Solutions
Trading Technologies International (TT), a global capital markets technology platform provider, is soon to offer access to Cboe equity index options, providing clients with access to the rapidly growing equity options trading space.
Marshall Wace, the UK-based hedge fund major founded by Paul Marshall and Ian Wace, has adopted Bloomberg’s machine learning-powered real-time pricing data service, IBVAL Front Office, to enhance its systematic credit strategies, according to a report by FTF News.
Agecroft Partners is expanding its reach in Asia by opening a Hong Kong office and appointing industry veteran Jerry Wang as a Business Partner to manage all capital introduction services for the firm’s alt investment manager clients.
Blue Riband Group, a global long-short equity investment manager, has selected TS One’s Risk Module and Portfolio Risk Management from TS Imagine, a global, cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions.
Marshall Wace, the $69bn London-based hedge fund firm founded by Paul Marshall and Ian Wace, has selected Bloomberg’s IBVAL Front Office to provide intraday pricing info to support idea generation and pre-trade analysis for the firm’s multi-asset strategy.
Arcesium, a provider of investment lifecycle and data management technology for the global investment industry, has launched a new automated Regulatory Reporting solution aimed at reducing the resources required to manage regulatory compliance.
The Citco group of companies (Citco), an asset-servicer to the alternative investment sector, has launched Citco Japan Co KK, which will operate as the firm’s local operational headquarters in the Asia-Pacific region.
Quincy Data, a specialist in the provision of ultra-low latency market data technology, has launched a new time synchronisation service covering major US financial exchanges that is precise to sub-nanoseconds.
Liquidnet has launched SmartDark, the latest algorithm for its equities platform, which is designed to enhance how institutional traders can execute trades through prioritised routing with larger executions and better price stability.
By Melissa Brown, CFA, Head of Investment Decision Research, SimCorp – Quantitative tools for hedge funds, such as risk and return models and optimizers, have been around for decades, but many portfolio managers and traders who take a fundamental approach at best, remain skeptical of their value. Some may even refuse to use the tools.Â
