Esprow, a provider of enterprise testing technology for the financial markets, has released a MiFID II adaptation of its ETP C-Box RegTech platform. The update will automate MiFID II certification of exchange members and counterparties and allow any regulated firm
By Kulvinder Gill – The technology treadmill is a tough place to be these days. Technology refresh cycles last only a mere three years, forcing firms to replace their infrastructures and make costly software and hardware upgrades on a
MSCI, a provider of risk and performance analytics, has selected Caissa as a distribution channel for HedgePlatform, MSCI’s hedge fund transparency content set, which covers more than 1,400 hedge funds. Caissa will distribute HedgePlatform content through Portfolio Navigator, its portfolio
Alternatives have become a more mature option for institutional allocators, yet the reporting obligations fueled by the constantly evolving regulatory landscape has become a challenge for a large number of alternative fund managers. Whereas a decade ago, alternative fund managers
Hamilton Lane has appointed Lydia A Gavalis as general counsel and Frederick W Shaw as chief compliance officer, effective as 1 April. Robert Cleveland, who served as general counsel at the firm for more than 16 years, will retire at
Global Prime Partners (GPP) has appointed Mike Ward as head of new business development. Ward (pictured) arrives from Nomura where he was co-head of EMEA equities. Prior to this he was head of equity sales, EMEA at Bank of America
BCS Global Markets, the Russian investment bank and largest securities broker on the Moscow exchange, has appointed Bradley Duke and Tim Bevan as co-chief executives of its UK entity, BCS Prime Brokerage (BCS UK). BCS Global Markets recently adopted a
Irish Funds, the representative body for the international cross-border investment funds industry in Ireland, has welcomed the Central Bank of Ireland’s announcement on its intention to amend the requirements for Loan originating Qualifying Investor AIFs (L-QIAIFs), as set out in
In today’s unpredictable world, it’s more critical than ever that investment managers and advisers establish plans to keep their businesses from experiencing undue harm. Daily business operations can be impacted by a wide variety of scenarios– from the most threatening,
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) subsidiary operating the Global Markets Entity Identifier (GMEI) utility continues to operate as the largest legal entity identifier (LEI) issuer, by share of the total LEIs issued worldwide, in the run-up to MiFID
