Sophis, a provider of portfolio and risk management solutions, and J.P. Morgan’s prime brokerage business have introduced iSophis, a new technology that will allow hedge funds to manage their portfolios across multiple prime brokers. iSophis provides integrated portfolio and risk
All six of of Market Vectors Index Solutions’ investable Long/Short Equity Indices, reported positive performance in November. Each index is constructed using transparent, liquid ETFs and US Treasury securities to produce hedge fund-style returns without hedge fund pricing, opaqueness and
The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG has reappointed Hauke Stars, a member of the Deutsche Börse Executive Board, for five years with effect from 1 December 2015. Hauke Stars (47) has been a member of the Executive Board since
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Teachers’) has appointed Jo Taylor as Managing Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and head of the London office. In his new role, Taylor retains primary responsibility for Teachers’ Private Capital and private
Linedata has made significant enhancements to its web portal facility for its Linedata Admin Edge platform. These enhancements focus on data control, reconciliation and creating ad-hoc user-defined views. The enhanced web functionality, powered by Linedata Reporting, fuses secure access to
Rampart Investment Management, an asset management firm specialising in option strategies, has appointed Richard R. Davis as senior vice president of sales and consultant relations. Davis brings more than 15 years of sales and research experience in the financial services
Financial services software provider SS&C Technologies Holdings has acquired DST Global Solutions Ltd, a subsidiary of DST Systems, Inc, for USD95 million in cash. DST Global’s products now owned by SS&C include industry-leading investment and fund accounting platform, HiPortfolio,
Cloud based collateral management technology provider CloudMargin has hired Christiaan van der Wal as Head of Service Delivery, effective immediately. Van der Wal joins CloudMargin from Dutch investment manager MN Services in The Hague where he ran Collateral Management and
Deutsche Bank and BayernLB have executed the first trades on Bloomberg to be cleared via EurexOTC Clear for IRS. The ability to trade and automatically clear EurexOTC Clear for IRS deals makes the execution and processing of these trades significantly
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s (ISDA) Board of Directors has elected Eric Litvack as its new Chairman. The appointment is effective from 1 January, 2015. Litvack is a Managing Director and Head of Regulatory Strategy for Société Générale’s Global
