Crestbridge: Best Regulatory Advisory & Compliance Firm – The advent of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) changed the landscape of the financial industry dramatically, ushering in a stronger focus on regulatory compliance and increased governance requirements. In light of these
A new foundation focused on using a blockchain protocol to track and measure impact investing has been created by Dr Shaun Conway, a medical doctor and former adviser to the World Health Organisation. Impact investing is rapidly growing in
AlternativeSoft Analytical Investment Solutions: Best Risk Management Software – As the industry witnesses fading differentiations between long-only, private equity and hedge funds, investors are starting to purchase software and databases which combine all these investment types – long only, private equity
Tradeweb: Best Execution Platform – During periods of high volatility or market stress, it’s vital that hedge fund managers continue to benefit from robust access to liquidity through efficient electronic markets. Electronic trading plays a significant role in promoting stability in
Alan Davies, former Director of SS&C Depositary Services Limited, has joined INDOS Financial, an independent fund depositary and oversight business, as Managing Director.
Eversheds Sutherland: Best Law Firm – The persistent low rate environment has been pushing hedge fund managers to explore more creative options when looking to launch new funds. Increasing regulatory scrutiny is prompting greater urgency on the ESG front, while cyber-security
Certain absolute return multi-asset strategies which offer all-weather return profiles have withstood the recent market turbulence, delivering “impressive” capital preservation which bodes well for future investor appetite, according to Bfinance. Multi-asset absolute return funds lost some 2.1 per cent on
RFA: Best Cyber-Security Service Provider – With the emergence of public cloud services from vendors like AWS and Azure, fund managers may be tempted to take a do-it-yourself approach to technology and cybersecurity systems. However, service providers warn against this tactic
Red Swan Risk is enhancing its multi-asset class portfolio risk management solution, RiskON, through Asset Control’s managed service offering, PaSSPort, to provide a ‘seamless data experience’ to its clients. The collaboration between the two companies will provide asset managers with a
Cassini Systems, a provider of pre- and post-trade margin analytics for derivatives market participants, has entered into a new initial margin (IM) partnership with AcadiaSoft Inc, a provider of risk and collateral management services for the non-cleared derivatives community. Under the
