Imagine Software, a provider of cloud-based portfolio and risk management solutions, has launched the Imagine Financial Platform (IFP) and the Imagine Marketplace. With these offerings, Imagine provides a cloud-based environment enabling financial institutions, service providers, consultants, and other third parties
Zürcher Kantonalbank has become a clearing member of EurexOTC Clear for Interest Rate Swaps (IRS), raising the number of clearing participants on EurexOTC Clear to 19. Zürcher Kantonalbank provides OTC derivates clearing in its prime services offering. “EurexOTC Clear
SYZ & CO has has launched OYSTER Multi-Manager Tail & Trading, a new sub-fund of its Luxembourg Part II SICAV 3A Alternative Funds. Devised by SYZ Asset Management, this innovative new fund combines two complementary alternative strategies in order to
Institutional investors can now trade Turkish listed securities through Liquidnet’s platform. Institutional investors can now trade Turkish listed securities through Liquidnet’s platform. Liquidnet now provides access to 40 equity markets. Trades of Turkish equities will be executed via Liquidnet’s appointed
LCH.Clearnet’s interest rate swap clearing service, SwapClear, now clears approaching 50 per cent of all outstanding over-the-counter forward rate agreements (FRAs). The rapid and broad adoption of FRA clearing since its introduction on SwapClear in December 2011 comes well ahead
MarketAxess has expanded its suite of electronic trading protocols to help investors and broker-dealers more effectively source liquidity in the credit markets. MarketAxess has developed the industry’s first anonymous request-for-quote (RFQ) trading protocol for the credit markets on DealerAxess, its
Managed futures lost 0.69 per cent in September, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The index remains up 0.51 per cent year to date. “A second month of rising equity prices generated profits for momentum-based managers, but
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 1.04 per cent for the month of September. Eight of the 10 strategies recorded positive performance for the month with emerging markets (2.21 per cent) and event driven (1.67 per
Advent Software has partnered with Data Agent to provide tools to help hedge funds and hedge fund administrators meet Form PF reporting requirements. By working together, Advent and Data Agent bring together data, modern dashboards and easy-to-use management and sharing
SS&C Technologies, a provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, has launched GoTrade+, a flexible middle-office service for complex investment portfolios. GoTrade+ supports post-trade activities of complex traded transactions including bilateral and cleared OTC derivatives, listed derivatives, loans and
