Digital Realty Trust is partnering with Aqua Comms Limited to deploy its new transatlantic fibre optic system, America Europe Connect (AEConnect). Spanning more than 5,400 kilometres across the Atlantic Ocean, between Long Island and the west coast of Ireland, with
KPMG has acquired from G2 FinTech (G2), a boutique tax technology firm that specialises in tax analysis and compliance software for the investment management community, all of its United States tax software and intellectual property, including G2’s flagship product, TaxGopher.
Cordium, a provider of compliance consulting and software solutions to the financial services industry, has launched a new electronic communications review service. As technology advances and communication channels become the new standard, electronic communication oversight and document retention has become
Law firm Simmons & Simmons has launched a new practical online tool for its clients in the financial institutions and asset management sectors to help guide them through the steps that need to be taken for MiFID2/MiFIR compliance. Simmons &
Man AHL, Man Group’s diversified quantitative investment manager, has launched the Man AHL Coder Prize, a coding competition for students aged 16 and over with a top prize of GBP5,000. The first ever Man AHL Coder Prize will launch on
October saw hedge funds delivering returns close to 2 per cent on the back of a renewed sense of market optimism. Event-Driven and Global Macro strategies outperformed, up 2.5 and 3 per cent respectively. CTAs, which were up 2.7 per
Fund performance and industry dry powder is analysed in this extract from the Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Debt, Q3 2015. Fig 1 displays the median proportions of committed capital called up by the end of the first and second investment
Preqin’s Real Estate Online currently tracks 62 South Korea-based institutions that are actively investing in the real estate asset class, collectively representing USD2.5 trillion in total assets. A large proportion of South Korea-based real estate investors are insurance companies (31
Colt has launched Colt PrizmNet in the US, connecting providers of financial content – including market data, research and trading services – to capital markets firms, improving trade execution and accelerating global market connectivity. This financial extranet addresses increased client
Markit has launched Markit WSO Credit Manager, a credit and portfolio analysis application for investment professionals focused on bank loans. Credit Manager was designed in partnership with CVC Credit Partners and other industry experts. The application helps portfolio managers and
