By Samer Ojjeh, Principal at EY – Technology continues to be a major driver of change within the hedge fund industry, with a marked effect on hiring practices. Managers are realising that to survive in today’s highly competitive and innovative environment,
Argentex, an FCA regulated provider of foreign exchange services to corporate and private clients across EMEA, has been ranked the world’s most accurate forecaster of GBP/USD and EUR/USD currency pairs by Bloomberg. The rankings have placed Argentex as the most
Saxo Bank, a Fintech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investment, has launched SaxoTraderPRO, a new trading platform for active traders and institutional clients. The new platform is an advanced multi-screen trading platform offering a fully customisable workspace for both
BitUN, a private bank for blockchain assets, is to list its BUC token on Coinsuper starting from 15 April 2018, with plans to the list on other exchanges including Huobi. After listing on Coinsuper, the token will initially support BUC/BTC
Elysium Technology Group (Elysium), a US-based specialist in trade processing solutions for Foreign Exchange and Futures, and CRYPTALGO, have formed strategic partnership to introduce cryptocurrency trading solutions to financial institutions. CRYPTALGO is a Swiss-based fintech company specialising in high-end cryptocurrency
By George Ralph, RFA – As many firms in the alternative investment sector, and certainly many of our clients, look for new ways to improve investment strategies and drive efficiencies in their businesses, against a backdrop of strict regulations and
Thomson Reuters has enhanced its investment portfolio risk management solutions on its financial flagship desktop product, Eikon, with the addition of MSCI RiskMetrics. Investment professionals access to market-leading, multi-asset class risk analytics alongside Eikon’s capabilities for portfolio analytics, market monitoring
ACA Compliance Group (ACA) is to acquire Cordium, a provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) services. The financial terms of the transaction, which is expected to close this summer, subject to regulatory approvals, have not been disclosed. The complementary
Nasdaq has expanded and relaunched its Mutual Fund Quotation Service (MFQS) as Nasdaq Fund Network (NFN). Nasdaq Fund Network is a global investment product information service bringing greater efficiency and transparency to the world’s financial markets. Nasdaq Fund Network provides the
Quant Insight, a London-based macro analytics firm, and Predata, the New York-based predictive analytics platform, today announced a new strategic partnership whereby Predata will add its global geopolitical risk signals to Quant Insight’s quantitative macro analyses framework and processes to
