Bolsa Mexicana de Valores is migrate its current real-time, proprietary market surveillance system to Nasdaq’s SMARTS platform. SMARTS has international standards built into all of its monitoring processes, allowing for seamless consolidation of supervisory duties and making these duties more
Elsen has closed a USD400,000 round of funding for its financial technology platform, which allows hedge funds to run financial models and algorithms faster and more efficiently. Elsen plans to use this capital to accelerate growth and add additional resources
Long-known for secrecy and operating in the shadows of investment and finance, hedge funds will become increasingly transparent and more active on social media in 2015, according to Peppercomm. “Secrecy is no longer going to work for many hedge funds,”
Investors, consultants and hedge fund managers are now able to conduct sophisticated risk analysis, construct and optimise portfolios and generate reports on hedge funds' performance and risk via a native iOS Risk-AI Fusion app. Risk-AI Fusion is the first ever,
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has announced plans to enhance participation and liquidity on its electronic platform, LMEselect. The LME is focusing on increasing liquidity on standard monthly dates to provide a simpler way to trade existing LME futures. “Our
First Derivatives has evolved its Delta software platform, powered by kdb+, into marketing analytics through the launch of Delta Marketing Cloud. This demonstrates Delta’s ability to find applications beyond the Capital Markets sector and is the first new vertical market
Asset manager Union Investment has successfully added the OTAS platform to its portfolio management process. OTAS Technologies is a decision support partner to the world’s largest global institutions. OTAS delivers intelligent decision support through a secure provide cloud platform, adding
Salient Partners has completed the adoption of the Broadmark Tactical Plus Fund, which is now available as the Salient Broadmark Tactical Plus Fund (Class A Ticker: SBTAX, Class C Ticker: SBTCX, Class I Ticker: SBTIX). Shareholders approved the merger, which
SEI has expanded the regulatory compliance component of its global operating platform to meet Annex IV transparency reporting requirements under the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). SEI’s Investment Manager Services division is a global supplier of customised operating
Despite the decision by CalPERS to divest their hedge fund investments, for the vast majority of institutions they remain a crucial part of their asset allocation. Some of the more sophisticated pension plans are building in-house capabilities to strengthen their
