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Options Chief Technology Officer John Bryant (pictured) explains how the company is constantly working to stay ahead of the risks posed to the hedge fund industry by cybersecurity issues…
HW: What are you doing to manage and enhance the security of the Options private cloud environment?
JB: Options has been delivering financial technology as a service for over 20 years. No one understands the needs of hedge fund industry better, and this is especially true when it comes to security. The complex nature of cybersecurity in 2015 demands that any managed platform or IT infrastructure solution must have best practice
Sprott Asset Management has appointed Dennis Mitchell as Senior Portfolio Manager and Senior Vice President, pending regulatory approval.
Mitchell is a highly-regarded investment professional who, prior to joining Sprott, served as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at a leading Canadian investment firm. In his previous role, Mitchell managed funds with more than USD2 billion in assets and oversaw more than USD18 billion in total assets.
"We are thrilled to welcome Dennis Mitchell to our investment team. Dennis is a well-known portfolio manager with deep experience managing global equity, infrastructure and REIT funds. We look forward to expanding our
Aberdeen Asset Management has completed the acquisition of FLAG Capital Management, LLC (FLAG), a diversified private markets manager with offices in Stamford, CT, Boston, MA, and Hong Kong.
The acquisition, together with the previously announced purchase of SVG Capital’s stake in the joint venture Aberdeen SVG Private Equity Managers Ltd, sees Aberdeen join a small number of private equity managers with investment professionals on the ground in the world’s major markets. The combined team now has around 50 such professionals in the US, Europe and Asia.
Since inception, FLAG has raised over USD7 billion of discretionary commitments from its
AlternativeSoft, a provider of buy-side analytics for manager research and portfolio construction in the alternatives and long only markets has announced AlternativeSoft v3.5.
With a reputation for consistently providing the latest academically proven quantitative models for fund analysis, AlternativeSoft has positioned itself at the forefront of fund analysis. The expansive platform provides users with comprehensive quantitative analytics, CRM functionality, bespoke reporting and fast user experience.
AlternativeSoft has announced it will be adding a full-suite of Private Equity fund analysis to its best-selling ‘Asset Selection’ and ‘Portfolio Construction’ modules which currently cover Hedge Funds, Long-only and ETFs. Developed in conjunction with
Tradeweb Markets’ new regulated marketplace for trading interest rate swaps in Japan has seen its first trade under Japan’s new mandatory trading rules.
Market participants also completed a significant number of other transactions on the Tradeweb electronic trading platform (ETP). In addition to ensuring compliance with the new requirements, the Tradeweb ETP provides users with a flexible, streamlined trading workflow, combined with post-trade processing and reporting services.
The Tradeweb ETP is supported by 18 dealers and allows traders to execute yen-swap trades on a request-for-quote (RFQ) basis or by using its order book. The platform can also be used to
Nasdaq is now supplying futures data to Interactive Data's product line through Nasdaq Futures, Inc (NFX), the exchange group's US-based designated contract market (DCM) that launched on July 24, 2015.
Interactive Data connects to NFX through its 7ticks service, a platform that combines exchange access and market data services, infrastructure managed services, proximity and co-location services and global connectivity. NFX data is supplied to Interactive Data's Consolidated Feed, a single delivery mechanism that connects to more than 400 global market venues, and through FutureSource, an Interactive Data desktop offering that gives futures and commodities industry participants pre- and post-trade analysis
Bloomberg Tradebook has launched an Electronic Trading Platform (ETP) in Japan, in support of the September 1 mandate for banks and securities firms to use electronic platforms for specified over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions.
Tradebook Japan is operating the new trading platform for its ETP, under the Japan Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA). As of 1 September, mandatory use of electronic trading platforms goes into effect, covering certain Japanese yen denominated interest rate swap transactions and affecting certain financial institutions with notional amounts of JPY6 trillion or more for specified OTC derivative transactions.
"Bloomberg is committed to support the
A new study reveals that seven in ten (69 per cent) European institutional investors believe there will be an increase in the issuance of SME finance-related asset backed securitisations (ABS) over the next two years.
The research was commissioned by Amicus Finance Plc (“Amicus”), a leading specialist in short term lending solutions which last week completed a GBP100 million short-term mortgage-backed securitisation. The study showed that three-quarters (73 per cent) of institutions believe there will be growing appetite for investing in securitisations providing access to SMEs’ underlying cash flow assets.
Investor types most attracted to SME securitisations are likely
ChartIQ, a specialist in HTML5 financial charting, and Adaptive, an institutional front office software development consultancy, have launched a new integration via OpenFin, demonstrating the future of integrated HTML5 software for capital markets.
As banks look to replace or enhance legacy systems they are turning to HTML5 for rapid development of front office systems. Unfortunately, these applications are too often locked inside a browser, and don’t offer the seamless experience users expect from integrated market data terminals or trading applications. OpenFin provides firms with a desktop runtime that allows HTML5, Java, .NET and C++ applications to work together, bridging old
Euronext has received approval from the Israeli Securities Authority (ISA) to allow Israeli based qualified trading firms to have direct access to Euronext’s cash and derivatives markets.
The agreement will allow Israeli based firms to trade cash and derivatives on the regulated markets operated by Euronext. In addition, Euronext will now be able to promote its products locally with such qualified firms.
Lee Hodgkinson (pictured), Head of Global Markets and Sales and CEO of Euronext London, says: “In line with the impressive entrepreneurial and technological development of the country, Israel’s financial services community has rapidly evolved. The Israeli trading
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