Financial regulators across the globe are cracking down heavily on cases of individual misconduct, according to the 5th annual Global Enforcement Review published by the Compliance and Regulatory Consulting Practice of Duff & Phelps. Regulators in the UK, USA and
StatPro Group, an AIM listed provider of cloud-based portfolio analytics and asset pricing services for the global asset management industry, has signed a three-year contract extension with FundBPO for StatPro Revolution, including a portfolio usage increase and an extension of
SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has launched a new data platform following a successful early adoption program. The SteelEye product has been designed to help financial firms meet their obligations under MiFID II for Record Keeping, Trade
By James McDonald (pictured), CEO/CIO of Hercules Investments – America is in bad shape. While the rest of the world seems to be moving past the Coronavirus, the US is still experiencing record deaths nationwide. Americans continue to struggle just
Institutional investors based in Asia-Pacific have allocated more capital to hedge funds in recent years, reaching a record USD202 billion as of the end of 2016, up from USD180 billion a year earlier, according to Preqin’s new Hedge Funds in
Much is made in the mainstream media of the supposed greed and avarice of hedge fund managers but as a recent Emerging Managers survey, compiled by boutique prime broker GPP in partnership with AIMA reveals, the opposite is true. Far
By Wayne Riches, FIS – New research findings indicate a gap between asset managers’ growth objectives and their readiness to meet them. In a new white paper based on global research and the FIS Readiness Index, FIS explores why asset managers
IHS Markit, a specialist in critical information, analytics and solutions, has partnered with six leading securities finance market participants as part of its ongoing effort with Pirum Systems to build a solution to address Securities Finance Transaction Regulation (SFTR) reporting
StatPro Group, a provider of cloud-based portfolio analytics and asset pricing services for the global asset management industry, has appointed Will Entwistle, as North American Sales Director and Group Executive Board member. Entwistle is joining StatPro with a wealth of
Hedge fund investors are reporting increasing difficulty in finding attractive funds in which to invest, according to a survey by Preqin. In June, almost half of investors said they were planning to reduce their allocations to hedge funds over the
