FlexTrade Systems, a provider of multi-asset execution and order management systems, has launched FlexAR – an augmented reality trading application offering a new way of visualising and presenting trading via the company’s FlexTRADER EMS. FlexAR builds on existing technology and APIs
The appetite for cloud-based services in capital markets has reached a critical point and cloud is set to become the main delivery model for certain key functions in the near future, according to research from Celent. The research, entitled The
Opus Fund Services, a provider of hedge fund administration services, has launched new release of the OpusNotes loan accounting platform for marketplace lending vehicles. Since institutional capital first started to be deployed into the marketplace lending asset class, Opus has been
Axioma, a provider of enterprise market risk and portfolio management solutions, has launched a new version of Axioma Portfolio Analytics (APA) and Risk Model Machine (RMM), the first release of 2017. New features include faster performance attribution and risk analysis
Nasdaq has signed an agreement with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) to upgrade the technological infrastructure of Hong Kong's main derivatives market, including trading, clearing and real-time risk management technologies. The agreement also extends the existing relationship for an additional
Thomson Reuters has launched QA Point, a cloud-based application that enables asset managers to use quantitative approaches in making investing decisions designed to increase productivity and create better results and accelerated internal collaboration. QA Point uses a point-and-click interface and
Linedata has launched an updated version of its portfolio management system, Linedata Global Hedge. Designed to meet the needs of the hedge fund and institutional investment communities, the new features of Linedata Global Hedge provide clients with total control of
MainFirst, an independent German-headquartered European financial services firm specialising in equity brokerage, capital markets and asset management, has completed the migration to Torstone’s middle and back office platform, Inferno. Inferno is Torstone’s core post-trade processing platform, a multi-asset, multi-entity system,
SEI has welcomed three new participants to Codify, the company’s new Regulation Technology (RegTech) incubator. Codify is the first London-based incubator designed solely for financial regulation technology developers. The incubator provides participants with crucial business resources and development opportunities, including
Data processing power has helped to transform the financial industry, thanks to the rise of GPU-powered applications; GPUs are Graphics Processing Units, commonly used by video game developers. Today, not only hedge fund managers but all asset managers, are looking
