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Quantitative Brokers (QB), an independent provider of algorithms and data-driven analytics for futures and US cash treasury markets, has launched a new trade simulation tool on the Bloomberg App Portal.
The two complementary apps enable traders to use QB’s electronic trading technology with data and functionality on the Bloomberg Terminal.
QB released enhancements to its suite of premium algorithms — Bolt, Strobe, Legger and Closer — for Bloomberg App Portal users. This suite, which is now available at {APPS QB <GO>}, can help futures and fixed income investors achieve best execution. These algos and QB’s trade cost analysis (TCA) give traders sophisticated
INDOS Financial Limited (INDOS), a UK independent depositary, has passed the milestone of undertaking depositary services for 100 alternative investment funds with assets over USD20 billion.
These figures represent a substantial growth in the business of 37 per cent in the number of funds (from 73) and 54 per cent in assets under depositary (from USD13 billion) since end-December 2016.
Bill Prew (pictured), INDOS CEO explains that the added value arising from the employment of an independent depositary, as opposed to a depositary affiliated to the fund administrator, was becoming increasingly recognised by fund managers, fund directors and investors.
Boutique multi-asset Prime Broker, Invast Global, has announced the appointment of ex-Citigroup, Goldman Sachs Treasurer and KPMG Partner Michael Cunningham (pictured), as a Non-Executive Director to the Board, representing a landmark chapter in the company’s impressive global expansion.
Invast Global, the subsidiary of Jasdaq-listed Invast Securities Co (8709.JP), has cemented an enviable reputation as a world leader in non-bank Prime Services. With a client base of brokerages and hedge funds spanning the globe, the company has experienced impressive growth in its prime services offering, which gives institutional clients collateralised access to premium liquidity in OTC FX, Metals and Energy products,
VIA AM has partnered with Societe Generale to launch two Smart Income equity funds, which aim to offer exposure to companies benefitting from high dividend payouts and solid fundamentals, while halving the risks associated with equities.
This collaboration allows VIA AM to use its expertise in fundamental systematic strategies and hedging, while drawing upon Société Générale’s globally recognised know-how in derivatives and leading infrastructure.
The two funds, Solys VIA Smart Income Europe and Solys VIA Smart Income World, aim to generate net returns of 4-5 per cent per year, more than 20-25 per cent above their benchmarks. Thanks to
Cambridge Blockchain has formed a strategic alliance with IHS Markit through which the companies will offer integrated reference data, operations, and software to support utilities for the collection and management of know-your-customer information (KYC).
Financial institutions face growing compliance challenges related to identity, with KYC costs that can exceed USD500 million annually for large banks. Strict data privacy rules such as the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) additionally limit the ability to access validated customer identity attributes, with potential fines up to EUR20 million or 4 per cent of worldwide revenues.
The combination of IHS Markit’s kyc.com services
Following a successful career at Maples and Calder, Caymanian lawyer Caroline Dell (pictured) has taken a position as an in-house counsel with Man Group, an active investment management firm, in London after three secondments with the company.
Dell completed her Bachelors of Law with Honours and Legal Practice Course at the College of Law. Following her studies, Caroline began her legal career with Maples and Calder in 2008 as an Articled Clerk and was admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands in 2010. Caroline was a member of the firm’s Investment Funds group specialising in registered mutual funds, private
2017 marked the first time the Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark has seen a full calendar year of positive monthly returns.
Full-year performance of 11.41 per cent for the industry – the highest level since 2013 – has improved investor confidence in the asset class, and prompted four quarters of net inflows of capital. Seventy-two per cent of investors feel their hedge fund portfolios met or exceeded expectations in 2017, a reversal from the year before, in which 66 per cent of investors thought they had underperformed.
This confidence has led to net inflows of almost USD50 billion across
The State Street Global Investor Confidence Index increased to 102.1 in January, up 6.4 points from December’s revised reading of 95.7.
Investors across all regions showed an improved appetite for risk, with the European ICI rising by 16.0 points to 113.4, the Asian ICI increasing by 6.1 to 100.8, and the North American ICI increasing by 1.7 points to 97.2.
The Investor Confidence Index was developed by Kenneth Froot (pictured), and Paul O’Connell at State Street Associates, State Street Global Exchange’s research and advisory services business.
It measures investor confidence or risk appetite quantitatively by analysing the actual
New UK market entrant Havelock London has appointed Link Asset Services as the Authorised Fund Manager (AFM) for the launch of its inaugural fund later this year.
Havelock London intends to combine traditional investment management with modern data science and technology. It will focus on a small number of well-understood investments, and identify long-term value opportunities as a result of extensive data analysis and a disciplined investment selection process.
Link’s appointment as AFM to Havelock London follows a series of new wins for Link’s fund solutions team following its sale to Australia’s Link Group in November 2017 and cements its
Speakerbus and Insightful Technology have formed a new partnership designed to drive enhanced compliance capabilities and improved productivity throughout the trading lifecycle.
The combined solution facilitates seamless integration, enabling detailed analysis of all voice trading conversations, together with all other multimedia trading data. Everything is delivered in real-time, provided via a single, hierarchical view of all business interactions globally.
The new solution integrates Speakerbus’s entire portfolio of high-performance trading management solutions with Insightful Technology’s Soteria software, a multimedia capture, analytics, e-surveillance and case reconstruction platform. This best-in-class offering of hardware, management software and service will provide many benefits. For
