Solutions
By Michael Brice (pictured), President, BW Cyber, LLC – Almost two years ago the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its plans for enhanced cybersecurity regulation of registered investment advisers (RIAs) and funds. Since that time the SEC has released similar rules for publicly traded companies (I’ve already written about this here). When the new cyber rules for RIAs and funds become final, I suspect the SEC will be quite swift in making public examples of managers who fall victim to cybercrime. In a worst-case scenario, I fully expect we’ll see a classic double-whammy in which ‘the beatings will continue
Genesis Global, a software provider geared towards financial markets organisations, has launched a web version of its multi-asset class middle-office solution, Trade Allocation Manager (TAM).
Goldman Sachs & Co has achieved a greater than 99% same day affirmation rate and a significant improvement in settlement rates for transactions leveraging the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s CTM’s Match to Instruct workflow in Q4 2023.
Hedge fund COOs face the most challenging of tasks – striking a balance between operating on sufficient resources to achieve a fund’s goals and being agile enough to adapt to ongoing market volatility. As a result, today’s operational infrastructures must allow for scaling up and, if necessary, scaling down. Hedgeweek discussed this notion of ‘technological elasticity’ and how hedge fund managers can achieve it with Annalices Villapa-Mallik (pictured), who works within business development at Neovest, the multi-broker trading software provider which is fully owned by JPMorgan.
With over 20 years of experience in managing UCITS and AIFs, and as one of the first AIFMs to launch AIFMD-compliant funds, Waystone is an established operator of funds. Andrew Kehoe (pictured), Chief Executive Officer, Management Company Solutions Ireland, outlines what sets the company apart from other funds specialists and how the firm’s deep local knowledge coupled with a broad geographic reach allows clients to focus on managing their goals with confidence.Â
By Muhammad Akram, CPA, Founder, Akram | Assurance, Advisory & Tax Firm – The decision to liquidate a hedge fund is undoubtedly one that no manager wants to make. However, it is an unfortunate reality of the industry that must be recognized and managed with due diligence. Liquidation is a complicated process that requires thorough planning and meticulous execution to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and to minimize potential liabilities for both the fund and its investors.
Hudson Bay Capital Management, a global multi-strategy investment firm headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, with $20bn in AUM, has appointed SS&C GlobeOp to provide fund administration services.
CCData, an FCA-authorised benchmark administrator and provider of digital asset data solutions and settlement indices, has partnered with BMLL Technologies, an independent provider of harmonised level 3 historical data and analytics.
Bloomberg has launched a fully automated electronic workflow for the trading and reporting of EUR Interest Rate Swap v Bond Future contracts through Eurex, allowing sell-side participants acting as executing brokers to facilitate a trade using a single interface.
LMAX Exchange, an institutional exchange for global FX, has connected with the Libre Liquidity Bridge service from 4OTC, a provider of low latency connectivity services for digital assets and FX.
