OpenGamma, a derivatives analytics provider, has raised $10 million in funding led by early-stage fintech and B2B software venture capital firm Dawn. The funding round included participation from existing investors CME Ventures and ex-SunGard CEO and fintech angel investor, Cristóbal Conde. OpenGamma’s analytics solutions are designed to help global banks, hedge funds and asset managers reduce the cost of trading derivatives.
Traders today are expected to navigate increasingly complex markets using workflows that often lag behind the pace of change. Disconnected systems, manual processes, and fragmented user experiences create hidden inefficiencies that directly impact performance and risk management. Firms that can streamline and modernise the trader desktop are gaining a tangible edge – both in speed...
For decades, some of the most valuable information in financial markets has been hiding in plain sight. Client intent, actionable orders, and vital market colour have been locked within the unstructured, transient streams of human-to-human chat. On trading floors worldwide – particularly in over-the-counter (OTC) markets – this conversational data represents a multi-trillion-dollar blind spot:...
Now in its 8th year, the Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference managed by A-Team Group, is the premier content forum and networking event for investment firms and hedge funds.
The industry breathed a sigh of relief when the deadline for reporting under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) was pushed back to July 1, 2014. But what’s starting to look like perhaps the most significant regulation of the next 12 months may start to impact our marketplace sooner than we think, especially...