Commcise and Convergex's Westminster Research Associates are to offer a fully integrated, technology-based solution that allows asset managers to be compliant with the upcoming MiFID II regulations relating to payment for research. Westminster is a broker-dealer specialising in providing full-service
INDATA, a provider of software, technology and services for buy-side firms, has made functionality enhancements geared towards the MiFID II implementation date of January 2018. More than 350 changes have been made to the iPM Epic software suite. Numerous
London-based Feedstock is operating a research platform that offers buy-side fund managers a one-stop-shop to managing their research activities under MiFID II. Feedstock acts as a productivity tool by integrating with a buy-side firm’s email system. By filtering through the
Dealogic has combined its buy-side products into a single offering, Dealogic Connect, creating an MiFID II compliant solution that links a network of 250-plus investment firms to 150-plus sell-side partners. Dealogic Connect brings together Dealogic's acquisition of A2 Access' aggregated
Last year the number of hedge fund launches globally fell by an estimated 40 per cent, but despite this there have been a number of positive developments for the funds industry in the BVI. One is the creation of an
Confluence, a provider of investment data management automation for regulatory, financial and investor reporting and performance calculation and analytics, has extended the regulatory filing capabilities on its Unity NXT Regulatory platform. Launched in May, Unity NXT Regulatory Reporting supports the
JO Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM), the international investment boutique, has contracted Silverfinch to address the steep rise in regulatory reporting requirements the firm is facing. Silverfinch, a look-through and data distribution hub for client regulatory reporting, recently launched a quadruple
Advanced Logic Analytics (ALA), a provider of enterprise wide big data and finance analytics solutions for buy- and sell-side institutions and other financial firms, has launched its core big data analytics platform, ALA OneLogic. ALA OneLogic was developed to provide
FinTech company Convergence has launched Advisor Complexity Profile, designed to address the challenge of operational and business model transparency in the alternative asset management industry. Complexity aims to provide insight into all the major alternative asset classes, including hedge funds,
RSRCHXchange, the MiFID II compliant marketplace for institutional research, has appointed several industry veterans to its board. They are Adam Toms, former CEO of agency broker Instinet Europe, Don Guiney, senior capital markets partner at Freshfields, and Michael McFadgen, managing
