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JP Fund Administration, a hedge fund and private equity administrator, has been voted ‘Best Offshore Fund Administrator 2018’ at the prestigious Hedgeweek Global Awards held at the Reform Club in London.
The highly regarded Hedgeweek Awards are unusual as they are entirely based on peer review and are voted for by clients, fellow service providers and the readership of Hedgeweek. Philip Griffiths, Head of Asia Services at JP Integra Group, says: “It is a real compliment from the clients and peers that voted for us, for which we are very grateful, and it is testimony to the professionalism and commitment
Apis Capital Management has launched the Apis Token which is designed to enable investors to profit from an actively managed investment strategy, which has returned over 70 per cent per year since inception, while benefiting from the liquid and tradeable nature of blockchain-based tokens.
The token will begin its private presale this June, is built using the Steller network and leverages its state of the art blockchain technology that benefits from best in class speed, efficiency, security and lowest transaction fees. With this initiative, Apis is leading the industry in democratising hedge fund investing.
Dr Edgar Radjabli (pictured),
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved a proposed rule to reduce regulatory burdens for US market participants in order to promote economic growth and job creation, by bringing certain CFTC requirements in line with other US regulators and is seeking public comments on the proposal.
“For more than a century, US businesses have relied on the derivatives markets to hedge their cost of production,” says CFTC Chairman J Christopher Giancarlo (pictured). “These markets have allowed farmers and ranchers to hedge their costs of production and delivery price so that Americans can always find plenty of food on grocery
KiteEdge, a company providing asset managers with the tools to find, collaborate, and leverage content across complex and often siloed organisations, has launched The Ontology Project, a community initiative committed to educating sector professionals, helping them to improve ontology within the field of financial asset management.
Dane Rook and Ashby Monk from Stanford University’s Global Projects Center (GPC) – an interdisciplinary research centre – are early in lending their full support, as is Edison Research.
Ontology is traditionally used within information science to name and define the types, properties, and interrelationships of entities that exist within a domain –
Asian digital asset brokerage Octagon Strategy Limited (OSL) has deployed Caspian’s full suite of crypto trading tools, including a portfolio management system to meet increasing demand for crypto trading from institutional investors.
OSL is the largest OTC digital asset brokerage in Asia-Pacific and manages the buying and selling of all major cryptocurrencies with clients in more than 50 countries worldwide, including financial institutions, family offices and high net worth individuals. Octagon has become recognised as the “Go To” institutional cryptocurrency brokerage in Asia, with transaction volumes topping USD1.5 Billion in December 2017.
Founder and Managing Director of Octagon Strategy
David Calligan, Partner, Reed Smith, writes on the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)’s announcement that it intends to impose temporary measures to restrict the sale of Contracts for Differences (CFDs) to retail investors, after a consultation earlier this year. The temporary restrictions are likely to come into effect in July.
What is concerning about CFDs?
ESMA’s Consultation addressed the sale, distribution and marketing of CFDs and binary options to retail investors. The consensus is that these products pose a threat to retail investors, primarily because CFDs are complex and often lack transparency. The points of concern regarding CFDs
InfoHedge Technologies has reported significant growth over the last six months in its outsourced IT and cloud-hosted client base.
With nearly 350 clients leveraging its services globally, InfoHedge Technologies sees this as a direct result of many firms relying on systems, tools, and teams that have not been optimised to fit their expanding needs and need premier service without costly overhead.
“While today’s Information Technology department has become an increasingly critical stakeholder at most alternative firms, they are often unprepared or understaffed to address the monumental task of mapping the IT landscape,” says Alexander Kouperman (pictured), President of InfoHedge
JP Morgan Asset Management has partnered with iCapital Network (iCapital) to provide a white label offering exclusively for Registered Investment Advisors and their clients providing access to a select group of JP Morgan Global Alternative strategies.
“As we get later in the economic cycle, identifying alternative sources of return is an essential consideration for investors looking to build stronger portfolios. Institutional clients have long embraced alternatives as a strategic part of their asset allocation, and many high-net-worth investors continue to be under-allocated to alternatives relative to their institutional counterparts,” says Anton Pil, Managing Partner of JP Morgan Global Alternatives. “Given
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions and application hosting for alternative investment firms, has launched AbacusGlobalSync.
The new service enables AbacusFLEX IT-as-a-Service clients with geographically diverse offices to securely synchronise files and data within the Abacus Cloud, enabling them to increase efficiency and collaboration while maintaining security and audit controls of their data.
Today’s firms are spread across the globe and often face significant latency and editing conflicts when they need to access and synchronise their data, which can decrease productivity and impact the bottom line. Recognising that firms need fast, secure access to their information, regardless
Avelacom is expanding its footprint in Warsaw with a new POP at the Atman Data Centre making it easier for latency sensitive clients in the financial services industry to access emerging markets in Europe.
Atman is a DC provider for the financial market and hosts one of the largest financial hubs in Central and Eastern Europe, along with numerous global and local banks and brokerage firms, liquidity aggregators and market data vendors.
With its new POP at Atman, Avelacom can provide clients with reduced latency and improved throughput performance to connect to a wide range of financial institutions in
