NEX Markets, a NEX Group business which provides electronic trading technology services in the fixed income and foreign exchange (FX) markets, has launched NEX Quant Analytics, the FX market’s largest and most comprehensive community-based analytics tool for clients trading on
Cambrian Asset Management (Cambrian), a quantitative investment firm specialising in liquid digital assets, has appointed Tony Fenner-Leitao as President. Fenner-Leitao, a veteran of the hedge fund industry, has held several prominent business development and strategic positions, including a role as Chief
Saxo Capital Markets UK Limited (Saxo), the UK subsidiary of Saxo Bank, has reduced the minimum spread for UK clients trading the UK100, the CFD index of the 100 largest UK listed companies by market capitalisation. With spreads from as
SIX Swiss Exchange has successfully completed the upgrade of its X-stream INET trading platform. Alongside forward-looking improvements in performance and capacity, the stability of response times has been increased. This means that market participants have even more reliable information on
The UK’s slide into recession could squeeze investor flows into the country, carrying far-reaching implications for hedge funds focused on UK markets. Data released this week shows UK GDP contracted by 20.4 per cent between April and June – the
Nasdaq, a leading provider of real-time market data and analytics to large institutions, financial professionals, and retail investors, has added four new data sets to the Nasdaq Analytics Hub. The Hub debuted in May 2017 to address the growing needs of the buy-side
The most vital asset a business controls is its information. As the driver of many business processes, data is a powerful tool, and therefore has to be secure, accurate and accounted for. When this sensitive information gets into the wrong
By George Ralph, RFA – Imagine you’re the CTO of a successful hedge fund. You’re not big enough to have a dedicated CISO but you think you’re doing a pretty good job of securing your network. Your applications and databases
Running an alternative fund management business has become a far more considered, strategic affair in the light of significant regulatory changes post-08. One might compare it to the ultimate game of strategy, chess. To stay in compliance with AIFMD, Dodd-Frank,
The Royal Academy of Engineering and Man Group have appointed a new Research Chair in Machine Learning at the University of Oxford to develop machine learning and data analysis techniques for large-scale, real-world applications, including financial modelling. Professor Stephen Roberts
