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When SS&C Eze developed the Eze Eclipse platform, the technology group had one eye firmly focused on start-up and emerging hedge funds, many of which face significant cost challenges in today’s marketplace.
By building the platform from the ground up in the cloud, SS&C Eze is able to offer managers a single, front- to back-office solution that supports them in their daily workflow, wherever they are in the world, without having to outlay any infrastructure costs.
“We aim to solve that entire problem with one platform that has been designed from the ground up to integrate everything together so that there
Security concerns will always occupy the thoughts of any hedge fund COO, given the extent to which the cyber threat landscape has evolved in recent times. This can present a challenge when determining how much IT budget should be allocated to keep a hedge fund’s data safe and secure. However, advances in cloud technology mean that a more cost-efficient, robust solution now exists for COOs and CTOs to consider.
Given that cloud-enabled hosted solutions are becoming more popular, this is leading not only to cost savings in relation to ongoing software upgrades but also improved security controls as well. At SS&C
The ability to properly scale and build AUM for long-term success should be top of mind for any hedge fund manager. Luckily, thanks to incredible advances in technology over recent years – particularly in relation to cloud-based platforms – efficient scaling, without losing control, is eminently achievable.
Moreover, by partnering with institutional-quality technology providers, managers are able to improve their entire data management process through greater automation. In turn, this ensures that the front through the back-office works off of the same, consistent data sets; a key requirement as firms seek to use a wider range of data vendors.
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One of the key benefits of the platform-as-a-service model is that it gives smaller and emerging hedge funds the chance to utilise industrial-strength technology tools and applications that are commonly afforded to only the industry’s largest management groups.
Data processing power has helped to transform the financial industry, thanks to the rise of GPU-powered applications; GPUs are Graphics Processing Units, commonly used by video game developers. Today, not only hedge fund managers but all asset managers, are looking for ways to deploy next generation technologies to improve the way they absorb and process vast data sets. The aim being to improve data management, liquidity management, cost of execution, margin management. The list goes on.
Ultimately, technology advances have pushed fund management into a new data-rich realm.
And in some ways, this is unsurprising given that we experience a
Amun AG, a Swiss fintech aiming to facilitate access to crypto-asset investments, has launched the Amun Bitwise Select 10 large cap crypto ETP (exchange traded product) on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
The ETP is based on the Bitwise 10 Select Large Cap Crypto Index.
Hany Rashwan, Amun Co-Founder and CEO, says: “Of all the existing crypto products currently listed globally, the Amun Bitwise Select 10 ETP is uniquely the most diversified listed crypto product.”
Matt Hougan, Global Head of Research for Bitwise Asset Management, adds: “We are thrilled to be working with Amun to help investors gain diversified exposure to
By Don A Steinbrugge, Agecroft Partners – The Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA), one of the most important organizations in the investment industry, is expected to announce performance presentation standards for the hedge fund industry sometime later this year. Currently, they are formulating their recommendations and we applaud their efforts.
Ideally, these standards should benefit hedge fund managers by leveling the playing field on which they compete, as well as investors, by providing consistent information that will enhance their investment decision making process. It is extremely important that the CFA Institute achieves both objectives in order to have broad adoption across the industry.
Outsourced trading firm Dalzell Trading has added John Stefanelli to its Equity Trading Desk based in the company’s Philadelphia office.
“We are pleased to have John on our team. Our clients will benefit greatly from John’s extensive buy-side trading experience and breadth of knowledge,” says CEO and Founder Dave Dalzell. “John’s hiring fits our business strategy of building a team comprised of the most qualified and experienced traders as we continue to grow our business.”
Stefanelli was a former Director of Trading at Blackrock where he spent 17 years trading US and Global Equities. His experience includes trading small, mid
Entoro Capital (Entoro) has launched a low cost, performance-based energy asset sales platform for the sale of upstream assets and minerals.
The new service, Entoro A&D Xpress, will broker energy assets through a global distribution network on Entoro’s proprietary securities platform, OfferBoard. A&D Xpress will offer three levels of service with a focus towards negotiated-by-seller transactions for the lowest cost to sellers.
The primary targets for A&D Xpress are A&D projects between USD10-USD100 million and minerals transactions above USD100,000. Depending on the level of service, sellers can select from self-directed to full service.
“In this cost-conscious market, we will offer our distribution
Chainalysis, a blockchain analysis company, has appointed Michael Mosier as Chief Technical Counsel.
Mosier joins Chainalysis after serving for over a decade in various government positions, including the Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the White House National Security Council, and most recently, the US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Alongside former US Department of Treasury and Refinitiv executives based in Washington, DC at Chainalysis, Mosier will be responsible for bringing legal expertise to Chainalysis products, including data privacy and global anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions, policy, and government matters.
Mosier served as Chief of Strategic
