The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) subsidiary operating the Global Markets Entity Identifier (GMEI) utility continues to operate as the largest legal entity identifier (LEI) issuer, by share of the total LEIs issued worldwide, in the run-up to MiFID
ThinkMarkets, a provider of forex, CFDs and financial spread betting, has enhanced its ThinkTrader mobile trading app through the implementation of Neumob’s SDK, an app acceleration framework, to reduce latency for global forex and CFD traders. ThinkMarkets says mobile app
The Connecticut Hedge Fund Association (CTHFA) and the Zhejiang International Hedge Fund Talents Association (HTA) have formed a partnership. The CTHFA represents the world’s second largest hedge fund centre, as measured by number of firms with USD1 billion-plus in assets
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted cloud IT solutions for alternative investment funds, has added security and communications enhancements to its AbacusFlex Private Cloud platform. “As our client base of alternative investment firms continues to grow in the US, UK
Portware, a provider of multi-asset trade automation solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), has upgraded its execution management system (EMS), Portware Enterprise. Portware Enterprise is a fully customisable “thinking” EMS designed to act as the central platform for the creation
Quintillion Limited, the European-based affiliate of US Bancorp Fund Services, has been awarded Best UCITS Liquid Alternative Fund Administrator at the 2017 Hedgeweek Global Awards in London. The awards celebrate the achievements and accomplishments of the past year among leading
Harbour Financial Services Limited is an independent fund administrator that has earned a strong reputation in Bermuda for providing award-winning service to a range of alternative investment and private equity funds. Brian McDevitt, a seasoned executive within the Bermuda industry, is
The Royal Mint, a 1,000-year-old institution owned by HM Treasury, has teamed up with derivatives marketplace CME Group to launch a digitised gold offering called Royal Mint Gold (RMG), heralding a new way for traders and investors to trade, execute
To investigate the extent to which technology is disrupting the financial services sector, KPMG recently partnered with the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and the Managed Funds Association (MFA) to determine how managers are responding. More than 100 hedge funds
Last year proved to be hugely successful for the Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX). From a pure growth perspective, the BSX ended 2016 with a total market capitalisation of USD343.8 billion, up more than 41 per cent on the previous year.
