Buy-Side Technology/News
Janus Capital Group Taps Equipos Coric for Online Client Reporting Solution
Janus Capital Group has selected Equipos' Coric Client Communications suite, which will provide the Denver-based asset manager with a flexible and customized client reporting platform to respond to its growth in client numbers and regions served.
Equiniti Launches Pooled Back-Office Services Platform
Equiniti, a UK share registrar and outsourcing provider, is set to launch Equiniti Wealth Solution, a platform that pools custody and back-office services for wealth managers and brokers.
CalPERS Migrates to Charles River’s Managed Services
The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) has implemented Charles River’s Managed Services to streamline its investment management infrastructure.
HedgeStart Signs IT Outsourcing Partnership with Commensus
HedgeStart Partners, the London-based alternative investment consulting firm, is to partner with Commensus PLC to provide IT outsourcing and cloud-based services to its clients.
S&P Capital IQ Launches Portfolio Risk Solution
S&P Capital IQ has launched its Portfolio Risk solution, a risk and scenario analytics tool that provides an ability to make decisions about the pricing, hedging and capital management of multi-asset class portfolios in real-time.
Abacus Releases Buy-Side File Hosting Service
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has introduced FlexDrive, a file-hosting service that allows hedge funds and private equity firms to share and transfer files with other users and other devices.
SS&C Names Reilly as Vice President of Institutional Outsourcing
SS&C Technologies Holdings has appointed Timothy Reilly as senior vice president of institutional outsourcing to support the growth goals of its institutional services division.
MTS Launches European IRS Platform
MTS, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange, has announced the launch of MTS Swaps, its platform for the electronic trading of interest-rate swaps in Europe, aimed at buy-side institutions.
DataArt Partners with 10gen for Data Aggregation, Opera Reporting
Software provider DataArt is teaming up with 10gen, which develops the MongoDB NoSQL open-source database, to tackle challenges related to big data and the aggregation of data. The first result of this pairing is a reporting solution for the proposed…
Despite Growth, Misys Has a New CEO
It seems an odd time to be shaking up the leadership at Misys. The UK-based company has seen a 30 percent increase in software license revenue since Bret Bolin became CEO one year ago. Yet he has just given way to Nadeem Syed, the former president and…
Quantifi Releases V11.0 of Pricing and Risk Product
Over-the-counter software provider Quantifi has released version 11.0 of its pricing and risk analysis software, with improvements to enterprise risk performance and valuation scalability.
CBH Group Goes Live with Eka
CBH Group, one of Australia’s leading grain organizations, has gone live with the commodities trading software provider, Eka Software Solutions, to support its trading and risk management operations.
Tradeweb Plants its Flag With First Pre-Trade OTC Credit Check
Late last week, Tradeweb Markets supported the first electronic indicative pre-trade credit check between a buy-side client and a futures commission merchant (FCM) for an over-the-counter derivatives transaction. Using the electronic credit checking…
Avaloq Launches Singapore BPO Center
The Avaloq Group has announced that it will open a business process outsourcing (BPO) center in Singapore, targeting Asian wealth managers based in the city state.
Markit-Quartet Alliance to Yield Increased Risk Performance
Markit and Quartet FS, the London-based provider of in-memory analytics technology, have announced an alliance that, according to Markit, will enhance the way its Markit Analytics’ clients visualize stochastic risk calculations such as Risk Weighted…
Gravitas and IBM to Offer Risk Services to Small Hedge Funds
Gravitas, a New York-based provider of hedge fund technology, has chosen the IBM Risk Analytics engine to provide risk-as-a-service for emerging and mid-sized hedge funds.
WCAS Taps iLevel for Performance Reporting
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS), a $20 billion private equity specialist investing in information services and healthcare, will use the cloud-based software provider's solution for data collection, portfolio company valuations, reporting, and…
Charles River Partners 360T for FX
Charles River has announced the addition of foreign exchange (FX) quotes and execution functionality to its Investment Management System (IMS) product.
Advent Enhances APX, Moxy in Cloud Push
San Francisco-based Advent Software has released upgraded versions of Advent Portfolio Exchange (APX), its portfolio management platform, and Moxy, its trade order management system. This rollout also includes enhancements to Advent Rules Manager and…
Another Poll Indicts Buy Side on Central Clearing
As of March, a majority of buy-side firms were still not ready to centrally clear over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, according to a poll by SimCorp, a Copenhagen-based software provider.
RMS, Eqecat Sign Data Standardization Agreement
The pair of competing specialist modeling vendors for insurance-linked securities (ILS) like catastrophe bonds have come together to harmonize their exposure data schema.
Citi Opens ‘Open' to Client Base, Improves Order Entry and SOR
After working with its buy-side clients and vendors, Citi made several announcements today: It will now make available its Citi Open algorithm to its entire client base; it has enhanced its Citi Close algorithm; it has redesigned its global order-entry…
New Vernon Capital Moves to Gravitas Cloud
Jersey City-based asset manager New Vernon Capital has migrated its infrastructure to Gravitas Private Cloud.
JC Rathbone Taps Quantifi for CVA Analytics
The risk management and advisory services consultancy firm, JC Rathbone Associates (JCRA), has selected Quantifi’s credit valuation adjustment (CVA) product as its primary solution for counterparty risk analytics.