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AllianceBernstein has launched a digital education campaign to equip financial advisors with the right tools to help their clients navigate the growing liquid alternative investments category.
The cornerstone of AllianceBernstein's education initiative is an interactive website designed to demystify the array of liquid alternative strategies available to retail investors, illustrate how they might fit into diversified portfolios, and explain how they may be used to either mitigate risk or enhance returns.
The site also features a 12-question challenge called "Bring your 'A' Game" that assesses one's knowledge of liquid alternative investments and is designed to guide advisors in helping
A total volume of 22.5 TWh was traded on PEGAS, the natural gas platform formed by cooperation between the European Energy Exchange (EEX) and Powernext, and cleared by European Commodity Clearing (ECC) in October 2013.
In the framework of this cooperation, EEX and Powernext have combined their natural gas market activities to create a pan-European gas market.
Overall, trading volumes on the spot markets amounted to 15.2 TWh in October 2013 which represents an increase of 43 per cent compared to September 2013 (10.6 TWh).
The German spot markets (GASPOOL and NCG market areas) registered a volume of
Kingdom Trust Company’s accredited investors will now have access to FNEX.com through the Kingdom Trust Company platform.
Investors on the FNEX platform have the ability to source, review and invest in a variety of alternative investments and will be able to invest through their select Kingdom Trust IRA accounts.
FNEX is a web-based platform that provides accredited investors, investment advisors, family offices and institutions access to private investment opportunities offered by investment banks and funds across the US. The distribution platform lists offerings and provides investors with the necessary tools to educate themselves on alternative investment opportunities.
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CQG’s Continuum Order Routing Network is now available in Eze Software’s multi-broker, cross-asset electronic execution platform, the RealTick EMS.
This integration provides users of the RealTick EMS with direct global futures exchange connectivity to over 50 additional markets and access to more than 100 new Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs). Users can now enter an order in the RealTick EMS and route it through the CQG network directly to any broker or exchange to which CQG is connected.
“At Eze Software, we are committed to partnering with leading firms to provide our clients with a wide range of global cross-asset
Apex Technologies has selected Eze Castle’s Eze Private Cloud to deliver cloud services to its hedge fund and alternative investment firm customers.
The Apex Cloud, powered by the Eze Private Cloud, allows Apex Technologies to offer clients secure IT operation and hosting solutions that increase operational efficiency and simplified technology management.
Apex Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Apex Holdings, one of the world’s largest independent fund administration companies.
Apex Technologies services clients within the hedge fund, private equity, fund of funds, and investment management industry to deliver technology and operational services.
Apex Cloud, powered
By James Williams – “At Vanguard we view swap futurisation as a positive development. It is another step in the trend towards convergence of how fixed income securities are traded electronically. Whether its swaps or swap futures, going forward you will have to trade them electronically,” says Sam Priyadarshi (pictured), head of fixed income derivatives at Vanguard.
Under US regulatory reforms, specifically with respect to the Dodd-Frank Act and CFTC regulation pertaining to swap clearing and the adoption of swap execution facilities (SEFs), the market structure of OTC swaps is going through a metamorphosis.
Asset managers must now decide
Advise Technologies has released upgraded reporting and electronic filing software for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) to coincide with the new guidelines released by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
On 1 October, ESMA released final guidance on reporting obligations under the AIFMD. The release included a consolidated reporting template, an opinion letter, and updated technical specifications, all of which have been incorporated into Advise’s revamped software to provide a working solution that fully reflects the most recent guidance.
The consolidated reporting template put forth by ESMA in the final guidance includes significant changes from the previous
CameronTec has integrated its FIX platform with the Object Trading’s global DMA platform for equity, derivative and FX markets.
As sell-side firms wrestle with the opposing requirements to reduce business cost and complexity without diminishing client service, they increasingly look to streamline trade messaging and market access infrastructure. Many firms suffer with legacy infrastructures that are a drag on performance and have become expensive to manage after years of technology build-outs and add-ons. For those firms, an outsourced offering enables them to improve operational efficiency and trade performance at a lower cost than building in-house.
The joint offering delivers
Pershing has made enhancements to its PrimeConnect application, including adding a link to Pershing's Fully Paid Securities Lending programme.
The new connection to Pershing's Fully Paid Securities Lending programme allows hedge funds, through a fully automated solution, to transfer fully paid securities from BNY Mellon to Pershing, at which point the securities are available to be borrowed by Pershing.
It also allows hedge fund managers to be able see the earning potential for fully paid assets in the Prime Services dashboard on NetX360, Pershing's technology platform.
Pershing's PrimeConnect provides hedge fund managers, who use a bank custodian, to
Multi-asset brokerage and clearing specialist Newedge is to join forces with Global Markets Exchange Group International (GMEX Group).
GMEX Group is an exchange business focused on the launch of new products, including differentiated interest rate swap futures contracts, and derivatives indices, as well as exchange business partnerships in emerging markets enabled by multi-asset trading technology.
Newedge UK Financial Limited plans to become a trading and clearing member of Global Markets Exchange Group Limited (GMEX), a wholly-owned subsidiary of GMEX Group, which is expected to go live during the first half of 2014 to operate as a Multilateral Trading Facility
