Broadridge Financial Solutions has formed a strategic partnership with analytics solution provider Point Focal to bring Point Focal’s alternative data-driven quantitative insights to NYFIX, Broadridge’s order-routing network platform. Broadridge’s NYFIX clients will now have access to automated reports that combine relevant data, visual analytics, and Natural Language Processing (NLP), and custom portfolios and watch lists, built from Point Focal’s aggregated, vetted, alternative data, delivered in digestible and actionable summaries. Current reports from Point Focal that will be available on NYFIX include a pre-market report of recent news activity and sentiment scores, earnings recaps and outlooks; a post-market report summarising portfolio

BMLL, an independent provider of historical Level 3 data and analytics across global equity and futures markets to banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, academics, regulators and global exchanges, has added Johannesburg Stock Exchange data across equities and ETFs to its offering. 

FNZ, a global wealth management platform, has agreed to acquire International Fund Services & Asset Management SA, a Luxembourg-based B2B fund platform, serving all types of investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds.

Fintech Save has launched a new savings account portfolio built on an ‘absolute return’ strategy favoured by hedge fund managers, that seeks “to generate steady, positive returns in all market environments”. Save says its Global Multi-Strategy portfolio is the continuation of the brand’s creation a series of dynamic investment portfolios that seek to generate returns by using a variety of investment strategies. The Global Multi-Strategy portfolio has been designed in partnership with Second Foundation Partners, the manager of a global macro hedge fund that employs Epsilon Theory research to making trading decisions using natural language processing (NLP) analysis of financial

Zodia Custody, a crypto asset servicing provider for institutional investors and a subsidiary of Standard Chartered, has formed a joint venture with SBI Digital Asset Holdings Co, to establish a Japan-based crypto assets custodian for institutional clients.

Horizon Software, a provider of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology for the global capital markets, has launched new module updates to its Horizon Extend offering, a cross-asset electronic platform for principal and agency trading.

Qomply has launched QomplyDirect – an integrated solution for firms wanting to take control of their transaction reporting and their costs. QomplyDirect enables firms to send their reports directly to the FCA eliminating the need for an ARM.

LightPoint Financial Technology and FactSet, a global financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider, are collaborating to offer hedge funds, institutional asset managers, and family offices a fully integrated front-to-back solution with greater data flexibility.

BNY Mellon has launched a new outsourced trading offering for buy-side institutions globally, including asset managers and asset owners. The offering by BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC will be powered by xBK, the buy-side trading division that executes more than $1 trillion in volumes on average annually for the company’s Investment Management franchise.  BNY Mellon says the comprehensive, global multi-asset trading service will give clients “significant opportunities for operational and strategic efficiencies, savings and expansion”.  The outsourced trading offering provides: coverage of all major asset classes, with the ability to transact across most global markets, supports more than 150 investment