Solutions
SunGard’s Hedge360, a cloud-based platform that launched in 2012, puts the power of institutional-grade controls firmly in the hands of hedge fund managers as they strive to achieve institutional-grade credibility. The platform supports the full lifecycle of a fund’s activities front through back, seamlessly integrating its full range of solutions from Front Arena, VPM, InvesTier through to risk management via APT.
Aside from the technology capabilities of Hedge360, which managers can avail of either as an installed or hosted option, what is really driving uptake in the platform – largely because of institutional demand – is the managed services component.
Bloomberg’s multi-asset swap execution facility, Bloomberg SEF LLC, has launched a List trading tool for Interest Rate Swaps (IRS).
The new List tool enables market participants to improve operational efficiency by creating and sending a “basket” of swaps that can be traded at a single price using Bloomberg SEF’s request for quote (RFQ) functionality.
Bloomberg’s swaps analytics coupled with Bloomberg SEF's liquidity provide the first market solution for participants that wish to perform advanced portfolio valuation prior to execution.
The List tool also allows clients to offset cleared risk, which reduces the number of existing trades and overall capital
Hedgeweek is working in collaboration with S&P Capital IQ on its forthcoming “6th Alpha Series Event” entitled: Using Cross Asset Signals In Equity Markets.
This event, which is to be held on 4 November 2014, from 8.00-10.00am at The Chemistry Centre, Burlington House, Piccadilly (Room: The Library), will build on research into the potential pay-off from integrating event driven signals into the equity investment process. This session is specifically for asset managers and hedge funds.
Please click here to register your interest.
The speakers are:
Dave Pope CFA, Managing Director, Quantamental Research, S&P Capital IQ
Yin Luo, CFA, Managing Director
Euronext is planning to launch a full rapeseed derivatives solution on 14 November 2014, which will allow the industry to trade individual futures and options contracts for rapeseed grain, meal and oil.
Euronext is the first exchange in the world to offer this combination of hedging instrument for rapeseed.
The new rapeseed derivatives complex will cover:
• Futures and options contracts for rapeseed grain
• Futures and options for rapeseed meal
• Futures and options for rapeseed oil
The three contract combination covers the entire supply chain, offering a solution to the increased volatility of rapeseed oil
Eurex Exchange continues to ensure market support for its recently launched listed variance futures contract, which is based on the EURO STOXX 50, the most prominent equity index in Europe.
DRW Investments, developer of the variance conversion methodology, has started its market making activity. Eurex and DRW collaborated in the launch of the contract in September; Eurex licensed DRW’s patented methodology earlier this year. DRW quotes the contract up to 50,000 notional vega at a spread of 1.5 volatility points.
“We are excited to provide liquidity in the new EURO STOXX 50 variance futures. We feel there is market
ClearStructure Financial Technology has launched ClearStart, a programme which provides emerging hedge fund managers ready access to commercial grade portfolio management software.
In selecting Sentry PM as their new core investment management platform, the emerging managers share a common goal to drive growth, improve operational efficiency and eliminate financial leakage.
Sentry PM provides real-time processing that is cloud-delivered, and supports all their front, middle and back office needs. This includes order management, risk, pre/post trade compliance, GIPS performance, reconciliation, reporting and computing daily Net Asset Valuations.
“Emerging managers do not have the resources of their larger peers and
Carne Group has received authorisation for an independent AIFMD-compliant management company in the Channel Islands.
The new management company has become immediately operational with Carne Group’s fund clients. It is particularly suitable for alternative fund managers, including credit, hedge fund, private equity, infrastructure and real estate investment firms.
Carne has received authorisation as a fund services business from the Jersey regulator, the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).
Carne already has over 20 clients making use of its AIFMD management company solutions in Ireland and Luxembourg. The Jersey management company is the first to be approved outside the European
Today’s prevailing narrative is quite simple: heightened demands for a transparent view of investment risks are putting considerable pressure on private equity and real estate fund managers, and their service providers.
In short, risk transparency is becoming a key requirement which managers need to address. This is not that easy when one considers the complex structure of private equity and real estate funds and the illiquid non-tradeable nature of the underlying assets. The complexity of data needed to meet various global reporting regimes is a challenge. Indeed, the much talked about Solvency II regime in Europe is merely one cog
Eze Castle Integration has enhanced its Eze Managed Suite, a fully managed IT solution for hedge funds and alternative investment firms providing flexibility and simplified IT operations via the Eze Private Cloud.
The new offerings, which include Microsoft and Varonis applications, provide collaboration; file synchronisation and sharing; document security and governance capabilities in an all-inclusive, cost-effective cloud offering.
The latest enhancements to Eze Managed Suite include Microsoft’s Lync platform for unified communications and Varonis’ DatAnywhere and DatAdvantage tools for enterprise-class file sharing, synchronisation and governance. The enhanced Eze Managed Suite gives hedge fund and investment firm users all the
Charles River has expanded its Investment Book of Record (IBOR) offering by integrating Interactive Data’s Corporate Actions Service as an integral part of the Charles River Investment Management Solution (IMS).
Charles River clients now have intraday access to Interactive Data’s mandatory and voluntary corporate actions, dividends, and capital events information covering 80,000 companies in over 100 countries.
“Charles River IBOR provides accurate real-time position management for the front office, and corporate actions are critical to ensure this accuracy,” says Tom Driscoll, global managing director, Charles River. “Offering pre-packaged data from Interactive Data gives users a simplified, high-quality corporate action
