Risk Management, Performance & Reporting
Fee Structure Lures Hedge Fund Pier 88 to LiquidityBook’s POEMS
Pier 88’s Jackie Fertitta discusses why her hedge fund chose LiquidityBook over others in the market.
Abide Financial Applies to Become ARM, APA Provider
Ahead of Mifid II implementation, Abide aspires to become one of the largest Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) and Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) providers.
IHS Markit and Pirum Systems Join Forces for SFTR Solution
The two vendors are building a reporting solution for the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation coming into force with Mifid II.
Asset Management One Taps Ullink for Xilix Pre-Trade Risk, Compliance
Japanese investment group implements pre-trade risk and compliance elements of Ullink’s Xilix execution management system.
Torstone Connects to LSE's UnaVista for MiFIR Reporting
Torstone's transaction reporting clients can now send data to the London Stock Exchange's Approved Reporting Mechanism for MiFIR compliance.
Axioma Adds Python, Web Services API to Portfolio Optimizer
The Portfolio Optimizer now supports most of the popular and basic programming languages.
Queensland Treasury Corporation Opts for Wolters Kluwer for Reporting
Wolters Kluwer's OneSumX is an integrated finance, risk and reporting platform.
NICE Actimize Releases Operational Risk Solutions
Both solutions are seen to cut inefficiencies when investigating compliance issues.
Reporting for Duty: The Growing Reporting Burden of MiFID II
MiFID II expands the scope of trade and transaction reporting requirements, leaving some firms struggling to comply.
FactSet Adds Axioma's Linear Fixed-Income, Multi-Asset Class Models
Robert Robie, senior vice president of fixed-income analytics at FactSet, says the decision to add the models is aimed at addressing the industry's concerns around the retirement of Barclays Point risk analytics platform.
The Future of TCA: Higher Risk Leads to the Need for More Data
BNP Paribas executive discusses how TCA has and will continue to evolve.
IHS Markit Completes POC for FRTB Aggregation
Proof of concept is to test out its FRTB Studio software in a real-time setting.
Smaller Hedge Funds Looking to New Tools to Better Manage Risk
"The cost of computations, the cost of connections, the cost of storage and analysis have come down. There's been a leveling of the playing field."
AI, Machine Learning Can Tackle Dirty Data
At this year's Waters USA event, panelists discussed the benefits of machine learning and AI, and where these technologies are still lacking.
IHS Markit, Oliver Wyman Developing Methodology for FRTB Modelability
The methodology will be developed on Markit's FRTB suite of solutions.
Opus Launches Compliance Solution for Third-Party Risk Assessment
Hiperos 3PM Banking Accelerator is a preconfigured solution aimed at banks to assess and manage the risk of third parties.
Numerix Launches FRTB Solution
Banks can use Numerix FRTB to examine capital impacts and calculate risk to FRTB requirements.
Sycomore Deploys Axioma Risk for Enterprise-Wide Risk Management
Paris-based asset management firm selects Axioma to measure, monitor and control risk in its multi-asset class portfolio.
West Highland Debuts Systems Overview Dashboard
The dashboard will provide a high-level view for managers to monitor cost and performance, from where they can access more data in West Highland's underlying platforms.
SEC Eyes Risks in Rapid Fintech Deployment
“We’ve hired a few quants that used to design HFT models and worked at HFT firms. We’ve actually been working on—and have a prototype for—high-speed analytics on trading. That’s something our quant team has worked on a lot over the past year."
eVestment Builds Private Fund Data Alliance
The alliance will establish standards for reporting private equity fund performance data.
Perseus Debuts Self-Service Performance, Procurement Portal
The portal will enable clients to do online anything they can do via a salesperson, and to obtain more detailed usage and performance metrics.
Nasdaq ‘Innovation Lab' Unveils Suite of Trading Performance Analytics
Nasdaq releases the first three products from its new Innovation Lab, designed to help traders refine their trading strategies by comparing them to the market and their peers.
LGT Adopts BearingPoint’s Reporting Service
The bank aims to comply with the reporting regulations issued by the European Central Bank (ECB).