Exiger, a regulatory and financial crime, risk and compliance firm, has acquired The Poseidon Group, a Hong Kong and Singapore-based due diligence and business intelligence firm. With the addition of Poseidon into its growing portfolio of specialised due diligence and
Japan Exchange Group (JPX) has gone live with a new Nasdaq-powered trading system for its subsidiary, Osaka Exchange. "We are proud to be supporting JPX as they successfully launch their new trading system on the Osaka Exchange," says Lars Ottersgård, executive
Boutique asset manager Unigestion has launched a long/short strategy, the second of two factor funds created in collaboration with its client Railpen, which were announced in January. The first of the strategies, the long only “Equity Compass” strategy, which launched
Tremblant Capital Group, a global asset management firm specialising in long/short and long-only equity investing, has appointed Daniel Watersas a partner and co-president. In this newly created role, Waters will join both the management and investment/risk committees, and will directly
OptionMetrics, a provider of historical option price data, tools and analytics, has bolstered its global technology, development and operations team with the addition of veteran systems engineers, software engineers and quality assurance specialists. The new hires are a direct response
AltX, the San Francisco based hedge fund intelligence platform, has launched AltX Estimates, providing clients with return data on more than 17,000 funds, including performance data on over 80 per cent of the ‘Billion Dollar Club’ funds. AltX Estimates delivers
Large institutions are shifting trading volume to algorithmic avenues of execution as the overall commission pool remains flat, according to a study from Greenwich Associates. Greenwich Associates, which conducted interviews with 223 US equity portfolio managers and 321 US equity
By Vladimir Rabotka (pictured), Castle Hall Alternatives – Cybersecurity has rapidly become one of the most discussed issues in the alternative asset management industry. Regulators have provided multiple warnings around the need for investment managers to protect their businesses from
Emerging technology has a tendency to go through a ‘hype cycle' when investor optimism leads to runaway valuations. The classic reference point is the dot.com bubble at the turn of the century, when tech stocks saw their price to earnings
The impending introduction of General Data Protection Regulation ('GDPR') in 2018 is going to affect all organisations in terms of how they protect data. Marcus Lewis (pictured), Director, Technical Sales at Capital Support, a leading managed IT services provider, believes
