The “fluidity” of virtual conferencing has proved a “silver lining” during the pandemic, optimising allocator time during the investor due diligence process, according to new research by alternatives-focused software-as-a-service and data management company Vidrio Financial.
SigTech says Python is set to remain the programming language of choice for backtesting investment strategies, as new research reveals the world’s most popular systematic trading language is set to become even better.
Hong Kong recently introduced regulatory reforms, policies and incentives to drive growth and increase Hong Kong’s attractiveness as a fund domicile. The newly adopted Limited Partnership Fund Ordinance (LPF) bill allows Hong Kong’s private equity firms to launch limited partnership
The rise of alternative data, and the exponential growth of new datasets, continues to influence the decision-making process for hedge funds and other asset managers across the investment spectrum.
SIGTech, a provider of next-gen quant trading technology for global investment managers, has announced that it has integrated with IHS Markit Data Lake. The integration facilitates access to over 1,500 proprietary datasets curated by IHS Markit, enabling quantitative fund managers
There is one giant reason why asset managers have been accelerating their shift into the cloud in recent years: big data. The sheer scale of the data sets fund managers now use every day to shape their investment decisions is
Overbond has released an AI-powered margin optimisation add-on that fully integrates with its existing suite of AI-powered fixed income analytics. Traders using the add-on can optimise their hit ratio and triple the number of RFQs they are able to profitably
Exegy Incorporated, a specialist in low-latency solutions for global market data, predictive trading signals, and hardware-acceleration technology, and Vela Trading Systems (Vela), a provider of data and execution technology for global multi-asset electronic trading, have merged business operations in an
For asset managers, selecting the right fund accounting and reporting platform is a crucial step. Get it right, and everyone – from portfolio managers to back-office staff and investors – can benefit from a seamless experience streamlining many of the
Asset managers face a major change in their margin requirements next year as part of UMR, but many firms have not yet grasped the implications for their tech stack, says Thomas Griffiths (pictured) of Cassini Systems. In the world of high
