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Lucena Research, a specialist in predictive analytics for financial markets, and Wall Street Horizon, a provider of corporate earnings and events data to institutional investors, are bringing to market new combined offerings in the form of actionable signals for investment.
Lucena’s Data Analytics Suite hosts a collection of carefully vetted elite data sets ready for consumption by investment professionals. Wall Street Horizon’s signals have been validated by Lucena’s artificial intelligence engine and are now available for assessment and consumption through validation reports, backtest simulations, model portfolios, and smart data feeds.
Lucena’s platform is a suite of data science and
Singapore-based Straits Financial Group has expanded its existing relationship with trade surveillance and market risk platform provider Eventus Systems by signing on to the Validus trade surveillance and risk management platform for its Singapore headquarters.
Straits Financial Group is the brokering division of the CWT Group, a leading global provider of integrated commodity services.
Eventus CEO Travis Schwab says: “We began our expansion into the APAC region last year with a presence in Singapore, and we’re thrilled to build on our relationship with Straits after the firm’s US operation has seen what a tremendous difference our Validus platform can
Axioma, a provider of enterprise risk management, portfolio management and regulatory reporting solutions, has launched its new APAC (AP4) and APAC ex-Japan (APexJP4) Risk Models – the most recent update to the firm’s next-generation Equity Factor Risk Model suite.
Axioma’s Asia Pacific models follow the recent releases of its Emerging Market (AXEM4) and China (AXCN4) Risk Models, providing equity investors with deep, actionable insights into how to best manage risk and returns across major global growth markets.
“2018 was a wake-up call for Asian-focussed investors, with the impact of risk-on/risk-off behaviour in an uncertain global environment a significant
SmartStream Technologies, a financial Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) solutions provider, has partnered with Numerix, a provider of risk technology solutions to better support its end users in complying with ISDA’s margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives.
In order to facilitate the BCBS-IOSCO guidelines for margin requirements relating to OTC derivatives, ISDA has proposed a Standard Initial Margin Model (SIMM) to be used by market participants to provide transparency in the collateral management space.
TLM Collateral Management’s automated data management solution reduces operational risks associated with collateral management. Numerix’s advanced computational abilities make it possible to generate the risk sensitivities
OKEx, a Malta-based digital asset exchange, recorded 223 per cent growth in monthly trading volume in the two months following its launch.
Perpetual Swap is the latest product in OKEx’s derivatives lineup, with nine types of contracts available for trading at the moment. BTC, ETH, and EOS perpetual swaps have a contract face value of USD100-equivalent and feature a leverage level of 1-100x. While for BCH, BSV, ETC, LTC, and XRP perpetual swaps, the contract face value is USD10-equivalent and they feature a leverage level of 1-40x. The TRX perpetual swap has a contract face value of USD10 with a
FundsLibrary, a provider of digital fund data and regulatory solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with 360 Fund Insight, which focuses on providing independent advice and facilitating best execution that is transparent and cost effective.
FundsLibrary is recognised for the breadth and depth of its fund data and documents, working with over 700 fund groups and the ability to provide both digital and regulatory solutions across the investment industry. The extensive experience with regulation encompasses industry leading services for Solvency II reporting and distribution across the investment industry of MiFID II data, KIIDs and PRIIP KIDs.
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Artivest has selected Sudrania Fund Services (Sudrania) to provide shadow fund accounting services for its Altegris mutual fund products.
Sudrania will provide Artivest with daily net asset value (NAV) recalculations independent of fund administrators, as well as additional reporting and data management via its Seamless Solution proprietary software. The services include shadow accounting, reconciliation, new account setup, performance calculation, and account maintenance. Also, Sudrania will deliver a comprehensive data management solution to enable Artivest to enhance its performance and risk management functions.
The alternative asset management of Artivest, Altegris offers a variety of investment funds, including managed futures and
Equitivo is partnering with Ablrate, a specialist asset backed lending marketplace, to accelerate its growth, launch a new integrated broker platform, expand its marketing and develop new products.
The consultancy work will also assist in Ablrate’s progress of ASMX, a blockchain enabled secondary market which connects multiple platforms and investors in one portal, to integrate Ablrate and its white label partner Huddle Capital. This will create the worlds’ first blockchain based platform for trading private debt globally.
Equitivo is a specialist fintech consultancy with international capabilities and a broad range of consultancy services. Already working with more than ten
Nomura Asset Management Co (NAM) has become the first asset manager headquartered in Japan to provide access to CLSSettlement for Japanese-domiciled funds. 


NAM is working with three trust banks: The Nomura Trust and Banking Co (NMTB); Japan Trustee Services Bank (JTSB); and The Master Trust Bank of Japan (MTBJ), to offer CLSSettlement to a total of 21 investment trust funds. NAM and the trust banks are supported by a number of global custodian banks, including Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) and Citibank, NA (Citi) for NMTB, with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank (USA) Limited for JTSB, and BBH for MTBJ.
Caspian, a full-stack crypto trading, portfolio and risk management platform for institutional and sophisticated traders, has partnered with Blockfills, an electronic, off-exchange digital liquidity provider, to provide institutional clients with access to deep liquidity and real-time continuous pricing.
Caspian has added Blockfills to its list of more than 30 major crypto exchanges and liquidity providers with which it currently interfaces.
A significant challenge for traders today is finding the best price for a cryptocurrency when it could be trading on more than 200 exchanges globally. By aggregating the world’s deepest exchange and off-exchange liquidity hubs, Blockfills’ clients save time sourcing
