Whereas previously investment managers might have looked at risk from a `check-the-box' perspective, today's regulatory environment and the growing sophistication of institutional investors is requiring them take it more seriously. There is, according to Bennett Egeth, President of Broadridge Investment
Capital Support is a leading managed IT services provider. Midway through 2015, it was acquired by Six Degrees Group. Being able to rely on a stronger balance sheet, coupled with the fact that Six Degrees Group owns data centres and
Counselytics has deployed its AI technology in the alternatives investment space. Using machine learning technology, Counselytics is aimed at providing a fast, economical and automated process to find and analyse limited partnership agreements wherever they reside. As Counselytics finds and centralises LPAs,
ProTrak International has released a major upgrade to its CRM platform for investment managers, hedge funds and private equity firms, Release 11.0. The latest release features a new option allows users to set up a designated secure folder where a
Twenty-eight of the world’s largest banks are participating in industrywide testing of the first ever Central Margining service for non-cleared OTC derivatives, which was released by AcadiaSoft and delivered in collaboration with TriOptima last month. Industry testing of the AcadiaSoft
Broadridge Financial Solutions has been named as "Best Risk Management Software Firm" at the Hedgeweek Global Awards 2016, which are voted on by industry participants and recognise excellence among hedge fund managers and global service providers. The winners are determined by votes
Volante Technologies, a provider of software for the integration, processing and orchestration of financial messages, is supporting the latest SWIFT Standards 2016 update. On 26 February 2016, SWIFT released its latest standards release which includes a number of significant changes
Hamed Ahmadi from the University of Oxford, Linacre College has been named as the winner of the inaugural Man AHL Coder Prize, a coding competition for students aged 16 and over. Ahmadi picks up a cash prize of GBP5,000. Mihail
The International Commodities and Derivatives Association (ICDA) is to hold a Blockchain Conference in the City of London in April 2016. Pursuing the Association’s strategy of exploring new products and technologies for the global commodities and derivatives markets, the conference is
Multiple and powerful pressures are impacting the hedge fund industry, but two are particularly prominent: a dramatically increased regulatory burden, and investor demands for greater transparency and lower fees. Far-reaching and complex new rules continue to reshape the environment, from
