SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has partnered with specialist Swiss financial firm, Anchor Group, to bring its MIFiD II cloud-based solution to the Swiss markets. The new partnership will see SteelEye establish a presence in Switzerland in
Firms can have a belts and braces approach to the security of the systems and tools they deploy, but staff training and communication can make or break their chances of success. “We recommend overhauling policies and procedures, and implementing these
By George Ralph, RFA – The use of Artificial Intelligence is becoming decidedly commonplace. Wikipedia describes AI research as “the study of intelligent agents: any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximise its chance of success at
Managed futures trades fell back after two previous months of gains, losing 0.72 per cent in September, according to the flash estimate for the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. “The Fed’s mid-month confirmation that it was unwinding QE precipitated
Alternative asset manager Highland Capital Management has appointed Trey Parker as co-chief investment officer. Parker will join Highland co-founder Mark Okada in the CIO role overseeing the USD13 billion investment platform. “This is a well-earned promotion for Trey,” says Okada.
Schultze Asset Management, an investment firm specialising in financially troubled and distressed companies, has hired William Skolnick as Vice President of Business Development and four new advisory board members. In this new role, Skolnick will work to create new business
ThinkMarkets, a fintech provider of financial derivatives trading, has expanded its offering of CFD trading to the four most liquid Crypto currencies. The firm added Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP) and Litecoin (LTC) CFDs to its MT4 and Trade
Kettera Strategies has expanded its Hydra global macro, FX, and commodity managed account marketplace with the launch of Hydra Global Hedge, offering access to equity-based hedge fund strategies. “The new Hydra Global Hedge marketplace was built to answer the challenges investors
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has published a new edition of its flagship due diligence questionnaire (DDQ), 20 years after the first AIMA DDQ helped to standardise the due diligence process for alternative investment managers and investors. The new
McKay Brothers International has added select futures from the London Metal Exchange to its Quincy Extreme Data (QED) service. QED now offers select LME instruments at the lowest known latency at Slough-LD4 and Basildon in the UK, as well as
