Tokyo-based boutique investment manager Misaki Capital has appointed Northern Trust to provide custody and foreign exchange services to its USD600 million, Cayman-domiciled, Misaki Engagement Master Fund. “We appointed Northern Trust based on their established reputation as a leading global custodian
Thomson Reuters has partnered with Moody’s Analytics, a provider of financial intelligence and analytics, to offer a classification solution for conducting the Solely for Payment of Principal and Interest (SPPI) tests required under the IFRS9 accounting standard. The solution allows
Quorum 15, a global financial markets think tank, and Greenwich Associates, a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, have launched Q15 Digital, a new partnership venture that expands Quorum 15’s programme of industry forums, allowing a wider community of
VendEx Solutions, a San Francisco-based SaaS company with offices in London, New York, and Charleston, SC, has spun off from International Solutions Network, Consulting Company (ISN) with the aim of ‘redefining the tools for market data and vendor managers in
Maples and Calder and MaplesFS which together comprise Maples Fiduciary and Maples Fund Services, have consolidated their offerings under a single brand, now called the Maples Group. This composite of collective services includes an international law firm, advising on the
On 3 December 2018, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) published amendments to December 2017’s AML Guidance notes on the Prevention and Detection of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing. Under the AML/CFT regime, a clear distinction has been made between delegation
Over the last five or six years there has been tremendous consolidation in the alternative fund administration space, with the likes of SS&C Technologies and Apex Fund Services acquiring specialist fund administrators. At the same time, the industry has continued
Thasos, an alternative data intelligence firm that transforms location information from mobile phones worldwide into real-time, objective and actionable insights, is to offer geolocation data on FactSet’s Open:FactSet Marketplace (OFM). The OFM will feature Thasos’ ConsumerStreams product, which covers over
Cappitech, a provider of regulatory reporting and intelligence solutions for the financial services industry, has launched Insights, a product that aims to allow compliance teams and risk managers to gain a competitive advantage by improving regulatory reporting and allowing them
Invast Global, a multi-asset prime brokerage firm in APAC, has selected OneTick Surveillance, to be hosted and fully managed by OneMarketData. With increased regulatory requirements and pressures placed on financial services firms, Invast Global can now ensure that all trades
