09/30/2019
Asian Institutions Are Finally Warming to Crypto Hedge Funds
Crypto hedge funds in the region face hurdles to getting off the ground, including licensing, banking, custody and insurance.
Alternative Investments
09/24/2019
Insurance industry must tackle gender balance
Both the Middle East and the Americas highlighted gender equality as a key barrier to overcome, while mental health sits high on the agenda for Europe and the UK, Dive In said.
09/23/2019
Profitable Aussie fintech Sandstone Technology readies sale pitch
Sandstone Technology is an Australian fintech with products aimed at digital lending, digital customer acquisition and digital banking. It develops, sells, customises and installs software for clients, and offers support services.
09/12/2019
Hedge funds fight tech titans for talent
While the rise of quantitative investing has triggered a technology arms race, top hedge fund managers said the priority remained finding high quality individuals to design and manage trading strategies.
09/04/2019
Funding Africa’s technological future
Host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Christophe Viarnaud, CEO of AfricArena, a deal flow platform that seeks to increase investment for tech start-up businesses in Africa
08/27/2019
SEI embraces intelligent automation
This is possible because it can help businesses to better streamline workflows, reduce redundancies, and overcome the growing complexity of data management.
08/22/2019
Wolters Kluwer Wins Waters Technology Award for Market Risk
With the Wolters Kluwer OneSumX Market Risk solution, we offer this kind of integrated platform to manage all of the risks on clients’ balance sheets.
08/20/2019
Accenture acquires Parker Fitzgerald
Helping clients optimize their performance in a rapidly evolving risk environment remains our utmost priority
08/16/2019
European fintech investment continues to grow as global investment falls
European countries are continuing to see significant growth in financial technology investment as total global investment decreases
08/14/2019
Third Point cuts United Technologies stake after opposing Raytheon deal
In June, Third Point founder Daniel Loeb told the company its plan to merge with Raytheon was a “baffling change” in strategy
08/12/2019
Apex and eFront partner to deliver portal access solution to asset managers
Teamed with Apex’s ability to support the broadest range of private equity technology platforms in the industry, eFront Investment Café provides managers with a tailored platform solution to best suit their structure.
07/29/2019
Copper Street Capital selects Linedata Portfolio Management
Funds can be invested cross asset class in both equities and fixed income instruments
07/29/2019
Zurich remains ‘committed’ to IFAs amid platform sale reports
Zurich is thought to be working with HSBC to find a buyer for Zurich Intermediary, according to reports in the Sunday Times.
07/26/2019
Are US equity funds all about tech?
Jason Hollands, managing director at Tilney Investment Management, says: “The US is home to many world-leading international businesses and a highly developed investment ecosystem that is unrivalled by any other major economy in nurturing and scalin
07/26/2019
SoftBank Group's $108 billion Vision Fund 2 draws in Microsoft, Apple
The second fund’s investor base reflects diversification beyond the Middle East that provided most of the first $100 billion fund’s outside capital as SoftBank touts industry-beating returns.
07/24/2019
Geneva for Emerging Managers: Building out an Infrastructure for Long Term Growth
As more hedge funds enter the market at increasingly larger launch sizes, these firms should be looking to build out their infrastructure for the long term.
07/24/2019
Betterment Moves Beyond Robo Investment Advice and Into Banking
The company said Tuesday that it is launching Betterment Everyday, a checking and savings product that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
07/17/2019
Deutsche Bank cuts tech spend as rivals ramp up digital
Even with the digital revolution in finance accelerating, technology budget for German lender that cut 18,000 jobs in revamp this month is a fraction of US banks' investments
07/17/2019
Robotics in hedge fund administration
Jon Hugill, Group Chief Information Officer, and Hein Gericke, Senior Manager – SA Fund Valuation and Accounting, give an update on robotics process automation (RPA) which Maitland has now extended to hedge fund administration.
07/15/2019
Aquis aeons away from disrupting Europe’s IPO market
Nex purchase likely to be the money pit it was for previous owners