Solutions
Fincad, a provider of valuation and risk analytics, has added coverage for mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and structured fixed income securities to its F3 solution via integration with data analytics providers AD&Co and Intex.
Buy side firms can use F3 to hedge exposure and perform scenario analysis across their entire multi-asset portfolio, including derivatives, MBS and related sectors.
“To combat low interest rates and achieve higher returns, more buy side firms are adopting sophisticated investment strategies and adding new asset classes, such as MBS and structured fixed income,” says James Church (pictured), vice president, product management and R&D, Fincad. “Based on
In October 2016, the monthly volume on EEX’s power derivatives market amounted to 410.1 TWh, increasing by 52 per cent from October 2015 figure of 270.1 TWh.
The volume increase in power futures for the Germany/Austria (+57 per cent), France (+53 per cent) and Spain (+246 per cent) market areas contributed to this overall volume.
With almost 10 TWh, EEX achieved a new monthly record in Spanish power futures (October 2015: 2.8 TWh). In addition, with an increase in the use of power options, EEX registered a total volume of 27.2 TWh, of which 23.9 TWh were registered in Phelix
The fourth annual Cayman Alternative Investment Summit (CAIS), scheduled for 15-17 February in the Cayman Islands, will convene leading thinkers and decisions makers from across the industry as they explore this year’s theme, “Defying Gravity: The Future of Alternative Investments in Exceptional Times.”
In a change of venue, CAIS 2017 will be held at the brand new, Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa, which is owned by Dart Enterprises, the host sponsor for CAIS.
The Cayman Islands, with over 11,000 regulated funds, has long been a home for the alternative industry. So it’s no surprise that CAIS regularly draws some of
SS&C Technologies has released a new web-based application for Tamale RMS, which is designed to provide a secure browser experience and help front office professionals connect with their research anytime, anywhere.
The release also features tools for viewing, filtering and searching within proprietary research, and a dynamic relationship tree to view correlated research.
Users can create new investment ideas and contacts remotely, attach documents and access plugins to Microsoft Office and Adobe Applications. Over 20 early adopter clients have embraced Tamale's new functionality.
The latest web application recently went live with Swift Run, a global investment manager and
Nimbrix has launched a Blockchain enabled platform and created an industry consortium with KPMG and Microsoft which will bring to market a reinvention of financial services software.
As the investment industry grapples with fee pressure and increased regulatory scrutiny, the Nimbrix consortium is bringing to market an investment platform and eco-system which aims to reshape financial services and save investment firms millions of pounds annually.
The Nimbrix buy-side platform is designed to leverage Cloud, open-API, Software as a Service (SaaS) and Blockchain technology.
Nimbrix is run in a cloud using Microsoft Azure. This allows for seamless integration with
Hedge fund data provider HFR is at an advanced stage of working with one of the large global derivatives exchanges to develop a new investment product, the HFRI-I futures contract, a contract based on the HFRI-I Fund Weighted Composite Investable Index. The firm writes that once launched, this will be an industry first.
The thinking behind the contract is that allocating to individual hedge funds requires extensive research and substantial capital which can be tied up for long periods. Marc E Denogent, HFR Asset Management’s Managing Director says: “When people allocate to hedge funds, they often have a considerable time
The London Metal Exchange (LME) and Henry Bath, whose shareholders include CMST Development and Mercuria Energy, have set up a pilot programme for the launch of the LMEshield commodities safeguarding system in China.
During the pilot programme, which will run for a period of one year, Henry Bath will issue receipts on the LMEshield system.
Receipts will initially be issued for bonded warehouses in Shanghai, with the intention of expanding to other Chinese locations.
The deployment in the PRC is based on the existing LMEshield system, allowing commodities owners and lending banks to hold and finance Chinese commodity
Nasdaq and SIX Swiss Exchange have extended their current technology contract, which includes X-stream INET Trading technology for all SIX markets, including equities, ETFs, structured products, funds and fixed income, as well as SMARTS Market Surveillance and Nasdaq Pre-Trade Risk Management.
In addition, the new SIX Swiss Exchange At Midpoint (SwissAtMid) dark pool was launched on Nasdaq trading and surveillance technology earlier this month.
The two companies have been partners for more than 10 years.
"We are delighted to extend our successful technology relationship with Nasdaq," says Christoph Landis (pictured), division CEO, SIX Swiss Exchange. "Our broadly diversified international client base
Object Trading, a provider of multi-asset trading infrastructure, has been fully approved by BM&F Bovespa in Sao Paulo as a conformed ISV to handle market data, order entry and pre-trade risk constraints via its Direct Market Access (DMA) platform for its clients and partners.
BM&F Bovespa’s recent requirements for direct connections, in lieu of order routing partnerships, take effect today.
Buy-side firms in Brazil and internationally will continue to seek and find deep liquidity in BM&F Bovespa’s futures and options contracts in interest rates, FX and equity index products.
Further, these firms will need to keep pace with
Millennium Trust Company, a provider of custody solutions for institutions, advisers and individuals, has expanded its fund custody solution to include custody for registered investment companies ('40 Act Funds) as well as verification services.
"Millennium's fund custody solution was created in late 2010 to address advisers' need to comply with the SEC Custody Rule 206(4)-2, and to create much-needed transparency for the end investor," says Gary Anetsberger (pictured), CEO of Millennium Trust. "The services quickly attracted adviser-controlled funds investing in alternative assets such as marketplace loans, private equity, hedge funds as well as traditional assets.”
The solution now supports
