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Telos, one of the most active blockchain platforms in the world, has partnered with pNetwork to bring liquidity to its DeFi ecosystem. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
eVestment, a specialist in institutional investment data and analytics, has become the first institutional investment platform to offer access to the Alpha Nasdaq OCIO Indices. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
ICON, one of the world’s largest decentralised networks, has signed a long-term deal with Band Protocol to support data-driven DApp development on its blockchain. Band Protocol is a data oracle platform that aggregates and connects real-world data and APIs to smart contracts, providing the tools for blockchain developers to connect to any external data source. The company is backed by top investors including Sequoia Capital and Binance.
Band Protocol recently completed a successful integration with ICON to provide secure, decentralised oracles for DApps. Developers can use these oracles to integrate high-quality, off-chain data to their applications, such as financial data for
Thirty two IM Phase 5 firms have successfully joined AcadiaSoft and TriOptima’s IM Phase 5 soft launch initiative and more than 25 additional firms are scheduled to join before the end of 2020. Read the full story at Institutional Asset Manager…
Ramsey Quantitative Systems (RQSI), a quantitative asset management firm, has introduced a novel framework for evaluating the attractiveness of the US stock market based on an extension of the Dividend Discount Model, also known as the Gordon Growth Model. The methodology of the framework is illustrated in the white paper, “Will the Stock Market Crash? A Modified Approach to the Dividend Discount Model,” and can be seen in action through Bear Tracker, a new interactive stock market prediction tool.
“While the reads and the allocations shown from the Bear Tracker tool might be too tactical and variable for most investors,
In this podcast produced by Hedgeweek, in association with SEI, we examine how AI is shaping the future of the asset management industry on the back of SEI’s recent white paper, Watsonisation 2.0: The Exponential Pull of Innovation.
ACA Compliance Group (ACA), a provider of governance, risk, and compliance advisory services and technology solutions for financial services firms, has launched ComplianceAlpha 2.5. Available now, ComplianceAlpha 2.5 provides firms globally with the ability to gain deeper insights into potential risk and opportunity across the enterprise through customisable dashboards, automated reports, and the integration of ACA’s Decryptex trade surveillance and market abuse detection functionality.
The ability for chief compliance officers (CCOs) to ensure they have comprehensive oversight into their compliance programs has never been more critical than in the work from home environment triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Regulators, boards, management,
The funds industry in Malta has best positioned itself to attract business from fund managers falling out of the scope of the EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), managing portfolios within the small-to-medium sized space. This is the area of the industry expected to attract the majority of future investments. Managers looking to take advantage of opportunities arising during the global pandemic, also benefited from the quick time to market the jurisdiction offers through certain fund typologies unique to the Maltese domicile.
“The Professional Investor Fund (PIF), which is the structure Malta offers these smaller managers, is attractive for
High set up costs could stymie the fortunes of emerging and start up managers before they even make their first step. Malta offers such organisations the opportunity to set up their business in a low-cost jurisdiction while taking advantage of the high touch service they would benefit from due to the size of the industry.
“Malta is well placed to attract small and medium sized business. The island is attractive to these funds where high cost would really impact their total expense ratios and make medium to long-term viability impossible. I don’t see any reasonable manager or fund with just
US Bank has opened an office in Luxembourg office, provides fund accounting and administration, domiciliation, depositary and custody-related services for Luxembourg-domiciled funds.Read the full story at Private Equity Wire…
