CubeLogic, a specialist in business intelligence enabled risk management solutions, has opened anew office in Singapore, its second in the APAC region. The new office will service the needs of existing APAC clients and provide the ideal base for the
Misys and D+H have joined forces to create a diversified global financial software provider which will operate under the new company name Finastra. The combination will create the third largest financial services technology company in the world, with approximately 10,000
Broadridge Financial Solutions has successfully completed a pilot with Natixis and Societe Generale which leverages blockchain technology to enhance the operational efficiency and auditability of bilateral repurchase, or repo, agreements. The pilot utilises distributed ledger technology capabilities to reduce operational
Orient Capital, a specialist in share ownership analysis and identification, market intelligence, investor communication and shareholder management technology, has initiated two client projects by incorporating the ‘Proxymity ID’ technology into its existing analytical processing systems.Read the full story at Institutional
The Open Protocol (OP) Insurance Working Group has published the final version of the Open Protocol Template and Manual for Insurance Funds, following a public consultation launched in November 2016. The OP Template for Insurance Funds will facilitate better risk
Hedge funds enjoyed another positive week last week according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross-Asset Research team. Lyxor writes: “Cracks in the reflation trade emerged after the marginally dovish Fed’s minutes and with doubts intensifying about the tax-cut
Hedge fund performance was mixed across strategies in May, according to the latest date released by Lyxor, with Event Driven funds extending their winning streak, while Macro strategies underperformed on the back of long positions on the USD and hard commodities.
The shareholders of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) have elected a new Supervisory Board. The new EEX Supervisory Board is composed as follows: Dr Dirk Biermann, Managing Director, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH; Heike Eckert, Member of the Management Board, Eurex Clearing
Increasingly, the search for alpha is pushing asset managers into the furthest corners of financial markets. New asset classes, new instruments and new geographies are conspiring to place huge pressure on pre-existing operating models as managers struggle to cope with
Connections, a platform that connects investment managers and allocators, has announced a technology and content partnership with TD Prime Services, LLC, a SEC and FINRA registered broker-dealer.Under the terms of the strategic partnership, TD Prime Services will adopt iConnections’ platform
