On 19 October 2017, Deutsche Bank announced that they had sold their Alternative Fund Services business to Apex Fund Services (`Apex’). It is the latest example of consolidation in the alternative fund industry as organisations decide whether to stick or
Nasdaq’s Nordic Fund Market (NFM) has launched on the Bricknode Marketplace, allowing the Swedish company’s users to become Nasdaq customers and do business with more than 5000 funds in the EU. “Our goal is to be the number one cloud
By A Paris – Alternative data and data science techniques can help give hedge funds a competitive edge but, it is the symbiotic integration of human and machine which ultimately underpins managers’ success or failure in their use of these techniques. “We
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&PDJI) is now publishing carbon metrics on the majority of its equity indices, including the S&P Global 1200, S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and environmentally-focused indices including S&P Global 1200 Carbon Efficient Index Family and
The pace of technological change is unrelenting. The Internet of Things and the rise of the gig economy are changing the way that businesses and consumers interact with each other. It is therefore incumbent upon the asset management industry to
Global investment research platform Alphametry has launched a comprehensive research management solution for the buy-side. Alphametry Investor will provide all asset managers, regardless of their size, with the benefits of a powerful, cloud-based solution enabling them to manage all their
As various pharmaceutical companies around the world endeavour to find a workable vaccine against the coronavirus, alternative data could help funds take an investment view on where the value lies in this global race.
TMX Group Limited (TMX Group) is to acquire London-based Trayport Holdings Limited, and its US-based affiliate, Trayport Inc – a provider of pre-trade energy solutions for traders, brokers and exchanges – from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) for GBP550 million (CAD931 million)
The growing computing power witnessed in the past few years has led to data becoming more accessible, often at the touch of a button. Though there are huge benefits to this, the progress also means the danger of information overload
Indian tech firm WandX, led by CEO Abhinav Ramesh (pictured), is to launch a token sale on Friday 27 October to fund the building of its new platform, which will allow investors to create and trade in derivative products based
