BitBay.net, an Estonia licensed crypto-to-fiat exchange, has now listed tether (USDt) on its platform. BitBay.net is one of the most established crypto-fiat exchanges in Europe while USDt recently surpassed a market capitalisation of USD15 billion, thereby cementing its position as
Cappitech Regulation, a RegTech firm specialising in automating regulatory transaction reporting for investment firms, has concluded the integration of its Capptivate platform with AccessFintech’s ecosystem. AccessFintech users can now incorporate Capptivate’s MiFID II and EMIR reporting, tracing regulatory reporting exceptions
Binance’s cryptocurrency derivatives platform has transacted USD1 trillion in year-to-date volume. Binance Futures started a year ago in September 2019, and has rapidly grown into a market leader. “The story of Binance becoming the world’s largest crypto exchange through our
BornTec​, a software solutions provider for trade data analysis and reporting, has released CrossCheck 2 (CC2), a wholly reimagined version of its platform CrossCheck platform. CrossCheck was built to seamlessly aggregate and normalsze data flows from exchanges, trading platforms, OMSs,
The past six months have seen hedge fund managers deploy their disaster recovery plans which had probably been gathering dust since they were first drawn up. The shift to remote working has however uncovered key-person risk organisations were unknowingly exposed
Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking, a division of Wells Fargo & Company’s Quantitative Prime Services division has partnered with HPR to provide an ‘elite next-generation’ trading platform for clients.Through its collaborative partnership with HPR, Wells Fargo will provide custom
Technology has been critical to investment managers being nimble and adapting their processes to the fast-changing environment. This is also leading to new business outlooks as firms weigh up the benefits of making certain elements of the Covid-19 shift a
By Robin Bedford, Opus Fund Services – The average hedge fund life expectancy is 3-5 years. Long-term viability is almost exclusively determined by ability to raise long-term capital. Many new managers launch without a major institutional ‘anchor’ investor, making it an
European mid-market private equity investor Equistone Partners Europe (Equistone) is to acquire Moody’s Analytics Knowledge Services (Knowledge Services), a provider of bespoke research, analytics and automation technology to the financial services sector, from Moody’s Corporation. Established in 2014 through the
As hedge funds become more comfortable with cloud database technology, the opportunity for new, more efficient ways of sharing data between organisations is starting to become a reality. Across the hedge fund industry, several data exchange processes remain tied to
