Nasdaq is to acquire Sybenetix, a surveillance provider that combines behavioural analytics and cognitive computing with financial markets expertise. Sybenetix’s technology offering is designed to solve key surveillance challenges facing the asset management industry. The addition of Sybenetix to
IndexIQ’s hedge indexes’ results for August 2017 revealed the top performing index as the IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Index, up 0.67 per cent in the month, followed by the IQ Hedge Long/Short Index, which returned 0.56 per cent in the period.
S&P Global has formed a strategic partnership with, and taken a minority stake in Algomi, a fintechcompany with offices in New York, Hong Kong and London. Algomi is the second minority fintech investment this year for S&P Global, following its
Active and alternative asset manager RAM Active Investments (RAM AI) is to absorb the cost of external research commissioned on behalf of investors. The announcement has come ahead of MiFID II, the new European Union rules which are due to come
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) has added Eurekahedge data to its offering. A part of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, WRDS provides global corporations, universities and regulatory agencies the thought leadership, data access and insights needed to
Post-trade services provider Clearstream, which is part of Deutsche Börse Group, and HedgePole, a well-established specialist service and technology provider for hedge funds price and reference data, have entered into a cooperation agreement to provide the market with enhanced alternative
FlexTrade has integrated Dataminr, a specialist in AI and machine learning, into the FlexTRADER EMS to create a global macro news alert feed within the FlexTRADER interface based on criteria pre-selected by the trader. “With MiFID II on the horizon, the requirement
Asset managers may miss the deadlines of their insurance and wealth management partners for MiFID II and PRIIPs data delivery as they’re too focused on the end of year regulatory starting point and ignoring full preparation time. That was the
New research by technology, strategic advisory, and operations outsourcing company DST shows that political uncertainty surrounding Brexit and the result of the last UK general election has delayed the regulatory compliance process of one in four financial services firms (24
Thomson Reuters has added additional research management and search capabilities to its flagship desktop product, Eikon aimed at meeting the challenges of MiFID II requirements, set to be implemented on 3 January, 2018. Launched and incorporated into Eikon this year,
