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Global multi-strategy hedge fund Schonfeld Strategic Advisors has selected Behavox to integrate data from encrypted global communications applications such as WhatsApp and WeChat into its compliance surveillance programme.
Behavox, which uses AI to enable enterprises to organise and refine their data into actionable information that protects and promotes business growth, was selected by Schonfeld for its ability to integrate TeleMessage’s mobile data capture coverage into the Behavox platform. This will strengthen Schonfeld’s ability to leverage and analyse its own voice, text and chat data to protect and preserve the integrity of operations, as well as the hard-earned trust of clients.
The decision to amend the rules surrounding Guernsey’s Private Investment Fund (PIF) options is aimed at enabling more investors to take advantage of the structure, increasing the attractiveness of Guernsey as a jurisdiction of choice.
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X-Margin, a specialist in applying privacy technology to credit and financial market risk, and Fireblocks, a digital asset infrastructure provider, are partnering to enable financial institutions to source credit for cross exchange trading without revealing positions and other sensitive information to lenders.
Currently, most trading requires institutions to make separate allocations of capital for each exchange where they trade. This major inefficiency in the fragmented universe of digital assets is holding back wider adoption of the asset class by financial institutions. The cornerstone to the partnership’s Portfolio Lending service is X-Margin Credit, the first solution to deliver instantaneous credit scoring
Hedge Invest: Best Liquid Alternative Fund – Credit Hedge – As the market environment is expected to become more volatile, asset managers who can rely on truly absolute return strategies and deep fundamental analysis should outperform.
“Deep intelligent research is the necessary condition of all our investment decisions. Especially in view of the increasing volatility and challenging market movements we anticipate,” Filippo Lanza, chief investment officer at Numen Capital, observes. “In recent years, at Numen, the subdelegated manager for Hedge Invest, we have developed our fintech platform. This allows us to remotely share research and analysis across our team, relying on
Options Technology, a provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets and a long-term Murex partner, is delivering MX.3 through its enterprise-grade SaaS-enabled Managed Apps platform.
Telos, one of the most active blockchain platforms in the world according to Blocktivity, is going cross chain to PancakeSwap, after launching over two years ago and amassing a huge list of active projects in a wide range of industry verticals.
The bridge from Telos to BSC is now open, and a PancakeSwap pool will be added to jump start access to the Telos networks native asset TLOS for BSC users. This is the second major network bridge for Telos after bridging to Ethereum in March when it listed on Uniswap.
Telos has an emerging DeFI marketplace of its
Options: Best Managed Services Provider – Cybersecurity continues to top the list of challenges the hedge fund industry is facing and the key to tackling it is being prepared and ready to react. Transparent and frequent communication is also more important than ever.
“Preparing for and even just being able to identify an indicator of compromise (IOC) is a question of data,” explains Stephen Morrow (pictured), chief operating officer, Options Technology, “typically, this involves the generation, handling, parsing and manipulation of vast amounts of data. The right tools, automation and AI are critical to carry this out. Being able to and
Prosek Partners: Best PR & Communications Firm – Managing a brand and its reputation in a digital world, which moves at speed, means hedge funds are deploying a more sophisticated marketing approach. They’re having to consider the implications of an environment in which information is more transparent and where stakeholders respond in a different way.
“We’ve seen funds of all shapes and sizes double down on communications and marketing, as they realised they couldn’t get the job done without having these elements in place,” comments Jennifer Prosek (pictured), founder and managing partner of Prosek Partners. “This has focused the attention of
SS&C Advent: Best Managed Accounts Technology Provider – As the global asset and fund management markets grow, so do their operational challenges.
Increasing transaction volume, product proliferation, and complex investment strategies put a strain on in-house resources. Firms can get bogged down in the details of mundane but essential activities, like ensuring data accuracy, daily reconciliation, closing periods, internal reporting, and accurate investor accounting.
There has been a growing demand for managed services from fund managers looking for solutions to alleviate and delegate these burden of ownership. “We have witnessed a significant increase in clients asking for our assistance
RepRisk: Best ESG Solution Provider – It’s a very exciting time to be working in the field of ESG. The industry has recently experienced a sea change in sentiment and it is now accepted that having a risk-focused approach and looking beyond company disclosures are key elements of ESG investing.
“Risk management is in our DNA. It may only be one part of ESG, but it is an essential part. This has been our approach since the beginning – and we believe it’s the best way to generate meaningful, actionable ESG signals,” Alexandra Mihailescu Cichon (pictured), Executive Vice President Sales and
