Solutions
Clearpool Group, a service provider of electronic trading software solutions and independent agency broker dealer execution services, has joined the IPC Financial Markets Network.
IPC's community of financial market participants around the world can now access Clearpool's Algorithmic Management System and Clearpool's Execution Management System.
Several institutional investors, asset managers and commercial banks are currently using IPC's advanced connectivity, communications and collaboration solutions to access Clearpool's services.
"Our innovative trading technologies provide transparency and control to market participants in today's rapidly evolving market microstructure," says Ray Ross (pictured), chief technology officer, Clearpool Group. "We are delighted to join
Dorsey, Wright & Associates’ John Lewis explains the virtues of using a relative strength methodology for a commodity rotation strategy and how it can give investors dynamic exposure to the commodities complex to generate excess returns.
Dorsey Wright & Associates (‘DWA’), a Nasdaq company and a provider of technical research analysis for more than 25 years, is applying its well-established proprietary relative strength methodology to the commodity markets.
In much the same way that DWA runs bespoke indexes that use a momentum factor to create sector rotation strategies within equities, it also has a proprietary model that applies the
Sanostro has teamed up with Avaloq to provide scalable foreign exchange (FX) robo-advisory solutions to Avaloq's customers.
Avaloq's customers will be able to implement FX hedging signals from leading quantitative managers on Sanostro's platform directly in high-net-worth customers' portfolios.
Sanostro's adapter allows a bank using the Avaloq Banking Suite to choose among the best quantitative managers, including external and in-house experts to manage FX risk within predefined limits, thus stabilising the asset base in a higher volatility environment and allowing portfolio managers to focus on their core investment competence, such as stock picking and bond selection.
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has introduced central clearing for the IBA Gold Auction which underlies the LBMA Gold Price that is planned to go live in March 2017, and the launch of a new London gold daily futures contract in February 2017, subject to regulatory review.
The contract will be for Loco London gold, which refers to gold bullion that is physically held in London.
“We are pleased to introduce central clearing for the gold auction underlying the benchmark LBMA Gold Price,” says Finbarr Hutcheson (pictured), president, ICE Benchmark Administration. “The number of participants in the LBMA Gold Price has
New York-based IQ Financial Marketing has issued an updated version of its marketing guide, which it is offering free of charge to hedge funds and private equity firms.
The new guide features additional tips for creating better presentations and pitch books. It is designed to help fund managers tap into the mindset of prospective investors, differentiate themselves from the competition, and enhance their branding.
IQ says the guide can be helpful to firms that create their marketing materials in-house as well as those that outsource.
IQ’s principals Nancy J Dennis (pictured) and Michael H Greenstein are marketing consultants
GreenKey, a creator of a voice workspace platform for global financial market participants, is to launch a mobile application for iOS and Android devices.
The new app will offer full integration with GreenKey's patented software and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network along with existing turrets (lines and hardware).
Secure turret functionality will be available through the mobile app, including intercom connections with push-to-talk functionality. In addition the app will include the ability to place outbound or accept incoming calls with full recording capability and transcription.
GreenKey chief product officer Anthony Tassone (pictured) says: "We're thrilled to launch
Crow Point Partners, a USD2.5 billion global alternative asset manager, has completed the rollout of LiquidityBook’s SaaS-based LBX Buyside POEMS (portfolio, order and execution management system) across its front, middle and back office operations.
Implemented in mid-2016, the LBX suite is a replacement of the Eze Software Investment Suite, which, according to Crow Point’s head of trading and co-portfolio manager Peter DeCaprio (pictured), had heavy infrastructure needs and costly downstream connectivity demands of its broker counterparties.
Crow Point is using LBX to support all of its global, multi-asset trading, which includes equities, options, futures, fixed income and FX. In addition to using the platform’s execution, order and portfolio management (real-time NAV,
Elixium, a regulated multilateral trading facility (MTF) for collateral and secured deposits, has executed its first collateral financing transaction between buy-side collateral and liquidity providers.
Citibank, as cash management agent, executed on behalf of CME Clearing Europe, while Insight Investment executed on behalf of a UK Pension Fund. The trade took place on 6 October.
Elixium is designed to specifically address the impact of regulation, balance sheet pressures, and deteriorating levels of liquidity in the repo market by providing participants with collateralised liquidity on a fair, transparent, low-cost and equitable basis. It was created in response to the market
Apex Clearing, an independent, full-service clearing firm, has launched its Apex Prime brokerage offering for hedge funds with up to USD200 million in assets under management.
Apex Clearing has put together a team headed by former Convergex executive John Mollica and has added former Goldman Sachs executive Brian Duggan as a strategic adviser to the business.
Apex Clearing's move into prime brokerage coincides with a major industry shift that has left a growing number of small and mid-sized hedge funds in need of services no longer being offered by bigger firms. Increased regulatory pressure since the 2008 financial crisis
Lighthouse Canton is offering accredited investors access to hedge fund strategies without hedge fund costs via the firm’s app store robo-adviser.
In partnership with WeInvest, a platform-as-a-service provider, it provides access to a range of strategies, asset classes and currencies with fees starting from 0.4 per cent as opposed to the traditional hedge fund two-and-20 fee structure.
Research from advisory PwC has found that 62 per cent of high-net-worth individuals in Asia-Pacific believe it is important for their financial adviser or wealth manager to have a strong digital offering.
“Lighthouse Canton operates at the cutting edge of technology.
