The Beacon Group is an independent group of companies providing management, consulting, administration, accounting and other related services to offshore and domestic hedge funds and other international entities. It is licensed by the Bermuda Monetary Authority to provide corporate secretarial
Northern Trust has launched a range of new client dashboards for Omnium, its middle- and back-office technology platform for alternative fund administration. Designed to provide clients with greater transparency into workflows and metrics critical to efficient fund management, the web-based
QuantHouse, a provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure products and part of Iress (IRE.ASX), today announced that they are partnering with SpiderRock Gateway Technologies. SpiderRock Gateway Technologies has added its proprietary
Within the capital markets, there remain a large number of institutional investors seeking out unique opportunities in alternative investments. One such area is insurance-linked securities (ILS), which have built significant traction since the 2008 financial crash. Estera has been providing corporate,
George Ralph, Managing Director of RFA, recently chaired a breakfast briefing on Operational Due Diligence for private equity firms. With a knowledgeable and varied panel he debated the growing importance of being absolutely shipshape and watertight when it comes to
Ultimus Fund Solutions has acquired Woodfield Fund Administration, a privately-owned private fund administration firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Ultimus says that the combination will allow each firm to better leverage technology investments, resources and assets, providing current and prospective clients
Business information provider IHS Markit has added 35 cybersecurity risk factors on more than 3,000 public companies to Research Signals, its quantitative equity research product. The cybersecurity risk factors are based on security ratings from BitSight, a leading provider of
Tax transparency has been an evolving focal point for the world’s economies as governments look to satisfy rigorous global compliance standards and shore up their tax revenues. Western media have focused on international financial centres following recent years’ cyber breaches
Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services (NTHFS) has launched Cash Optimization, an automated service for viewing and efficiently managing cash across all currencies and counterparties to meet funding needs, maintain target reserves and generate alpha by investing excess cash. Developed in
CompIQ, an enterprise software platform that provides investment management firms with real-time compensation benchmarking and related compliance services, has launched the second version of its enterprise platform following extensive customer feedback. CompIQ’s initial focus has been on real estate, venture
