SEI has launched SEI Trade, a cloud-based solution that automates the process of handling, documenting and tracking investors’ private fund transactions. SEI Trade is designed to help private fund managers upgrade the investor and financial adviser experience, while streamlining a notoriously
Poor hedge fund performance over the past 18 months means that managers face continued fee pressure from investors. As a result, smaller and emerging hedge funds are becoming increasingly attracted to non-conventional prime brokers that are able to offer automated
The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect provides international investors with another direct link to access China’s domestic A-shares market and especially the stocks on the tech-heavy Shenzhen market. It also provides Luxembourg investment funds with access to a new asset class. Shenzhen
The Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA), a representative industry body of over 230 members based in Cyprus, has become an associate member of the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA). ICMA, the association for the global sell-side and buy-side industry, will
Triad Securities is expanding into the Boston area with the hiring of Tom Landsbergen as director, prime brokerage sales. Landsbergen (pictured) has over 22 years' experience in the prime brokerage industry. Before joining Triad, he was responsible for prime
Increased protection against growing cybersecurity threats will be a top driver impact private equity firms’ IT spend in the next 12 months, according to a survey by Eze Castle Integration. The 2016 Private Equity CTO Survey, conducted in partnership with
StatPro Group’s recently acquired cloud-based risk analytics system Investor Analytics has been re-named StatPro Revolution Alpha, as the integration within the Revolution platform takes shape. New York based Investor Analytics was acquired by StatPro Group in January 2016. The addition
Chesapeake Capital has added its diversified strategy to Kettera Strategies’ Hydra marketplace, a global market providing investors with access, notional funding, daily transparency and twice monthly liquidity to established and emerging alternative asset managers. Chesapeake was founded in 1988 by
The pan-European gas trading platform PEGAS, operated by Powernext, has published a new position paper regarding the potential merger of the NCG, Gaspool and TTF gas market areas in the near future. Within the paper, PEGAS outlines the potential cost
AcadiaSoft, a provider of margin automation solutions for counterparties engaged in collateral exchange worldwide, has acquired ProtoColl, an end-to-end collateral and margin management service, from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
