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Global algorithmic trading market was valued at USD9.30 billion in 2017, and is projected to exhibit CAGR of 10.1 per cent over the forecast period (2018-2026), according to data released by Coherent Market Insights.
Among algorithmic trading market applications, the hedge fund segment is expected to exhibit the highest growth rate during the forecast period.
Growing demand for market surveillance is expected to accelerate growth of the algorithmic trading market. Traders keep track on their trading activities and investment portfolio by using market surveillance technology. Key players are focusing on developing new solutions and create effective marketing strategies for
Financial markets participants can now increase the security of their cloud infrastructure with the addition of Microsoft Azure connectivity to Transaction Network Services’ (TNS) Secure Cloud Connect solution.
Launched just over a year ago, TNS Secure Cloud Connect provides secure, resilient and easy access to a range of cloud services. It facilitates connectivity to the cloud as well as from the cloud to TNS’ vast global financial community. Where cloud providers use a regional set up, such as with Azure, TNS Secure Cloud Connect enables cross-region connectivity to help make the infrastructure more efficient and redundant.
Microsoft Azure is
Eventus Systems, a global trade surveillance and market risk platform provider, has integrated the Sterling Trading Tech’s Sterling Cloud-Based Analytics Engine (SRE) into its Validus platform.
Sterling offers a wide range of front-end professional trading platforms serving clients in the equities, options and futures space as well as the Sterling Risk Engine that delivers cloud-based advanced real-time risk analytics. Eventus provides innovative software solutions that solve compliance, market surveillance and financial risk challenges across asset classes around the globe. The joint initiative allows firms to seamlessly connect their trading activity into the Eventus surveillance platform as well as jointly monitor
Catalyst Funds, an alternative-focussed mutual fund company, has launched the Catalyst Enhanced Income Strategy Fund (EIXIX), which employs an income-focused strategy that invests in a variety of non-traditional income asset classes.
EIXIX invests primarily in agency and non-agency residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS) as well as other asset-backed income securities, including securities backed by aircraft, automobiles, credit card receivables, and student loans. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest over 25 per cent of its assets in agency and non-agency RMBS and will diversify geographically and among the servicing institutions that service or originate these securities. The Fund’s objective is
IPM, a Stockholm-based systematic asset manager, has completed the transfer of the sub-fund MS IPM Systematic Macro UCITS Fund from the Morgan Stanley FundLogic Alternative UCITS platform to the new IPM UCITS Umbrella ICAV (IPM UCITS ICAV), following Morgan Stanley’s decision to discontinue the FundLogic Alternatives umbrella last year.
Morgan Stanley has overseen and facilitated the transition of the fund to the IPM UCITS ICAV and will remain one of the key trading counterparties of the new fund.
The IPM UCITS ICAV has retained the services of Northern Trust who remain as Custodian, Transfer Agent and Administrator, maintaining continuity
The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance has joined enterprise software firm R3’s collaborative initiative to develop innovative applications and solutions on its Corda blockchain platform.
The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA) is a non-profit trade association with a mission to advocate, guide and promote comprehensive adoption of blockchain technology and cryptoassets across global markets.
It joins R3’s global network of more than 300 of the world’s largest financial services firms, technology companies, central banks, regulators, and trade associations working together on Corda.
Corda is an enterprise-grade blockchain platform that removes costly friction in business transactions by enabling institutions to
Hedge fund strategies that suffered in December rebounded last month (L/S Equity, Relative Value Arbitrage), while those resilient at the end of 2018 (CTAs) lagged behind, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team.
Looking at performance over the past two months, Event-Driven stands out as the outperforming strategy and Macro/ CTAs as the underperforming one, according to broad benchmarks. CTAs suffered from the trend reversal in equities at the turn of the year, down 2.6 per cent in January after a dismal year in 2018. Their long positioning on bonds is now at risk if
Avelacom, a global connectivity and IT infrastructure provider for the financial services industry, tis opening its third point of presence (PoP) in Tokyo. The new PoP is at the AT TOKYO Premium Colocation Space.
The deployment of this new PoP enables Avelacom to deliver ultra-low latency access and increased reliability to firms trading in Japan’s capital markets. In the past year Avelacom has seen double-digit growth in new business volumes originating in the APAC region, driven by clients demanding professional-grade connectivity services between APAC venues and exchanges, as well as to those in Europe and the USA. The addition of this new
Style Analytics, a provider of factor-based analysis software for investment professionals, is enhancing its Peer Insights product with data from eVestment, a provider of institutional investment data and analytics.
Peer Insights, designed for the buy-side, provides objective factor-by-factor comparisons between individual funds or peer groups enabling the user to identify underlying exposures to sectors, countries and risk to make superior investment choices.
Over 75 per cent of the top 50 institutional investment consultants worldwide rely on eVestment data and analytics for manager research and screening.
The eVestment data available via Peer Insights will provide asset owners and consultants
Digital Isle of Man has formed a Blockchain Office and launched an Isle of Man Sandbox, established to guide blockchain businesses through current (and future) regulatory landscapes, with expert-led assistance and support.
These initiatives form part of a major new commitment for the Isle of Man to become an international hub for blockchain businesses, providing a fully supportive and collaborative environment. The Island welcomes innovative technology, and will not regulate blockchain in isolation, giving businesses the flexibility to best use this emerging and transformative technology.
Digital Isle of Man will create a Blockchain Office, a unique hub that is
