13 Oct 2017
RAM Active Investments to absorb research costs to the benefit of clients under MiFID II
Active and alternative asset manager RAM Active Investments (RAM AI) is to absorb the cost of external research commissioned on behalf of…
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Alternative investment firms ramp up recruitment
Hiring of fundraising and distribution professionals by alternative asset management firms reached an all-time high of 336 total moves in…
12 Oct 2017
Thomson Reuters adds MiFID II-focused features to Eikon
Thomson Reuters has added additional research management and search capabilities to its flagship desktop product, Eikon aimed at meeting…
Women represent 19 per cent of alternative assets employees
Preqin’s latest overview of women in alternative assets finds that just under one in five employees at fund management firms is female.…
DC Thomson invests in ERIC to enhance MIFID II ready unbundled research provision
DC Thomson is partnering with Electronic Research Interchange (ERIC) to develop its bespoke investment research offering for the post-MiFID…
11 Oct 2017
Almost two-thirds of asset managers see content marketing as most effective tool in coming year
Almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of asset managers regard content marketing as their most effective marketing tool with 65 per cent planning…
10 Oct 2017
Wedbush Prime Brokerage - Best North American Hedge Fund Research Provider
Wedbush Securities was founded in 1955, and is one of the largest providers of small and midcap equity research in the US. The research…
06 Oct 2017
PortfolioScience teams with natural gas hedge fund to release commodity-optimised analytics
PortfolioScience, a provider of on-demand risk management systems, has released a new set of analytics aimed at energy derivatives. Working…
05 Oct 2017
RSRCHXchange launches chat bot, mobile and desktop apps
With 60 working days before the MiFID II implementation deadline, RSRCHXchange, the research aggregator and marketplace, has launched its…
Charles River and Northfield expand portfolio and risk analytics in Charles River IMS
Charles River Development has formalised a partnership with Northfield Information Services to integrate Northfield’s portfolio optimiser…
04 Oct 2017
ACC sees credit market reaching USD1tn mark by 2020
The size of the global private credit market is on course to break the USD1 trillion mark by 2020, according to research by the Alternative…
03 Oct 2017
SteelEye launches new cloud-based data platform
SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has launched a new data platform following a successful early adoption program.…
02 Oct 2017
Research reveals asset managers must be ready for reinvention
By Wayne Riches, FIS – New research findings indicate a gap between asset managers’ growth objectives and their readiness to meet them. In…
Six firms partner with IHS Markit to design securities lending and repo reporting solution
IHS Markit, a specialist in critical information, analytics and solutions, has partnered with six leading securities finance market…
29 Sep 2017
Investors struggle to source attractive hedge funds, says Preqin
Hedge fund investors are reporting increasing difficulty in finding attractive funds in which to invest, according to a survey by Preqin.…
