Colt Technology Services (Colt) has launched its US network, connecting multinational enterprises and financial firms to Europe and Asia. Colt, one of the world’s first ‘alt-nets,’ has just connected 13 major cities in North America, including New York, San Francisco
Hedge funds posted their second consecutive month of gains, up 0.33 per cent in May and 0.48 per cent year-to-date. Performance has varied sharply with small to medium sized hedge funds delivering gains while funds managing in excess of
Over recent years, the continued popularity of passive funds has been a key factor in why hedge fund managers have seen their margins shrink, not to mention the increased costs of regulatory compliance. Many are looking to technology to improve
By Mike Canni, Opus Fund Services – Innovations such as self-driving cars and voice activated assistants, for example Amazon’s Alexa or Apple’s Siri, are increasingly becoming the new norm. “Smart Automation” is increasingly becoming the focus for the technology industry.
One of the clearest manifestations of how fund managers have changed the way they work in recent times lies in mobility. A portfolio manager today is equally effective working from a sun lounger on vacation, or from the home office
Alternative data will likely transform active investment management over the next five years, according to a white paper by Deloitte. Those firms that do not update their investment processes within that timeframe could, they argue, face strategic risks. Alternative data is
Technology is becoming an important factor when hedge fund managers present their investment strategy to prospective investors. The more agile and sophisticated the technology infrastructure, the more appealing the manager will likely appear. And whereas in times past it would
BACCI Investment Solutions, a discretionary financial services provider based in South Africa, has launched its inaugural Irish UCITS fund, the BACCI Global Equity Fund, on the Prescient Global Funds ICAV platform. The UCITS compliant fund aims to achieve optimal and
The flexible deployment of technology using cloud-delivered solutions and hosted services is, in many ways, levelling the playing field with asset management. Historically, using the best systems in large, sophisticated IT architectures to support complex trading strategies was the preserve
State Street’s foreign exchange and fixed income best execution analytics platform BestX has launched a post-trade transaction cost analysis (TCA) module for equity markets. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
