Indus Valley Partners (IVP), has launched IVP Thesis, allowing alternative asset managers and research analysts to manage their investment thesis and price targets from within their existing email system. Using natural language processing algorithms, IVP Thesis can take price targets
A survey of 56 market participants carried out by swaps technology provider 4sight and consultancy The Field Effect has revealed that 32 per cent of participants are currently booking Synthetic Financing transactions such as Total Return Swaps and Portfolio Swaps.
Castle Hall Alternatives has launched OpsDiligence, an online platform allowing investors to build due diligence programmes across all asset classes, including hedge fund, private equity and long only portfolios. “OpsDiligence offers a new solution to the challenges of investor due
TIG Advisors, an investment management firm with approximately USD3 billion in assets under management, has gone live with Eze Software Group’s investment suite. TIG Advisors, which operates multiple investment strategies on its platform, has chosen Eze Software’s order management and
CHAPS, the UK’s same day electronic payment system, has added BNP Paribas as a Direct Participant. BNP Paribas can now directly send and receive irrevocable, guaranteed sterling payments with same day finality, rather than through a third-party. Its customers will
Portfolio analytics and intelligence platform Novus has partnered with Thalia, a provider of hedge fund investment solutions based in Switzerland with USD1.8 billion in assets under management and advisory. Transparency within hedge funds has significantly increased since the financial crisis,
Clients of self-directed retirement plan administration company Vantage can now access FNEX.com to source, review and invest their funds in a wide variety of alternative investments. Launched in September 2013, FNEX.com is a web-based platform that provides accredited investors, investment
A large number of businesses in the financial services sector are putting their IT systems and data at risk by failing to adopt good cloud computing practices, according to research from NCC Group. NCC Group surveyed chief investment officers from
BNY Mellon has launched MyOnCore, an online portal that offers transparency and oversight to investment managers who have outsourced their middle-office operations. Many investment managers who have entered outsourced agreements are now re-evaluating how their operations teams can best address
A white paper from Gravitas provides alternative investment companies with a layered cybersecurity strategy including a six-point framework of actionable steps to address a range of cyber-threats head on. Gravitas is a co-sourcing platform providing portfolio management and risk analytics,
