London-based alternative asset advisory firm Clontarf Capital and Beryl Consulting Group, a boutique hedge fund research firm from New Jersey, have formed a strategic alliance to develop a
Smith & Williamson Fund Administration (SWFAL) has successfully implemented the automated end-to-end straight through processing (STP) CREST settlement interface into its Babel messaging platform. Smith & Williamson is the first Bravura client to go live with this module, which provides
London-based Square Capital LLP has selected Advent Portfolio Exchange (APX), Advent’s next generation portfolio management solution, and Moxy, Advent’s trade order management system, to p
Prime brokerage and trading in equity derivatives are offering attractive growth opportunities to investment banks, according to Boston Consulting Group. While the
Crystal Financial Institutions, a division of Alliant Insurance Services has launched a new cyber solution specially tailored to hedge funds that addresses numerous aspects of cyber risk management, including security management, insurance, crisis management and legal support. Cyber Risk 360°
The removal of limits on foreign investments for Canadian institutions is expected to result in the transformation of Canada’s fixed income markets. More than 40% of Canadian institutional i
J E Moody’s Commodity Relative Value (CRV) Program has been added to Sciens’ managed account platform (MAP). J E Moody’s CRV Program is a highly diversified natural resource strategy investing in energies, metals, grains, meats, and soft commodities. It employs
The world’s first space security token has been announced at the Zurich Crypto Summit, by SpaceFund Inc, a Texas-based venture capital firm focussed on using new blockchain technology to fund ‘frontier enabling’ space startups. “SpaceFund’s goal is to support the
Kinetic Partners is partnering with Redkite Financial Markets to offer a comprehensive regulatory and trading surveillance solution. The partnership, which combines Kinetic Partners’ unique expertise in advising on monitoring and surveillance requirements and Redkite’s market-leading software, will help firms respond
The international derivatives market Eurex Exchange has set several new records in its Euro-OAT Futures. In August 2012, open interest exceeded for the first time the 100,000 threshold with 104,869 contracts. Trading volume in July also set a new record,
