The use of social media has increased significantly within the hedge fund industry over the past couple of years, according to a paper from Agecroft Partners. Social media is broadly used by investors as part of their due diligence process
Hedge fund cloud services specialist Liquid Holdings Group is to be among the first group of approved service providers included in the FIS Group Ecosystem. FIS Group created the Ecosystem to assist talented entrepreneurial portfolio managers in the formation and
Private financial cloud provider Options has implemented a series of upgrades and expansions to its managed server hosting and connectivity in Carteret, New Jersey. The announcement comes ahead of this month’s eSpeed migration to the main Nasdaq data centre in
With a heavy dose of irony, Robert O’Boyle, Executive Vice President and Director of Sales & Marketing at Liquid Holdings, recalls how last year he commented that all the coverage of the ‘cloud’ was overblown. “What I mean here is
J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services has launched an upgraded securities lending dashboard that allows clients to view and monitor key aspects of their securities lending activities in a customised view. The platform provides clients transparency across their programme, including real-time
Volante Technologies has enhanced Volante Designer version 5.0 to support the Hadoop framework. Integrating Hadoop functionality into Designer enables Volante clients to set up analytic conditions and feed data sets directly into a high-end analytical Hadoop environment of their choice.
Custom House Global Fund Services has launched Phase Two of the CHARIOT Web Dealing platform, which breaks new ground in hedge fund administration practices. Developed in partnership with financial technology specialist Comada, the CHARIOT Web Dealing Platform uses cutting edge
Eze Castle Integration, a provider of IT services, consulting and technology to hedge funds and investment firms, has launched Eze CRM Powered by Dynamo 6.0, the newest addition to its managed services. Eze CRM is a web-based solution that provides
Renaissance Capital has selected Imagine Software’s award-winning hosted ASP service for real-time portfolio and risk management. Renaissance Capital is a Moscow-based firm managing cash equities, listed options, OTC options, futures, structured finance, and index products with a specific focus on
BT has launched a cloud-integrated solution for financial markets designed to keep traders in control of increasingly complex trading strategies and demanding client relationships. Called BT Netrix HiTouch, the new touchscreen device acts as a control centre for collaboration among
