Traditionally, hedge funds and private equity firms have allocated significant capital budgets to build out their own sophisticated Communication (Comm.) Rooms, which can take months to provision and bring online. With servers to buy and install, software to license and configure, and voice/networks to deploy – not to mention recruiting,
Advanced Logic Analytics (ALA), a provider of enterprise wide big data and finance analytics solutions for buy- and sell-side institutions and other financial firms, has launched its core big data analytics platform, ALA OneLogic. ALA OneLogic was developed to provide advanced big data analytics capabilities for financial markets firms requiring
Outsourcing has not only become an accepted practice among hedge fund managers, it has become a necessity as funds large and small seek out ways to control their costs, manage their internal resources more effectively, and overcome the ever growing challenge of regulatory compliance. Perhaps more than ever before, hedge
The number of Jersey-registered fund managers marketing into Europe through national private placement regimes (NPPRs) under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) continued to rise during 2016, according to the latest figures from the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC). As at December 2016, 127 alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs)
Ciphrex Corp, a software company in the emerging field of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, has appointed venture capitalist Alyse Killeen to its board of advisers. Killeen, now managing partner at StillMark Co, an investment advisory and venture investment group, is an advocate of decentralised consensus network technologies that enable transactions
The California Hedge Fund Association (CHFA) has adopted the California Alternative Investments Association (CalALTs) as its new brand name. The 1,200 member organisation, which focuses on fostering growth and advancing the development of California’s alternative investment community, rebranded in response to the strong demand from a broader group of alternative
A technology business has launched a new way of matching firms starved of cash with businesses who are willing to purchase their invoices. PeerPay has developed a cloud-based platform that links the larger, cash-rich firms within an accountant’s client portfolio with smaller, client companies within the same community looking for
Cyber-security software firm ZoneFox has closed a GBP3.6 million Series A funding round led by Scottish business angel investment syndicate Archangels, with co-investment from The Scottish Investment Bank and TriCap. Based in Edinburgh, ZoneFox focuses on providing security systems that effectively combat the growing issue of insider threats to businesses
Global fiduciary and administration provider Estera has acquired Guernsey-based Morgan Sharpe Administration. The deal was finalised on 27 February and is subject to regulatory approvals, following which the business will be rebranded under the Estera name. Farah Ballands, CEO of Estera, says: “This is a great start to the
Northern Trust, in collaboration with IBM and other key stakeholders, has launched the first commercial deployment of blockchain technology for the private equity market. While private equity returns can be attractive, the infrastructure supporting private equity has seen little innovation in recent years at a time when investors are seeking
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