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Refinitiv, a provider of financial markets data and infrastructure, has signed an agreement with TP ICAP, an inter-dealer broker, to support its data needs for both brokers and technology platforms.
TP ICAP’s brokers and enterprise technology will gain access to enriched and integrated global data across multiple asset classes, including equities, fixed income, energy & commodities, FX and derivatives from Refinitiv. TP ICAP will meet its data needs that power its applications via the Refinitiv Data Platform and on the desktop via Eikon. Refinitiv will work alongside TP ICAP to analyse changing business priorities and focus on datasets from its
Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has appointed Andreas Fruschki as head of the firm’s Thematic Equity team.
The creation of the Thematic Equity team reflects AllianzGI’s commitment to thematic investing, as more clients look to make investments in a way that aligns with their interests and values. The new team, made up of five experts in thematic investing, will focus on depending and expanding AllianzGI’s thematic investing capabilities as well as producing in-depth research. The team’s focus on providing stronger thematic research will benefit AllianzGI’s clients and other investment professionals.
AllianzGI currently manages around EUR10 billion in global thematic equity
Vela, an independent provider of trading and market access technology for global multi-asset electronic trading, and PlusWealth Capital Management, the stockbroking business of proprietary trading firm Plus Wealth, have added the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) to Vela’s automated trading platform, Metro.
The availability of NSE access is an extension of existing support provided by Vela to Plus Wealth’s proprietary trading business.
PlusWealth Capital Management is a registered member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), active in multiple markets including cash equities, options, and futures, and is currently providing server hosting, market data and market
North American wealth management firms can now benefit from a strategic partnership between Refinitiv and Nomura Research Institute (NRI) announced in 2018.
The partnership enables global diversification for Refinitiv’s retail and institutional clients by including automated international post-trade processing for multi-market and multi-currency securities.
The successful go-live of the software integration of NRI’s I-STAR/GX software platform into Refinitiv’s BETA wealth management brokerage processing platform will benefit wealth management firms by providing automated settlement and straight-through processing of trades executed across all markets. I-STAR/GX allows these processes through a high-volume solution with single-stock record across all asset classes and markets,
GP Bullhound has invested USD10 million in RavenPack, a provider of alternative data and insights for financial institutions.
The company’s database, comprising over 19,000 sources spanning over 20 years, is used by financial institutions who subscribe to the platform in order to enhance performance and manage risk. RavenPack will use the proceeds to expand in Asia, as well as to go into other sectors beyond financial services.
RavenPack’s platform is used by some of the best performing hedge funds and largest banks worldwide. RavenPack uses AI to turn highly fragmented unstructured content into organised structured data for easier analysis
SmartStream Technologies has completed a proof of concept for an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning module within its existing TLM Cash and Liquidity Management solution for receipts and payments.
Technology that meets the market demand for forecasting liquidity has been the backbone of SmartStream’s intraday liquidity management solution. The next phase of the solution’s development is about predicting the settlement of cash-flows. SmartStream has been working on a proof of concept with its clients for profiling and predicted intraday settlement activity, which includes missed payments and receipts identification planned for settlement within current date. Cash management teams will gain
FE fundinfo, a new global fund data services has launched following a merger last year between FE, fundinfo and F2C.
The re-branded company will facilitate more efficient investing across the globe by connecting fund managers and fund distributors and enabling them to share and act on trusted, insightful information. It will bring together all of FE’s, fundinfo’s and F2C’s many years of investment expertise, technology, software and services into a combined and holistic fund data and technology provider.
With roots stretching back to 1996, FE fundinfo has offices in the UK, Switzerland, Luxembourg, India, Czech Republic, Singapore, Australia, Hong
RWC Partners has launched the RWC Diversified Return Fund after the hiring of the senior members of multi-strategy specialists Agilis Investment Management LLP.
The Diversified Returns Team led by Clark Fenton, along with colleagues Charles Crowson and Praveen Kanakamedala, has a distinct investment approach which aims to harness the best elements of alternative investment management whilst reducing cost and providing frequent liquidity.
The RWC Diversified Return Fund is anchored around the credit cycle and has the remit to invest in non-conventional structures to capture idiosyncratic returns across the full market cycle, exploiting opportunities in periods of market dislocation.
Pardigm Governance Partners Limited (Paradigm Governance), an independent provider of director services, distressed fund and value recovery services and outsourced accounting services, has hired fund professional Jessica Lopez to its fiduciary team.
Lopez joins Paradigm from KPMG Cayman Islands where she worked as an Assistant Accountant with the insurance and enterprise audit practice. Prior to her work at KPMG, Lopez worked for Greenlight Re, a NASDAQ listed company who provides risk management product to the insurance and reinsurance marketplace.
Geoff Ruddick, Partner at Paradigm Governance Partners, says: “We are pleased that our service model and approach to corporate governance
IQ-EQ, an investor services group, has appointed Tedrick Green as Client Director to support its growing offering in Cayman.
Cayman is widely recognised as a leading funds domicile, which now houses nearly half of the alternative fund industry’s estimated assets under management. As the regulatory environment in the Cayman Islands develops and compliance requirements evolve, access to on-the-ground expertise in this jurisdiction has become increasingly important.
Working alongside IQ-EQ Cayman’s Country Delivery Director, Selma Lee Arch, Tedrick’s appointment will not only meet the growing demand for regional expertise but strengthen the senior management team as the office continues to grow
