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Neudata Limited is strengthening its online alternative data intelligence platform (Neudata Scout), which assists hedge funds and other institutional fund managers in making better investment decisions, by expanding the range of data providers clients can access.
The company is also adding additional research analysts to its London team and providing qualitative research about multiple industry data providers.
“Neudata prides itself on scouting out, identifying, verifying and delivering an always-expanding array of unique alternative datasets via our user-friendly online platform,” says Rado Lipuš, founder and chief executive officer of Neudata, headquartered in London, UK. “To keep up with the demand
By George Ralph (pictured), RFA Financial Cloud and Technology Services – It’s a widely held misconception that heavily regulated industries are the least agile, and the slowest to innovate. In the financial services sector particularly, there is a tendency to see compliance and responsibility as a barrier to success, when they should be seen as the essential foundation.
The UK, rather than being a difficult place to do business for financial services firms, fosters growth with an active mix of regulators, investors and accelerators, and a government which is heavily involved in the economy. In fact, the UK’s regulator, the
Arcadia Agri has selected TradesParent’s Commodity Risk Management software (RM) to provide daily up-to-date insights, analytics, reporting and monitoring of the firm’s trading and risk exposures with its proprietary Control Board and intuitive Personalised Dashboards.
Arcadia Agri is a specialist risk management company that provides commodity hedging and risk management solutions to commodity consumers and producers through Over-the-Counter (OTC) structures and transactions. These services provide clients with protection against price volatility of underlying commodities to which they are exposed through their commercial activities. Allied to these derivatives products, Arcadia Agri is also able to offer its clients structured financing solutions.
Mergermarket Group, a provider of business intelligence and research for fixed income, transactions, infrastructure, compliance and equities, has re-launched under the brand name Acuris.
The Company is globally recognised through its unique portfolio of brands, with 700+ reporters, analysts and developers covering financial markets throughout Europe, Asia and the United States. Acuris has 17 offices globally, including three headquarters in London, New York and Hong Kong.
The Acuris brand is designed to communicate the wide-ranging activities of the Company’s research and intelligence titles and the qualities that unite them. All output from the Company is informed by its ‘acumen’,
CBOE Holdings is planning to list options on Blue Apron Holdings (APRN), a meal-kit delivery service.
CBOE Holdings anticipates trading in options on Blue Apron will begin on Monday, 10 July, at Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2), once the underlying stock has been certified as meeting all of CBOE Holdings’ applicable exchanges’ listing criteria.
CBOE Holdings plans to list Blue Apron options on its BZX Options and EDGX Options exchanges on Tuesday, 11 July.
Underlying shares of Class A common stock of Blue Apron began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
By George Ralph (pictured), RFA Financial Cloud and Technology Services – The global financial crisis and subsequent recession happened almost a decade ago, but their legacy goes on and on, with more stringent regulations and bigger fines every year.
The financial services sector has to comply, whilst also trying to build IT systems that are capable of gathering, organising and interrogating massive amounts of data, to create reports for the regulators and the investors. It doesn’t stop there. Cloud services can add complexity and house data all over the world, and the increasing use of social and other communication tools
By George Ralph (pictured), RFA Financial Cloud and Technology Services – In RightScale’s 2017 State of the Cloud Report, of 1002 respondents from companies of all sizes, primarily located in the US, UK and Europe, 95 per cent of respondents were using the cloud in some way during 2017. Of these, 89 per cent are using public clouds (22 per cent exclusively), 72 per cent are using private clouds (only 5 per cent exclusively) and 67 per cent are using a hybrid of the two.
Private cloud use is down from 77 per cent last year, and public cloud use
The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) has listed the first ever Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF). The new RAIF was brought to market by Finexis and has been listed on the Euro MTF market.
RAIFs are a new type of vehicle that combine the characteristics and structures of specialised investment funds (SIFs) and investment companies in risk capital (SICARs) qualifying as Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). However, unlike traditional AIFs, RAIFs are not subject to approval from Luxembourg’s regulator, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, also known as the CSSF.
The Law of 23 July 2016, which came into effect
There’s a lot hackers can do to wreak havoc for private equity and other investment firms – and it extends far beyond forcing users to change their passwords. In fact, with their roguish hands on the right information, the consequences can be downright destructive for a firm’s business operations and integrity.
Systems & network access
Of course, with stolen passwords and login credentials, hackers can gain access to company systems and networks – not an insignificant feat. Unfortunately, we’ve seen many cases over the years where users rely on reused passwords across multiple systems – meaning when a hacker deciphers
Midclear has selected GMEX Group wholly owned subsidiary, GMEX Technologies, to provide and implement its innovative AvenirClear CCP product as the core system of the first derivatives central counterparty (CCP) in Lebanon.
The set-up of the CCP by Midclear represents an important milestone in the reinvigoration of the Lebanese Capital Markets, part of Lebanon’s strategic plans for its economy and reconstruction. The derivatives asset classes covered include FX Futures, Equity Index Futures & Options, and Commodity Futures, including precious metals.
Since the inception of the Capital Market Authority (CMA), led by the Central Bank of Lebanon, important work has
