A concerning number of buy-side firms still rely on legacy systems even as they seek to generate alpha through alternative investment strategies, according to research carried out by SimCorp. When asked if their firms need to create workarounds to
The Washington-based Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is proposing to exempt the trading and clearing of certain credit default options and credit default basket options from ap
Guernsey Finance has welcomed an announcement from the Channel Islands Stock Exchange (CISX) that it is once again open to considering new listing applications. A statement published on the CISX website says that it is “gradually able to apply more
FIX Trading Community, the non-profit industry-driven financial trading standards body, has published updated guidelines for the electronic trading of bonds and swaps using the FIX messaging standard. The guidelines have been designed to enable market participants to benefit from
Satuit Technologies, a provider of client management software for professional investment and wealth management firms, has released a new version of SatuitCRM Platform, adding client report management and secure distribution modules to the core functions. The new platform provides SatuitCRM
Leading interdealer broker Icap has agreed to acquire, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Intercapital, Link Asset and Securities Company, a specialist global equity derivatives broker fo
Orc clients can now use high speed FPGA data feeds from NovaSparks. Orc conducted extensive research to determine the benefits of FPGA technology and found compelling performance results. Customers that take advantage of this alliance will experience more predictable speed
Fund assets serviced in Guernsey grew by a further GBP8.9bn (5.7 per cent) in the three months to the end of September, taking the total value of funds under management and administration
Assets on the Sciens Managed Account Platform (MAP) are up 35 per cent year-on-year to end June 2013, with two new trading advisors added to the platform – US-based Revolution Capital Management and Japan’s Stats Investment Management. Both trading advisors
The launch by Advent Software of version 7.0 of its Geneva investment management, reporting and accounting platform is set to increase the application’s attractiveness to hedge fund manage
