Thomson Reuters has added additional research management and search capabilities to its flagship desktop product, Eikon aimed at meeting the challenges of MiFID II requirements, set to be implemented on 3 January, 2018. Launched and incorporated into Eikon this year,
Apex Fund Services (Apex) has been granted official approval and licensing by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (AGDM) and has become one of the first Independent fund administrators approved to carry out Regulated Activity
Iron Cove Partners, a national insurance brokerage specialising in the needs of the alternative asset management community, has launched the Iron Cove Hedge Fund Select Policy, through a new partnership with a Lloyd’s Cover Holder and Financial Services Syndicate. Iron
SmartX Advisory Solutions, a technology firm formerly known as HedgeCoVest, has added 27 investment strategies to its managed accounts platform, including models offered by Blackrock, Morningstar Investment Management, and Nasdaq Dorsey Wright. The new investment models encompass a broad range
DC Thomson is partnering with Electronic Research Interchange (ERIC) to develop its bespoke investment research offering for the post-MiFID II world. This transaction will see DC Thomson acquire a material stake in ERIC. 

 The partnership will enable ERIC to
Deutsche Börse and Illuminate Financial Management have co-led in a USD5 million Series A funding round in RegTek.Solutions, a multi-jurisdiction regulatory reporting solutions provider. Based in New York, RegTek.Solutions was launched earlier this year as a specialist provider of global regulatory
Nasdaq is to acquire eVestment, an industry leading content and analytics provider used by asset managers, investment consultants and asset owners to help facilitate institutional investment decisions. The acquisition is expected to deliver attractive shareholder returns with a combination of
SandPointe Asset Management has selected NAV Fund Administration Group (NAV) to provide full service fund administration to six SandPointe private funds. With firm assets over USD100 million, SandPointe chose to move their funds to NAV after learning of their flexible,
SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has announced the general released of its new Auto-Trade Reconstruction technology, which reduces the time it takes for a firm to reconstruct a trade from days to seconds.
Active asset management company J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) is to directly pay for external research used by its fund management teams when the reforms to the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (known as MiFID II) come into
