27 Mar 2018
The changing role of CTOs at alternative investment firms
By Eze Castle Integration – Times have changed. There is little doubt that the alternate investment industry has evolved in recent years…
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I’m launching a hedge fund. What tech questions do I ask?
By Mary Beth Hamilton, Eze Castle Integration – Hedge fund assets have hit record highs in each of the five past quarters, to some $3.2…
big xyt delivers enhanced transparency on SI volumes under MiFID II
big xyt, an independent provider of high-volume, smart data and analytics capabilities, has added enhanced functionality on its Liquidity…
GridGain integrates machine learning to GridGain Professional Edition 2.4
GridGain Systems, a provider of enterprise-grade in-memory computing solutions based on Apache Ignite, has launched GridGain Professional…
FlexTrade Integrates Kensho Actionable Intelligence into FlexTRADER EMS
FlexTrade has integrated Kensho Technologies pre-trade analytics solution into the FlexTRADER EMS, which provides a detailed, real-time…
Shield FC launches new version of eComms Data Management Platform and Compliance Reporting Suite
Shield Financial Compliance (Shield FC) has launched a new version of its data management platform for capturing, archiving, analysing and…
PAG to receive strategic minority investment from Blackstone Fund
Blackstone’s (NYSE:BX) Strategic Capital Holdings Fund has acquired a passive minority stake in PAG, a leading Asia-focused alternative…
FXPA appoints board members
The Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA) voted in a slate of new Board members at its annual meeting on 6 March, re-electing…
26 Mar 2018
Merger arbitrage to benefit from unique opportunity set in 2018, says Lyxor
A shifting fiscal regime and strong sector dynamics are likely to bode well for Merger Arbitrage in 2018, according to the latest Weekly…
Meketa Investment Group expands employee ownership team
Meketa Investment Group, a global investment consulting firm, has expanded its employee ownership to include seven new shareholders.…
IHS Markit SFTR Solution adds five industry design partners
The repo, securities lending and borrowing, and prime brokerage divisions of Citi, Morgan Stanley, RBC, UBS and Vanguard have joined the…
Neudata appoints Senior Vice President, Alternative Data Research
Neudata has appointed Simon Mahony (pictured) as Senior Vice President in Research. In this London-based role, Mahony will support the…
J8 and Universal-Investment launch global absolute return fund
The UK manager J8 Capital Management and German investment company Universal-Investment have launched the UI - J8 Global Absolute Return…
GoldenTree closes EUR405m CLO under GLM strategy
GoldenTree Loan Management (GLM) and its affiliated investment manager GoldenTree Asset Management has closed a EUR405 million…
FinComEco and Block Commodities Limited announce blockchain crypto token collaboration agreement with Wala and the Dala Foundation
FinComEco Limited and African commodity trader Block Commodities Limited (BLCC) have entered into a strategic partnership with Wala, a…
