Solutions
The Portfolio Amalfi™ platform by Nedelma Inc offers multi-asset, multi-language and multi-currency dynamic reporting and data visualisation and analysis capabilities to the asset management industry. The platform also offers data aggregation tools as well as portfolio management solutions and a calculation engine.
In addition to Portfolio Amalfi, Nedelma has an online investor document repository with document approval workflow and interactive reporting.
"The platform can be added to existing in-house and third-party products," says CEO Michael Medvinsky (pictured), who founded Nedelma after previously holding senior technology positions at Goldman Sachs and UBS. "Integration is quick and requires minimal input from
DMS Offshore Group's core business is providing offshore independent directors. Whilst the firm offers the largest independent directorship service in the Cayman Islands, in recent times it has started to provide New York-based independent directors.
"The backgrounds of those individuals are somewhat different and complementary to the already strong Directors in Cayman," says John D'Agostino (pictured), Managing Director of North and South Americas. "DMS now offers a wider range of Director expertise including buyside and investor LP experience – from directly serving as a COO of large hedge funds to the Operational Due Diligence leads at major global banks."
Managers
Multi-award-winning hedge fund administrator Opus Fund Services was established in Bermuda in 2006, subsequently expanding its footprint into the US with offices in Chicago (2008), San Francisco (2009), New York (2013), Portland (2014) and most recently Dublin. It serves over 250 fund managers and 325+ funds with a combined AUM exceeding USD10.5 billion.
As well as seeing an uptick in private equity, venture capital and real estate strategies during 2015, Opus continues to focus on traditional hedge fund strategies. "We have seen many managers stick to the basics, focusing on stock picking and "best ideas" investing. We also continue to
2015 has been a big year for Concept Capital Markets, LLC. Earlier this year, the firm entered into an agreement to be acquired by Cowen Group, a leading growth investment bank and alternative investment manager with a heritage dating back to 1918.
Through its acquisition of Concept Capital, Cowen will add a significant prime brokerage arm to its overall offering. The deal should prove synergistic to both parties.
"Cowen is a notable name in the institutional equity research, sales, trading and investment banking business through its Cowen and Company brokerage, as well as in the alternative asset management space through
At New York-headquartered Prosek Partners, the tag line is to "unbox communications" and deliver unique, unconventional strategies for financial firms. At the helm is Managing Partner and CEO Jennifer Prosek, who built Prosek from a small Connecticut PR company to an international communications consultancy with offices in London and a number of key partnerships with agencies in Asia and South America.
Speaking with Hedgeweek, Russell Sherman (pictured), Partner at Prosek, says he is excited by the awakening of the financial PR industry as firms become more receptive to creative PR programmes that go "above and beyond" the traditional programmes typical
Preqin was established 13 years ago, over which time it has evolved to become the pre-eminent data and research provider for the alternative asset management industry. Since day one, Preqin's objective has always been to shine a light on what has, historically, been an opaque industry.
"We are the go-to people for anyone wanting information on alternative assets because of the timeliness, accuracy and breadth of data we provide," comments Amy Bensted (pictured), Head of Hedge Fund Products at Preqin.
With respect to hedge funds, Preqin looks closely at institutional investor activity, as well as fund manager performance, and has built
Although Peregrine only established a US office in New York 14 months ago, the firm has been recognised by readers of Hedgeweek as the runner up Best North American Public Relations Firm for Hedge Funds. Peregrine CEO Anthony Payne said: "We have been engaged with US media since 2002 but it was important for us to be on the ground in New York, the World's hedge fund capital! We are delighted that Hedgeweek readers have shown their support by voting for us and we hope we will deserve to be voted winner next year!"
Since opening doors in the US,
The saying goes that ‘familiarity breeds contempt’ but when it comes to staying cyber secure, nothing could be further from the truth. Fact is, investment managers should be integrating cybersecurity issues, be they regulatory updates, software updates from their IT vendors, into their weekly meetings.
Even if it takes up just a few minutes of the agenda, getting into the habit of keeping staff aware of cybersecurity developments will allow it to become part of a firm’s broader risk management program and potentially mitigate human error; often the cause of so many internal data breaches.
In other words, cybersecurity should
Linedata has released the latest version of Linedata Longview for Asset Managers, which offers an integrated approach to portfolio management, trading and compliance.
This release provides substantial enhancements to streamline the workflows for portfolio managers and improve their operational efficiencies.
Demands on institutional asset managers continue to increase due to more complex asset classes and investment strategies amid growing investor expectations. In order to expand their business into these new products and markets, the investment decision process will give managers the competitive advantage they need to pursue these growth opportunities. Seeking to drive operational efficiencies, technology remains a key
Over the last 12 months there has been enormous media coverage of cybersecurity, and seemingly endless headlines. Anyone could be forgiven for thinking the end of the world was nigh.
It was therefore a refreshing change for hedge fund managers to attend a recent lunch event hosted by Intralinks that attempted to cut through the white noise and outline a sensible approach to establishing a robust cybersecurity program.
Hedge funds are looking for a way to navigate through the issues sensibly, and proportionately, based on their size. And one of the first points raised in the cybersecurity panel, which took
