Financial services regulatory consulting firm Bovill has launched a global cryptocurrency-blockchain offering. “Cryptocurrencies and the technology supporting them are revolutionising global finance,” says Ben Blackett-Ord, Chief Executive at Bovill. “Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are an emerging asset class with
The Hedgeweek and Sentieo webinar event, Using AI to supercharge equity research for alpha generation, explores the way that technologies such as natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI) can aid hedge fund equity analysts and portfolio managers in their
VRBex, a fin tech company planning to operate a cryptocurrency exchange and security-token trading platform, has launched an initial security token offering (ISTO) for potential investors. VRBex CEO, Gene Grant (pictured), and COO David Powell believe that token holders represent
In order to improve market liquidity and financial stability, the G20 countries decided in 2009 that over-the-counter (OTC) products should be centrally traded on electronic platforms. Recent research results from Swiss Finance Institute (SFI) Professor Harald Hau from the University
Tradeweb Markets is partnering with two margin optimisation providers, Cassini Systems and OpenGamma, to offer clients a choice of vendor access to life-cycle cost analytics, including initial margin, collateral, clearing fees, brokerage and trading costs. Tradeweb’s integration of margin optimisation
Pico, a provider of technology services for the financial markets community globally, has added to its European network of exchange colocation facilities with the launch of hosting services at the Borsa Italiana exchange colocation facility in Milan. This latest phase
Financial services provider Siebert Financial Corp is to purchase Weeden Prime Services (Weeden Prime), a prime brokerage services provider. When the deal completes, Weeden Prime will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siebert. Founded in 2009, Weeden Prime is a
The Lynx Program (Lynx), the longest running active hedge fund in Sweden, has launched a pure machine learning strategy, Lynx Constellation. Lynx Constellation will be the third investment offering from Lynx Asset Management since the company was founded in 1999.
European Energy Exchange (EEX) and IncubEX have expanded their partnership into North America via EEX Group’s US-based platform Nodal Exchange. The global cooperation agreement between EEX and IncubEx, which started in August 2017, aims to build and improve liquidity
BITREAL Capital has been granted marketing authorisation and registration by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) for the BITREAL Real Estate Blockchain Opportunities Fund 1 GmbH & Co KG (BREBCO 1). Set up as a Spezial AIF, BREBCO1 is
