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GlobeOp Expands Dublin Office

GlobeOp Financial Services is relocating and expanding its current Dublin office to serve increased demand from funds based in or extending into Europe. Vernon Barback, GlobeOp president and chief operating officer said: “We see continued European market growth in areas where we offer specialist expertise and can leverage our global technology platform – such as…

Information Mosaic’s Hartlage Discusses its BI Analytics and Client Portal Offerings

Information Mosaic has been gradually adding to its arsenal of post-trade automation solutions, the latest of which is its IMConnecting offering, which aims to provide users with a customisable client portal via which to view custody related, proxy voting and corporate actions data. Ken Hartlage, head of product management and marketing for the vendor, explains…

BNY Mellon’s Ruane Says Custodian Banks Will ‘Fill the Void’ in Delivering Prime Custody and Related Transparency Services to Hedge Funds

In a new opinion piece, BNY Mellon CEO of Alternative and Broker-Dealer Services Brian Ruane argues that recent industry and economic events will see custody banks continue to play a larger role providing services to hedge funds that previously were the sole domain of prime brokers. The paper, ‘Filling the Void: Transparency and the Rise…

State Street Announces Acquisition of Complementa Investment-Controlling in Switzerland

State Street Corporation, one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors, announced today that it has acquired Complementa Investment-Controlling AG, an investment performance measurement and analytics firm based in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Complementa is a recognized leader in the precise and independent consolidation of assets, performance measurement and investment controlling for…

Misys Focuses on Enterprise Risk, Collateral Management and Central Clearing Support, Says Dewnarain

Misys is focusing on a number of initiatives in several key areas including providing support for central clearing in the OTC markets, enterprise risk management (ERM) and cross asset collateral management, according to Denny Dewnarain, deputy European managing director of Treasury and Capital Markets for the vendor. Following its acquisition of Sophis earlier this year,…

Surge of Regulations Prompt Fund and Asset Managers to Leverage Technology

With increasing demands for operational transparency, improving risk management and staying abreast of regulatory developments, the technology used to manage these functions has become a key focus for fund and asset managers. Managers are recognising the necessity to update or employ new management systems to increase efficiency of their operations and compete for client assets….

Industry Funds Management Selects SunGard’s Investran and VPM

Industry Funds Management (IFM), a leading global investment manager has selected SunGard’s Investran and VPM solutions to help streamline and enhance back-office accounting across all of its investment products and portfolios. IFM manages over A$30 billion across four asset classes: infrastructure, private equity, debt investments and listed equity portfolios. SunGard’s Investran, an award winning application…

SmartStream’s Jones Discusses the Launch of its New On Demand Corporate Actions Solution

SmartStream has launched a new on demand version of its corporate actions processing solution, TLM Corporate Actions Event Management On Demand , in line with its push to provide software as a service (SaaS) versions of its offerings. Alan Jones, senior product manager at the vendor, explains that the solution has seen interest from mid-size…

Eliminating Latency with Analytics

Latency is a continual challenge in trading systems. In High Frequency Trading (HFT) systems, the challenge is immediate and obvious: if your order isn’t in first, you won’t hit the liquidity you’re after. In other systems, it might not be so obvious, but it’s still an issue. For example, if you’re streaming FX quotes out…

MIK Releases Enhanced SEC Master

MIK Fund Solutions, a leading provider of software solutions for hedge funds, today announced the release of a comprehensive and integrated security master solution for hedge funds and asset managers. The offering is designed as an integrated application for the tracking, reporting and processing of all security master terms and conditions and reporting attributes across…