Investment management platform-as-a-service Quay Partners Investments (Quay) has added Joe Vittoria and Sarah Donnelly to its team to provide a new regulatory hosting service. The independent, standalone solution for new clients will operate under the trading name of Vittoria and Partners (V&P) and will support the compliance and risk oversight that current clients experience and provide scale to further grow the regulatory hosting business, including clients who solely require regulatory services. This partnership is structured to ensure long-term client relationships are maintained and strengthened while allowing for strategic evolution as the two parties become more familiar with each other. Quay

Enfusion, a provider of cloud-native SaaS solutions for investment managers, released more than 100 enhancements and new features for its Order and Execution Management System (OEMS) in Q1 2022. Asset managers globally are faced with fee compression, market volatility, and the need to diversify their suite of investment product offerings to meet client demand. Many are launching new investment products, often multi-asset, where the focus is outside of their core strategies.  As they make this shift, like their hedge fund counterparts, new technologies including SaaS-based Order and Execution Management (OEMS) Systems have gained traction. As reported in Enfusion’s Q1 2022

Bitfrost, a fintech ecosystem that supports financial institutions in their adoption and management of digital assets, has secured registration as a Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) with the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC). Bitfrost can now provide clients with access to fiat-to-crypto, crypto-to-fiat and crypto-to-crypto OTC transactions worldwide. This registration is the first step of Bitfrost’s phased plan to become a fully regulated Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Financial Services Provider in Gibraltar – a region whose DLT regulatory framework is considered one of the most robust in the world.     The move comes as part of a wider licensing

To better help asset managers of European funds be prepared for the upcoming compliance requirements and regulatory disclosure obligations under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), global Fintech leader.

CAMRADATA has expanded its online database, CAMRADATA Live, to capture data related to the Asset Owner Diversity Charter to help gauge where asset managers are on their diversity and inclusion (D&I) journey. CAMRADATA believes that it is important to effect change, break down taboos and ask questions that make a real difference in society, which is why this data will be freely available to all asset owners and investment consulting firms.   Asset managers can also now populate their D&I data in CAMRADATA Live free of charge, providing asset owners with the information they need when conducting detailed due diligence

EEX Group is entering the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM), with a product suite addressing the increasing demand from corporates which seek to offset or neutralise their carbon footprint. Leveraging on its considerable experience in global carbon markets, EEX Group intends to bring enhanced levels of standardisation, transparency and security to the Voluntary Carbon Market.   The Voluntary Carbon Market allows carbon emitters to offset their emissions by purchasing carbon credits generated by projects targeted at removing, or reducing carbon emissions. The EEX Group VCM contract suite will cover four different products, aimed at striking a balance between standardisation, on the

Transaction Network Services (TNS) has launched its popular Managed Hosting and Colocation offering in Madrid, which is set to benefit financial market participants looking to access Spain’s principal stock exchange, Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME). This is TNS’ first deployment in Spain and joins Frankfurt, Germany and Bergamo, Italy as the organisation’s third Managed Hosting and Colocation venue in mainland Europe. It is the seventh site in Europe for TNS with Basildon, LD4, Interxion and LSE in the UK. The announcement underpins TNS’ commitment to investing in its European infrastructure. The TNS offering provides lower overall costs compared to a

Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) has partnered with M-DAQ to co-develop a proof-of-concept that allows investors to view real-time prices of stocks from WIG20 and mWIG40 indices in 10 different currencies. With this new solution, GPW seeks to help brokerage firms and international investors manage their Polish portfolios more effectively, while expanding the investor base for companies listed on GPW. Currently, foreign exchange rates are determined once a trade is executed. A multi-currency trading solution will allow investors to view and track securities in multiple currencies while considering risks caused by foreign exchange movements. 

AEGIS Hedging Solutions’ (AEGIS) application to form a registered Swap Execution Facility (SEF) has entered the final phase of approval with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). AEGIS SEF, a regulated subsidiary of AEGIS, will operate in compliance with rules introduced under the Dodd-Frank Act to improve transparency in derivative transactions. The (CFTC) lifted the stay on AEGIS SEF’s application on 20 May, indicating substantial completion and adherence to all applicable regulations, reporting, and oversight requirements. Assuming typical progressions, AEGIS SEF anticipates being fully operational early in the third quarter. In accordance with open access requirements, AEGIS SEF will be

Exabel, an alternative data analytics platform for investment teams, and Databoutique.com, an intel platform by RE-Analytics research firm, have formed a partnership to create the Luxury Goods Sales Estimates Insights Platform. The Luxury Goods Sales Estimates Insights Platform will give portfolio managers and hedge funds online sales estimates for luxury goods brands with product and brand-level detail, several weeks earlier and with deeper granularity than that which is commonly reported by the industry.    The platform delivers user-friendly dashboards, visualizations, KPI monitoring capabilities and enables investors to spot trend shifts in the online luxury goods market.