GTCOM Technology Corporation (GTCOM-US), an alternative data fintech firm providing firms with smarter insights into China, is to become the first Asia-pacific alternative data provider on Bloomberg’s alternative data catalogue.The company will be providing sentiment data derived from its proprietary
Crow Point Partners (CPP), an investment advisor providing global alternative investment management solutions, has entered a strategic partnership with Cold Creek Capital (Cold Creek). The two Boston-based boutique managers will collaborate on existing investment strategies. Additionally, Crow Point will provide
Thomson Reuters has strengthened its solutions portfolio for quantitative analysis with the launch of I/B/E/S Point in Time (Point in Time), which offers the buy-side another powerful tool for financial backtesting and historical analysis. Point in Time is built on
The rate of new hedge fund launches grew between April and June following the coronavirus-fuelled first quarter slump, as hedge fund performance recovered – but the number of new roll-outs over the past 12 months remains “historically low”, Hedge Fund
Businesses across Europe are unprepared for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into law in May 2018, according to new research conducted for audit tax and consulting firm RSM by the European Business Awards. The survey, completed
The CFTC has ordered JPMorgan to pay a record USD920.2 million, the largest amount of monetary relief ever imposed by the CFTC, to settle charges of manipulative and deceptive conduct and spoofing.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
New US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Heath P Tarbert has made appointments to key positions in his Office. Jaime L Klima will serve as Chief of Staff and Chief Operating Officer, N Charles “Charlie” Thornton III will serve as
AKJ Crypto (AKJC), a provider of trading and infrastructure solutions for fund managers trading in digital assets, has made its first “Shareout” distribution to investors in AKJ Token.AKJ Token is one of the few tokens within the crypto universe that
By George Ralph, RFA – Whilst popular in the US, here in the UK, cyber liability insurance is slowly gaining traction but hasn’t yet reached a level of widespread adoption. Possibly because firms in the US have clearer liabilities where
Backstop Solutions Group has launched Capital-Raising Dashboards, the newest add-on module within its suite of products for alternative asset managers.Backstop says its new offering introduces an ‘unprecedented level of self-service dashboard configuration capabilities’, bucking the industry norm of requiring users
