Charles River Development and Axioma have formed a strategic partnership which will see Axioma’s risk and portfolio analytics integrated into the Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS), a front and middle office platform used by more than 300
Fintech platform iCapital Network is to become exclusive feeder fund service provider for Morgan Stanley’s Wealth Management Alternative Investments Group, with responsibility for the oversight functions of the group’s alternative investment feeder fund assets. The transaction was completed on 14
Oak Trust Group, Consortia and Kreston IOM, which between them have offices in Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Malta and Mauritius – have come together to form Oak, a new private client, corporate services and fund administration group. The
Acuris, a BC Partners and GIC-backed provider of global data, intelligence, research and analysis, has acquired Blackpeak, an investigative research firm. Co-founded by Jack Clode and Chris Leahy in 2011, Blackpeak has grown to become a premier provider of complex
Style Analytics, a provider of factor-based analysis software for investment professionals, is enhancing its Peer Insights product with data from eVestment, a provider of institutional investment data and analytics. Peer Insights, designed for the buy-side, provides objective factor-by-factor comparisons between
Investment firms – hedge funds, sell-side research groups, traders, and asset managers generally – are increasingly relying on the web (via the process of web scraping) as a source of investment data, a trend that is set to increase rapidly
Market data solutions provider MDX Technology (MDXT) has become the first provider of connectivity to real-time market data to integrate with OpenFin, enabling financial institutions and FinTech firms to consume multi-vendor market data feeds. With an extensive library of market
Equitivo, a full-service fintech consultancy, has launched in London and Manchester, providing a range of services dedicated to assisting new and growing fintech organisations in the UK and Europe. Founded by Andrew Holgate, the co-founder of one of Europe’s largest
While hedge funds struggled in Q4, so did passive investments. Could higher volatility in 2019 help active stock pickers shine? The fourth quarter of 2018 culminated in a substantial market correction. Everywhere one looked, it was a sea of red.
Much is written about the operational challenges that hedge fund managers face today but when it comes to data collection – ie reference data, pricing, portfolio valuations – and trade execution or standardised reporting, service providers and investors have to contend
