Solutions
Imagine Software, a provider of real-time portfolio and risk management solutions worldwide, has launched a risk aggregation platform.
The Imagine Risk Aggregator, which has already been adopted by SkyBridge Capital, helps all those investing across multiple funds and asset classes around the globe achieve greater transparency into investments, access more meaningful risk analyses, and foster increased investor confidence in risk exposure data.
SkyBridge Capital is a global research driven alternative investment firm with approximately USD6.6bn in total assets under advisement or management as of 31 August.
“We are pleased that SkyBridge Capital selected the Imagine Risk Aggregator to provide advanced
Investment into global farm production has not only generated high returns for investors over the past year, but will be increasingly necessary in the fight to avert global food shortages.
Extreme weather has led to a fall in food production this year, leading to dramatic increases in food prices, and the UN has called for increased sustainable food production to avert a global crisis.
The GAIA Farming Index calculated by Indxis, an independent provider of bespoke indices, allows investors to support agricultural production through a long-term investment.
The index invests in listed companies that mainly operate farms producing meat,
SS&C Technologies, a provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, has launched GoTrade+, a flexible middle-office service for complex investment portfolios.
GoTrade+ supports post-trade activities of complex traded transactions including bilateral and cleared OTC derivatives, listed derivatives, loans and other securities.
The services can be flexibly fitted into existing client infrastructures to flow seamlessly with current processes. The technology receives trade data from front office systems and delivers post trade life cycle support, valuations, collateral management, cash services, accounting, reporting and data delivery all wrapped in a personalized relationship management framework.
Carmine Ricciardi of Mizuho Securities USA, a
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 1.04 per cent for the month of September.
Eight of the 10 strategies recorded positive performance for the month with emerging markets (2.21 per cent) and event driven (1.67 per cent) the best performers.
Dedicated short bias (-3.78 per cent) and managed futures (-1.37 per cent) were the strategies in negative territory.
Managed futures lost 0.69 per cent in September, according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge.
The index remains up 0.51 per cent year to date.
“A second month of rising equity prices generated profits for momentum-based managers, but losses in commodity and interest rates markets had a greater impact on portfolio returns in September,” says Sol Waksman, founder and president of BarclayHedge.
Seven of Barclay’s eight CTA indices had losses in September. The Barclay Agricultural Traders Index gave up 1.66 per cent, systematic traders were down 0.86 per cent, diversified traders lost 0.84 per cent, financial and metals
LCH.Clearnet’s interest rate swap (IRS) clearing service, SwapClear, has launched the industry’s first certification programme for consultancy firms preparing market participants for the implementation of centralised OTC clearing.
Five consultancies have already signed up to join the global initiative, which provides experience-based certification and CCP-authorized resources to better inform industry practitioners at this critical time.
The SwapClear Consultancy Certification Program (CCP²) launches as buy-side participants begin to clear in earnest ahead of the regulatory mandate. To date, four consultancies have become certified under the programme: Accenture, Catalyst Development, Rule Financial and Sapient Global Markets. In addition, Deloitte has joined the
Newedge has launched an enhanced foreign exchange prime brokerage platform offering institutional clients access to the global currency market – the largest, most liquid market in the world.
Connectivity to the forex market’s electronic platforms has been significantly expanded, while the infrastructure supporting the processing of trades for managers and investors across multiple accounts and clearing brokers has been updated. This ensures Newedge clients are able to seamlessly execute their FX trading strategies and benefit from significant cross-margining opportunities.
“Newedge’s FX offering, coupled with our wider capabilities as a leading prime broker and global futures commission merchant (FCM), provides
Beach Horizon, a London-based hedge fund trading a global portfolio of commodity, financial and foreign exchange markets, has deployed Navatar Hedge Fund Cloud to manage its fundraising and investor relations.
"Beach Horizon uses state-of-the-art technology for all aspects of its operations," says Edward Sutro, head of investor relations for Beach Horizon. "Navatar’s CRM for hedge funds provides us the best tools to efficiently serve our investors."
Navatar Hedge Fund Cloud helps manage operational functions, including investor subscriptions and redemptions, fund offering and returns, security holdings and trades, fund exposure and risk. It provides a great opportunity to take control of
Hedge funds appear to be moving aggressively to take down costs associated with their trading desks in the midst of a prolonged period of depressed trading activity, according to the results of a study by Greenwich Associates.
To assist institutions in assessing and improving the operation of their trading desks, Greenwich Associates conducted a study of 232 head traders and traders at a variety of buy-side institutions, including asset management firms, corporate treasuries, pensions, endowments, hedge funds, banks and insurance companies. Greenwich Associates asked participants about the organisational structure, staffing levels, budgets and operations of their trading desks.
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Maples Fund Services has expanded its hedge fund capabilities with the launch of a MaplesFS Connect risk dashboard that will complement the services provided to fund administration clients with a fully-integrated solution for online risk reporting.
This dashboard will further extend the MaplesFS Connect suite of online solutions.
The new dashboard leverages the technology platform that Maples Fund Services developed for its bespoke risk reporting mandates. Leading practices developed with individual clients have been incorporated into a pre-configured risk dashboard that can be rapidly implemented. Hedge fund managers can use the dashboard to obtain insights into their portfolio, enhance
