Articles by Victor Anderson
SmartStream, Trustlink Partner to Service Southern Africa Market
London-based SmartStream Technologies, a provider of financial transaction management technology and services, and Pretoria-based Trustlink, have agreed an alliance that will see Trustlink distribute SmartStream’s Reconciliations and Cash & Liquidity…
Advent Appoints Two in EMEA Region
Advent Software, the San Francisco-based buy-side technology specialist, has made two appointments: Jad Fares has been appointed regional sales manager for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and will be based in the firm’s Dubai office,…
Israel’s Bank Leumi Looks to Calypso for Capital Markets Support
Tel Aviv-based Bank Leumi, Israel's largest bank with 13,500 employees, although originally founded in London as the Anglo Palestine Company in 1902, has contracted Calypso Technology to provide it with a cross-asset, front-to-back-office platform to…
BNY Mellon Tweaks AccessEdge Collateral Management Service
BNY Mellon has upgraded its AccessEdge collateral management portal via a link to Pirum’s tri-party automation service that will allow BNY Mellon’s buy-side clients to better manage their collateral requirements.
Cymba Unveils Standalone Centurion Compliance Platform
London-based Cymba Technologies, a provider of technology and services to the traditional asset management and hedge fund communities, has launched Centurion, a standalone pre- and post-trade compliance engine that was, until now, only available as a…
April 2013: The Naming of Parts
Are initiatives like the investment book of record, and post-VaR risk models really new? Or, Victor asks, have the old parts simply been given new names?
SocGen Securities Services Opens Alternative Funds Center
Société Générale Securities Services (SSGS) in Luxembourg has established a center of expertise to serve its alternative fund clients. The center will provide private equity, real estate and tangible asset support.
StatPro Integrates IDC's Fixed-Income Evaluations
StatPro Group, the Wimbledon, UK-based provider of cloud-based portfolio analytics (including risk management and performance and attribution functions) and data solutions to the buy side, has entered into an alliance with Interactive Data Corp. (IDS)…
MST Capital Takes Full SunGard Suite
MST Capital, an Asia-focused global macro hedge fund based in Australia, is live on SunGard’s Hedge360 platform, a hosted, front-to-back office hedge fund investment management suite.
DST and Flametree Announce Fixed-Income Attribution Alliance
Surbiton, UK-based DST Global Solutions, a provider of technology and data management services to the buy side, has announced an alliance with Flametree Investment Analytics designed to enable the embedding of fixed-income attribution models within its…
Lombard Risk, AcadiaSoft Embark On Collateral Management Alliance
London-based Lombard Risk Management and AcadiaSoft, a provider of collateral management technology and services based in Pembroke, MA, have announced an electronic collateral messaging collaboration.
Drumm Role Heralds Broadridge's APAC Expansion
Lake Success, NY-based Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed James Drumm senior director, strategic account sales for Asia-Pacific. Drumm will be responsible for generating new business sales for a range of Broadridge solutions in the Asia-Pacific…
Prescient Ridge Goes Live on New Trading Infrastructure
Highland Park, IL-based Prescient Ridge Management (PRM), a managed futures fund specializing in short-duration, systematic trading strategies, has gone live with its new trading infrastructure incorporating Connamara’s Made-to-Measure components.
Anova Adds Intelligent Alerting Functionality for Decision-Making, Compliance
Surbiton, UK-based DST Global Solutions, a provider of investment management technology and services, has unveiled what it has dubbed “intelligent alerts” functionality within its Anova data management platform.
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Clariden Leu Selects Advent Suite
Clariden Leu UK, a London-based wealth manager focusing on ultra high net-worth investors, has opted to implement a suite of asset management applications from San Francisco-based Advent Software, a provider of software and services to the global…
March 2013: It Takes a Thief to Catch a Thief
Recent moves by regulators to detect market abuse—including the SEC enlisting an HFT prop trading firm to build a monitoring system—are commendable. Victor argues they should go further and bring in people who have run afoul of regulations at some point…
BI-SAM Appoints Durkee Chief Marketing Officer
BI-SAM, the Paris-based provider of performance, attribution, data management, and risk technology and services, has appointed Elizabeth Durkee chief marketing officer.
DST's Anova Adds Two to Apac Team
Surbiton, UK-based DST Global Solutions has expanded its Anova team in the Asia-Pacific region with the appointment of John Hogan as regional Anova solution manager, Australia and New Zealand, and Daniel Kennedy, regional Anova solution manager, Asia.
Cates Joins Rule Financial
Rule Financial, the London-based provider of advisory, business consulting, IT and software services to the investment banking community, has appointed Emily Cates as a principal consultant in the firm's Domain Group.
Tanius Adds Rapid Addition's Connectivity, Trading Tech
Alamo, CA-based Tanius Technology, a 15-person proprietary trading firm that trades primarily commodities and bonds using algorithm-based strategies, is using Rapid Addition's FIX engine and its Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feed-handler products to…
Misys Installs Raja as new CFO
Misys, the London-based sell-side and buy-side technology vendor, has appointed Himanshu Raja as its new chief financial officer.
New SimCorp Dimension Platform Offers Enhanced Risk Functionality
Copenhagen-based SimCorp has unveiled version 5.3 of its front-to-back-office investment management platform, SimCorp Dimension. The new version offers users reverse stress-testing functionality, in addition to enhanced collateral management and…
Squawker, Ullink Complete Connectivity
Squawker, the London-based pan-European, sell-side block trading venue, and Ullink, a provider of low-latency connectivity and trading technology, are now connected through Ullink's global trading network.