While the relationship between systematic hedge funds and alternative data sources is not new, quants have recently raised concerns that alt data is not giving the same alpha as it used to.
With the proliferation of financial data and cloud technologies, customer requirements to ingest and analyse data are diversifying and evolving fast. Driven by data suppliers’ demand to leverage its ready-made infrastructure and services, Crux Informatics (Crux) has unveiled a new offering,
Using order book data to drive investment decisions was historically the domain of high frequency trading hedge funds. However, as these datasets are being aggregated, harmonised and made searchable, a whole host of hedge funds and investment managers can seek
There is a continuing interest among Japanese investment managers to seek to broaden the suite of fund products they offer clients. They have been considering new structures and vehicles in order to provide a more diverse and efficient offering.
Backstop Solutions Group (Backstop), a cloud-based productivity suite for institutional and alternative investors, and Mercer, a business of Marsh & McLennan, have formed a strategic alliance which will make Mercer’s institutional investment data, forward-looking research and ratings available through Backstop’s
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB), founded by the Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) to facilitate the allocation and maintenance of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs), Classification of Financial Instrument codes (CFIs) and Financial Instrument Short Names (FISNs), for OTC
Eze Castle Integration: Best Cybersecurity Provider – In today’s remote world, firms now more than ever need to ensure the security of their distributed workforces. The Covid-19 pandemic had a profound impact on global businesses as well as their employees who have
FIS: Best Risk Management Technology Provider – The essence of the FIS Front Arena solution centres on providing portfolio managers with dashboards that deliver a real time view of positions, risk and performance. Adrian Holt, Director at FIS, identifies that the
OptionMetrics, an options database and analytics provider for international institutional investors and academic researchers, has launched a new version of its IvyDB Asia database. IvyDB Asia 2.0, which includes historical data for option markets in Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and
VERMEG, a banking and insurance software solutions provider, has launched Colline.Cloud, an end-to-end collateral management service, aimed at smaller buy and sell-side firms.Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
