Cumbersome client data acquisition and onboarding processes, along with trading delays due to missing or inaccurate client documentation, are top concerns for buy-side firms, according to a report from TABB Group. The study found 62 per cent of respondents experience
REDD Intelligence, an online provider of material intelligence on emerging market event driven special situations, has closed a USD5.8 million equity financing round.This is REDD’s first institutional financing and was led by Nassau Point Investors. Other investors include Neil Osborn,
Singapore Exchange (SGX) and fintech firm Smartkarma have formed a partnership to roll out the C-Suite Pilot Program, a cloud-based platform that will enable SGX-listed companies to streamline their communication and data reporting to the institutional, analyst and investor communities.
Bfinance’s Chris Stevens (pictured) reports on a recent manager search for alternative beta strategies for a large US corporate pension scheme with USD10 billion in assets under management. The client had previously considered and rejected investing into hedge funds for
Although alternative assets remain a crucial component of many portfolios, investors are finding it harder to identify attractive investment opportunities compared to a year ago, according to Preqin’s survey of over 490 institutional investors. With a record-high 2,798 private capital
Data from HFR shows that hedge funds advanced in August led by a resurgence in Energy/Basic Materials and Activist strategies. The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (FWC) gained +0.4 per cent for the month, increasing the Index Value to 12,709
ICE Data Services (IDS) has IOWArocks growing data owner community. ICE Data Services is part of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), and provides a comprehensive set of market insights and information, including pricing and analytics, indices and exchange data. IOWArocks is
Linedata, a provider of credit and asset management technology, data and services, has partnered with analytics platform Invisage to help global hedge funds and asset managers streamline investment research costs in the post-MiFID II environment.Linedata’s global fund manager clients can
International law firm Proskauer has released released its 2020 SPAC IPO Study which reveals that from 2016 through 2019, SPAC IPOs have been on the rise in terms of both absolute number of deals and gross proceeds raised. Based on the
Self-service data analytics specialist Stratifyd has launched its new ‘next generation’ platform. Stratifyd says the analytics engine was re-designed from the ground up to be intuitive and easy-to-use, enabling business users – regardless of education, skill, or job function – to
