FIX Trading Community has released Simple Binary Encoding (SBE) version 1.0 Draft Standard to support high performance demands in transactions and/or data feeds. Recent improvements in the speed of hardware, software and network connections have prompted the High Performance Working
EDHEC-Risk Institute has released an overview and analysis of the forthcoming framework to be used by financial institutions to determine initial margin (IM) and variation margin (VM) payments when trading non-cleared over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. The new publication – Initial Margin
Thomson Reuters has enhanced its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) offering on Thomson Reuters Eikon with a new application that enables buy-side professionals to analyse real-time ESG data and incorporate it into socially responsible investment (SRI) decisions. Developed and supported
AlphaCore Capital, a La Jolla, CA based investment advisor has seen increased demand for alternative allocations from independent advisors. The firm has expanded their team and hired Senior Investment Advisor Brett Upper to assist independent advisors navigate the changing alternative
Hedge fund manager Exane has selected SimCorp Dimension to support its middle and back-office operations for listed and OTC derivatives. Based in Paris, Exane is an independent investment firm with three main lines of business (Brokerage in Cash Equities, Derivatives,
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for June 2016 measured 4.88 per cent, up from 4.38 per cent in May. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator for June 2016 came in at 4.88 per cent, up slightly compared to the 4.72
SR Labs, a specialist in trading and market data technology, is tol operate under the new name of Vela Trading Technologies (Vela). Vela’s mission will continue to focus on creating and providing leading edge financial technology, with a strong emphasis
Project Sentinel, a collaborative initiative by a group of banks to mutualise the cost of MiFID II implementation in the OTC front office, has created a normalised regulatory data model designed to help firms meet their MiFID II OTC sales
The Economic and Monetary Affairs Council of the EU has approved the General Approach reached on Money Market Fund Reform (MMFR) at Council Working Party level. This General Approach followed an original proposal by the European Commission in September 2013.
The Australian branch of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) is celebrating its 15th anniversary this month with EY-sponsored member events in Sydney and Melbourne, bringing together many of the leading figures in Australia’s growing hedge fund sector. In 2001,
