FlexTrade, a specialist in broker-neutral, execution and order management trading systems, has partnered with finance sector operating system OpenFin, to provide application interoperability and improve workflow management for buy-side traders using FlexTrade’s execution management system, FlexTRADER, and FlexTrade’s out-of-the-box cloud-based
Despite extreme levels of market volatility, increased trading volumes and disruptions to society due to Covid-19, alternative fund managers have persevered, and even exceeded, performance expectations from investors.Nonetheless, managers continue to face challenges in addressing important areas of focus, including
QuantHouse, a global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including market data services, an algo trading platform and infrastructure products, has announced a global upgrade of all data centre backbones to 100G including the deployment of the low latency Arista
Kpler has joined forces with Powernext, part of EEX Group which belongs to Deutsche Börse, to create Spark Commodities. The joint venture will focus on providing technology based solutions to promote liquidity in the physical LNG market whilst providing buyers
The Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) has launched two new FX futures contracts – GBP/USD Futures and AUD/USD Futures. The addition of the two new futures contracts is the next step in TAIFEX’ strategy to rapidly expand its FX product line,
Being a fully automated online electronic brokerage firm, Interactive Brokers has found itself in an enviable position of adapting to new regulations such as MiFID II relatively seamlessly. As it already had a lot of the IT technology in place
Northfield Information Services has launched a new way for financial professionals, including hedge fund managers, to quantify risk based on the latest news. Risk Systems That Read is a new service designed to augment Northfield’s current risk models, already trusted
Interview with James Alexander, Commercial Officer at Invast Global How is bank regulation helping Invast Global win market share from traditional prime brokerages? There is no doubt that the suite of bank focused regulations has been a tailwind for Invast.
Northern Trust has been appointed by US investment manager Corry Capital Advisors (CCA) to support its expansion into Europe and distribution of its longevity-based life settlement strategies to new investors. Northern Trust will provide fund administration and depositary solutions for
Hedge fund managers are putting their prime brokers under continued pressure to be more transparent and open with respect to how they set their revenue targets and how they determine their costs for stock lending, commission rates, and margin finance.
