By Ben Watford & James Burnie – Setting up a crypto-fund is not straightforward. Participants can be unclear as to the nature of this nascent asset class, whether it is an asset class, and just generally what it all means and
Copper is a London-based technology platform that is set to revolutionise crypto investing. By building state-of-the-art trade infrastructure, the Copper Platform not only allows funds to easily, and securely deploy capital across multiple exchanges, it also provides institutional-quality independent custody.
By Manuel Anguita – At Silver 8 Capital, we believe that the future global monetary system will look considerably different than that of today. In our view, the combination of technological progress and geopolitical and social developments are going to change
The digitisation of the alternative funds industry has the potential to usher in a new investment paradigm; one that offers fund managers and investors a chance for capital preservation by investing in companies, real estate, infrastructure projects, and crypto currency-backed
Evidence collected by INDOS Financial Limited (INDOS), a UK independent depositary, has revealed that many hedge funds have chosen not to revisit their administrative and depositary arrangements since the implementation of the AIFMD (Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive) in July 2014.
Independent specialist asset manager, Unigestion, has completed its migration from on-premise to a cloud-based model, on SimCorp Dimension. Unigestion’s migration addresses the operational burden faced by many buy-side institutions, as they seek more flexibility, scalability and elasticity within their investment
As part of a proof of concept, SIX is working with the SNB to explore technological options to make digital central bank money available for the trading and settlement of tokenised assets between financial market participants. The technological foundation for
Tradeweb Markets has significantly expanded its portfolio trading functionality for corporate bonds, enhancing access to competitive liquidity globally. Portfolio trading at Tradeweb improves execution efficiency by allowing institutions to package multiple bonds into a single basket, negotiate a portfolio level
New research from Alpha FMC, the asset and wealth management consultancy, finds that many firms (80 per cent) are prioritising their digital transformation, with 61 per cent stating that they are “getting organised”, but nearly a quarter (23 per cent)
TORA, a provider of cloud-based order and execution management systems (OEMS), has launched its AI-powered AlgoWheel, which is designed to help firms create scalable, systematic best execution processes. Article 27 of the MiFID II directive raised the minimum required benchmark
