IHS Markit, a specialist in critical information, analytics and solutions, has added Shared Assessments’ Standardised Information Gathering (SIG) questionnaire to its Know Your Third Party Risk Management platform (KY3P). IHS Markit, in collaboration with The Santa Fe Group, the managing
The Singapore Diamond Investment Exchange (SDiX) and the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) have formed a strategic alliance to launch spot and derivatives contracts on diamonds in India, including using the SDiX-traded reference prices. The goal of this strategic
Blockchain will become adopted in the financial post-trade area in three to five years, according to almost half (48 per cent) of the membership base of the Post-Trade Distributed Ledger (PTDL) Group. In addition, just over a quarter (29 per
One of the reasons as to why the BVI introduced the Incubator and Approved Fund products in May 2015 was, partly, in response to the fact that fund launch numbers in the global hedge fund industry had started to steadily
HedgeCoVest is to provide The SMArt Xchange (SMArtX) exclusively to SS&C’s client base of advisers using Axys, APX, or Black Diamond. This integration is designed to allow for seamless, sleeve-level reporting and portfolio accounting of all SMArtX accounts through adviser-focused
Lightspeed Institutional, a division of Lightspeed Trading, is broadening its offering to institutional traders by launching a new prime brokerage division. As part of this launch, Lightspeed has added senior staff to help meet the needs of its small to
Clients of Exchange Data International (EDI) will now have access to worldwide corporate actions, closing prices and reference data via The Beast Apps, in addition to the BondΣ service, which is already available. By partnering with The Beast Apps, EDI
100 Women in Finance (100WF), formerly 100 Women in Hedge Funds, in association with Prince Harry’s patronage of 100 Women in Finance’s Philanthropic Initiatives, will partner with WellChild in 2017. WellChild is the national charity working to ensure the best
The Cayman Limited Liability Companies Law (`LLC Law') was formerly introduced on 8 July 2016 and is expected to be used for a broad range of structuring situations. From a US manager's perspective, the Cayman LLC might be seen as
In 2018, the National Private Placement Regime pathway to access European investors is scheduled to be phased out. But given that ESMA is yet to approve the next wave of jurisdictions to qualify for the AIFMD third country passport, this
