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Align, a provider of technology infrastructure solutions, today announced that it has been named as the Best Global Cloud Services Provider in the Hedgeweek Global Awards 2018.
Align offers multiple managed cloud options tailored to meet individual client needs, including Managed Hybrid, Private and Public Cloud Solutions.
The annual Hedgeweek Global Awards recognise excellence among hedge fund managers and service providers around the world. The awards are based on a “peer review system” whereby readers – including institutional and high net worth investors as well as managers and other industry professionals at fund administrators, prime brokers, custodians and advisers – are
Alter Domus, a fund and corporate services provider is now able to offer third party Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) services following its acquisition of Luxembourg Fund Partners, a Super Manco with Chapter 15 (UCITS) and AIFM authorisations.
Founded in 2009, Luxembourg Fund Partners was one of the first Luxembourg-based independent management companies to comply with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers’ Directive (AIFMD).
Following the acquisition, the company has changed its name to Alter Domus Management Company SA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alter Domus, providing solutions for international fund managers seeking UCITS or AIFM services in an open
fundinfo, a fund information and research platform, is joining forces with the Luxembourg-based fund data management expert, F2C.
The deal will see F2C become a part of the fundinfo Group, creating a one stop shop for asset managers with a single offering for all their fund data management, publication and dissemination needs. This will allow asset managers to consolidate their vendor relationships and streamline data processes to reduce complexity, improve transparency and enable automated regulatory reporting under MiFID II and PRIIPS.
Since its launch in 2005, fundinfo has become a leading provider of services for asset managers in Europe
FIX Trading Community has published Release Candidate 3 for FIX Orchestra for public review, to help the industry move further towards standardisation and automation of rules of engagement and deliver major efficiencies to the counterparty onboarding process.
This will enable firms to define their service offerings in an entirely systematic way, allowing them to certify their flows faster and with greater accuracy, while significantly reducing the need for manual intervention.
FIX Orchestra was conceived as machine readable rules of engagement between counterparties. As such, it is a standard for the exchange of metadata about the behaviour of FIX applications that will allow adopters of not only FIX,
Swarm, a blockchain for private equity and hedge fund investments, has launched the first major update to the Swarm Asset Management Network Alpha.
With this release, Swarm Fund token (SWM) wallets are now integrated with the Alpha Platform. In addition, SWM token holders can now start voting on foundation-level decisions via the Swarm Liquid Democracy Voting Module (LDVM), powered by SecureVote.
“We’re delighted to go live with this version of the Swarm Asset Management Network nearly a month ahead of schedule,” says Philipp Pieper (pictured), CEO and Co-Founder of Swarm. “Items like an integrated wallet and a dedicated
SS&C Technologies Holdings is to acquire CACEIS North America, the fund administration business of CACEIS based in Toronto and New York. The acquisition, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018.
“We welcome the clients and skilled professionals of CACEIS North America. This acquisition further enhances the depth of our teams and our servicing capability in the Toronto and New York markets,” says Bill Stone (pictured), Chairman and CEO.
CACEIS is known for its leading fund administration services and support for complex investment strategies. The acquisition will add 65 employees,
trueEX plans to launch a regulated derivatives marketplace for digital assets with the initial contracts being for bitcoin non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) settled in USD.
They will be listed under the “trueDigital” brand on the existing trueEX swap execution platform, pending review with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Digital assets, including bitcoin and Ether, now comprise in excess of USD430 billion in market capitalisation. While attracting greater institutional interest, the marketplace has been lacking the regulatory and technology building blocks needed for institutional involvement and participation.
The trueDigital contracts are subject to a licensing and services agreement with a
Banca Generali is partnering with Denmark’s Saxo Bank to provide online trading and digital services to Italian clients.
The objective of the partnership, which has a duration of eight years and may be renewed upon expiry, is to offer clients, on an exclusive basis for the Italian market, access to a platform for advanced trading based on Saxo Bank’s technology.
The agreement, which has already been approved by the Saxo Bank board, envisages the establishment of a new entity, BG SAXO Sim, with a standalone Board of Directors consisting of seven members and requiring a qualified majority for all
Singapore Exchange (SGX) and fintech firm Smartkarma have formed a partnership to roll out the C-Suite Pilot Program, a cloud-based platform that will enable SGX-listed companies to streamline their communication and data reporting to the institutional, analyst and investor communities.
The programme is designed to allow listed companies will to communicate seamlessly with analysts and investors, monitor sentiment, compare industry performance, and benchmark instantly against peers which will enhance investors’ understanding of and accessibility to these companies.
This is the first collaboration between Smartkarma and an exchange that will, for the first time, bring analysts, investors and listed companies
O’Connor Davies Administration, a subsidiary of accounting and advisory firm PKF O’Connor Davies, has launched a new administration service offering for cryptocurrency hedge funds.
With the launch, O’Connor Davies Administration also announced it currently provides complete fund administration services to three cryptocurrency hedge funds.
The announcement comes as industry demand for cryptocurrency fund administration services is reaching critical mass. This new offering demonstrates the Firm’s ongoing commitment to meeting emerging fund administration needs for a variety of asset classes, including hedge funds and private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and real estate funds and other alternative investments.
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