global funds transactions. Calastone’s single-to-many cross border fund service automates the flow from participating platforms and custodians into RARE’s global fund range registered across Australia, US, Canada as
Contix, a provider of social media event-surfacing technology, is opening its platform to “general availability” for trading desks and other finance professionals for the early identification of market-moving news events. Contix’ platform is in use by trading desks representing hundreds
Omgeo, the global standard for institutional post-trade efficiency, today announced that Over 225 investment managers worldwide are now leveraging Omgeo ALERT for Foreign Exchange (FX) standing settlement instructions (SSI). ALERT enables over 1,800 investment managers, brokers/dealers and custodian banks to
Ocwen Financial Corporation has re-launched a free database of loan-level data for mortgages serviced by Ocwen in private label mortgage-backed securities (MBS), powered by the REALPortal platform. Ocwen uses the REALPortal platform, licensed from Altisource Solutions to provide mortgage investors
REDI Holdings has added Evercore ISI Institutional Equities’ (Evercore ISI) electronic execution platform to the REDI multi-broker network. “Evercore ISI has long been acclaimed for its sophisticated macro and fundamental investment research, evidenced most recently by the firm’s stellar performance
Alternative investments specialist Midwest Wealth Management has launched a new Proprietary Trading Platform. The platform utilizes advanced mathematical analysis that’s based on 16 unique risk-based and account objective models to help determine what we feel is the optimal time to
“It is critical to know that what we’re building is a two-sided network that has benefits both for investors and fund managers,” comments Sam Hocking (pictured), founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Imatchative. The company has just completed (27 October
