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By Michael O’Brien (pictured), Nasdaq – Ask buy side firms about the areas where they are most vulnerable to legal action, and they will likely put insider trading on the list. In the last few years, regulators around the world have shown their willingness to investigate and prosecute insider trading cases, and levy severe fines and penalties. Importantly, the firms involved have suffered significant damage to their reputation.
To successfully prosecute an insider trading case, regulators generally need to prove that the person was in possession of the information, and that the person then acted on it. Each region takes
With so much change happening in the funds industry, it is imperative that technologists keep pace to help hedge funds optimise operations. In that regard, Eze Software has been busy developing new functionality across the Eze Investment Suite, with MiFID II as a big focus.
In Q1, Eze Software partnered with OTAS Analytics to integrate advanced market analytics capabilities into its execution management system (EMS) blotter to support MiFID firms seeking to meet best execution requirements under MiFID II. It also increased access to liquidity sources from the EMS and added BIDS and POSIT crossing networks to its suite of
Data re-use is likely going to become a critical feature of the industry, moving forward. Not only will fund managers want to be able to access data in a consistent fashion, they will also want to make sure it is accurate across different reports as regulators pay ever closer attention.
Rather than spend numerous man hours organising data to complete mundane tasks, the funds industry stands on the cusp of an exciting new era; one that will see increased use of machine learning and AI technology taking over such tasks, freeing up managers to hone investment strategies, and build investment
By George Ralph, RFA – According to Microsoft and 451 Research, most organisations are working with four cloud vendors, at least. Many firms are utilising public cloud services from the biggies like Amazon and Microsoft, but also want, or need more discrete services to house some applications, and for these services, will opt for private clouds. Today’s firms want applications that bring them business benefits, and if they need to bring on board other cloud services to house them, or to cope with the workload, that’s what they do. Our customers want infrastructure that just works as it should. They
Shashi S and David AA Ross of Viteos Fund Services reflect on the ILPA reporting initiative and propose technological solutions…
Increased investor appetite for private equity thanks to outperformance is encouraging institutionalisation of the industry. Against this backdrop the Institutional Limited Partners Association’s (ILPA) reporting template is gaining steam as it aims to deliver standardisation.
However, the absence of an integrated blend of technology with services stymies private equity’s uptake of technology and digitisation in this area, without the right combination the widespread implementation of the new template is likely to be slow.
The industry needs help with this hefty undertaking.
Gowling WLG has launched Smart Raise, a software platform designed to quickly, cost-effectively and automatically generate all the legal documents associated with private placements, while meeting compliance requirements across Canada.
Built on Gowling WLG’s extensive precedents database and overseen by an experienced team of legal professionals, Smart Raise enables issuers, agents and other market participants to raise capital on a greatly reduced timeline. By automating the repetitive tasks associated with document generation, Smart Raise ensures that our client’s legal spend is focused on substantive matters.
“As business practices become increasingly automated, our clients expect more efficiency and cost-certainty from
Investcorp Technology Partners has completed the acquisition of Impero Holdings Limited (Impero) for an enterprise value of GBP27.5 million for its fourth Technology Fund.
Impero is the UK’s No1 provider of online student safety, classroom and school network management software. The transaction marks Investcorp’s third technology deal in the lower middle market in the past nine months.
Founded in 2002, Impero has become the UK market leader in integrated safeguarding software with its comprehensive education solution that enables schools to keep students safe, improves the teaching environment and maximises efficiency for school network managers. Headquartered in Nottingham, UK, the
Marco Polo Securities, a New York-based broker dealer and securities distribution platform, has partnered with Pi Capital International LLC, the global advisory firm, to provide investment banking services to the Marco Polo global client base.
Since 2000, Marco Polo has developed a global network of leading securities firms in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Marco Polo platform enables global trading of exchange listed securities as well as international distribution of locally originated private placements and M&A products.
“Marco Polo is a global securities platform through which our local members can market their capabilities and products outside their domestic
By George Ralph, RFA – Outsourcing IT is a viable option for many private equity firms who are looking for high quality, enterprise grade technology without the headache of managing it in house.
The last Deloitte global outsourcing survey in 2016 indicated that the market for outsourced services would almost certainly continue, but outsourced service providers would need to change and adapt to meet the needs of customers, who expect innovation, and want to see their businesses enhanced and improved by service providers.
Increased regulations and changes to compliance legislation have not dented the trend for outsourcing, as ISG report in
In Part 1 of our hybrid cloud whitepaper excerpt, we reviewed the primary benefits to public, private & hybrid cloud infrastructures, and reviewed a number of considerations including service & support, availability and uptime, and proximity. In Part 2 below, we dive into additional factors to contemplate, specifically: security, application hosting and cost.
To download the full whitepaper, Is Hybrid Cloud Right For Your Firm?, click here.
Security
While your public cloud provider may provide world-class security for its services, your company is still on the hook for certifying all aspects of information security. For compliance-driven businesses, there
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