By George Ralph, RFA – Everything is virtual these days. From virtual teams, spread across the globe, which can perform better than traditional on-site teams, to the virtual offices they work in, at home, in the coffee shop, in shared office space. If the right technology is in place, people
Intralinks has launched a new version of its Virtual Data Room (VDR) which the company says will help straemline the M&A process. The new Intralinks VDR is its fastest platform to date. It is 50% faster across the board and now means a data room can be set up in
Peak Re, a Hong Kong based reinsurer, has selected Applied Insurance Technologies’ (AIT) pricing and portfolio management platform, TigerEye, to support its underwriting strategy. TigerEye will aid Peak Re’s management of catastrophe exposures and assist in optimising their reinsurance portfolio. TigerEye is a powerful, intuitive, model-agnostic portfolio roll-up and
Family Office Networks has launched of an online technology platform that offers family offices access to alternative investment products. The new Alternative Investments Platform can be accessed at FONALTS.com and is the first phase of Family Office Networks’ financial technology platform expansion. The platform allows family offices to view,
As your firm evaluates moving to the cloud – as most financial and investment firms today will inevitably do – your list of priorities will likely include: Regulatory and investor impact Migration plans and operational effects Hardware disposal and infrastructure changes But another critical business area your firm should put
Private equity record keeping has entered the realm of blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, with Northern Trust leading the way. And as Northern Trust’s Justin Chapman (pictured), suggests, as the technology matures, the ability to digitise the operations of larger traditional asset classes is a case of ‘when’ not ‘if’.
What started off as a niche trend, whereby start-up fund managers would pick more suite-based technology solutions because they lacked the capital, or manpower, to operate multiple systems, has widened out in recent times. According to Eric Bernstein (pictured), President of Broadridge Investment Management Solutions: ”What we observe is that
By Robin Bedford (pictured), Opus Fund Services – As the rate of change in the fund administration industry continues to increase, the ability to remain nimble becomes of critical importance. In a period of active industry consolidation, failure to remain `relevant’ results in being absorbed into a stronger more dynamic
Hedge fund managers are leaning on their technology partners more than ever as they seek to automate the investment management lifecycle, front through back. With regulation such as MiFID II just around the corner (it comes into effect 3 January 2018), European firms in particular will need to address gaps
Confluence, one of the investment management industry’s leading reporting, data management and analytics companies, delivers technology as a solution to enhance the operational efficiency of its clients. The platform supports a vast array of clients globally running mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments, institutional portfolios and UCITS funds, as well as
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