IHS Markit, a specialist in critical information, and analytics, has launched Onboarding Accelerator, a new solution to help banks and other service providers open accounts with institutional clients more quickly. Onboarding new clients is complex in financial services because of
Drawbridge Partners, a cybersecurity consulting firm specialising in the needs of hedge fund and private equity managers, has acquired inCyber Security, inCyber Compliance’s consultancy division. The acquisition gives Drawbridge Partners a portfolio of high-profile and long-term clients as the firm
Xena Exchange has launched the Xena Market Barometer, a 360-degree analytics tool that aggregates data from the biggest digital-asset exchanges and represents it in unique graphs assembled in one place. The first eight indicators are already live and are free
The Standards Board for Alternative Investments (SBAI) has released a new cybersecurity memo which focuses on small and medium-sized alternative investment managers. The new memo, which is part of the SBAI’s Toolbox, aims to help firms shape their cybersecurity strategies
Capital markets software firm genesis has launched Creative Studio to accelerate the development and deployment of scalable and interoperable products and solutions over the web, without the need to write any code. This innovative launch by genesis comes in response to
GPP, a prime broking, investor services and wealth solutions firm, has hired Andrew Rae-Moore to join its prime brokerage team. Rae-Moore joins GPP from Morgan Stanley, where he has spent more than 18 years on the prime brokerage desk of
FundRock Partners Limited has been selected by Carmignac, to act as the Authorised Corporate Director (ACD) for its six new UK domiciled sub-funds structured under the FP Carmignac ICVC OEIC umbrella. In this capacity, FundRock will provide the legal and
Thasos, an alternative data intelligence firm that transforms real-time locations from mobile phones into objective and actionable insights, has launched a real-time foot traffic product, QStreams wjhich has been developed specifically for quantitative hedge funds. Thasos has partnered with Battle
Multi-asset brokerage and clearing firm Newedge has become the sponsoring clearer to GH Financials as the first remote trading member in Euroyen Futures on the Tokyo Financial Exchange. Newedge worked with GH Financials to fulfill its trading requirements through the
Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services (NTHFS) has been selected to provide full middle and back office fund administration services and regulatory reporting to Magnetar Capital, an Evanston, Illinois-based multi-strategy alternative asset manager with USD13.1 billion in assets under management. “Given
