Buy-Side Technology/News
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…
All Options Selects Tbricks for Market-Making
Market-maker All Options has chosen Tbricks' automated trading platform to support its equity options and stock-index options operations.
Apogee Leadership Team Joins Gravitas
The management team of Chicago-based consultancy Apogee Strategies has joined Gravitas, an India-based technology provider to the alternative investment industry, following a joint venture launched in 2011.
NRI's OMS Gets an Upgrade
Nomura Research Institute (NRI) has enhanced its order management system (OMS), SmartBridge Advance (SBA), to integrate mutual fund and investment advisory operations’ execution processes.
Oanda Upgrades fxTrade Mobile App
New York-based foreign exchange (FX) trading services provider Oanda has upgraded its fxTrade mobile applications for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices.
Napier Park Selects Options For Infrastructure
Napier Park Global Capital will use the PIPE Core and Momentum services from Options as its fund’s technology infrastructure, the New York asset manager, a spinout from Citigroup, announced today.
Bonaire Adds Rebate and Invoice Reconciliation
The buy-side provider says its Revport solution will now calculate distribution fees and fully audit fund rebates.
KCM Taps eFront for Private Equity
Kazakhstan-based Kazyna Capital Management (KCM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna, has chosen eFront to support its private equity investments.
Ruffer Partners Calastone for Automatic Trade Notifications
Ruffer LLP, a London-headquartered investment management firm, has partnered with fund transaction network Calastone to launch a new automated trade notification service.
MA&PS Stops Emerging Hedge Funds From Getting Lost
I.A. Englander, the New York brokerage house, launched its prime services bureau in 2010. That's the PS in its new MA&PS offering. The MA is for managed accounts, which it officially added today to form what it hopes will be a panacea to investors in…
Linedata Seals CapitalStream Deal
Linedata has completed its acquisition of software platform provider CapitalStream from HCL Technologies.
Credential Powers Canadian Self-Clearing with Broadridge
The wealth manager will use Broadridge's Dataphile securities processing and advisor desktop platform as it converts its brokerage arm, Credential Securities, to IIROC (Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada) self-clearing.
Cloud in a Vault is a New Private Cloud Offering
Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider Cyber Innovation Labs and IT specialist NEC have released a Big Data solution, Cloud in a Vault (CiaV). CiaV is a private cloud offering that combines NEC’s Nblock integrated IT infrastructure with security,…
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.
Capital Dynamics Picks eFront for Reporting, Automation
Capital Dynamics, a Switzerland-based asset management firm, will implement eFront's fund management and reporting software tool, FrontInvest.
GreySpark: HFT Growing Despite Regulation
High-frequency trading (HFT) continues to grow in popularity, despite regulatory efforts to curb the practice, according to a report by London-based consultancy GreySpark.
Janney Capital Takes InData Cloud Product
Janney Capital Management has gone live on InData's Intelligent Portfolio Manager (iPM) Cloud service.
SimCorp: Only One in Three Buy-Siders Planning to Upgrade Derivatives Technology
A survey by Copenhagen-based SimCorp lent further evidence to the fact that, while the buy side is not ignoring the new over-the-counter derivatives regime initiated by the Dodd-Frank Act, it is still behind the sell side when it comes to upgrading its…
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…
BNY Mellon Unveils New Risk Service
BNY Mellon announced the launch of Risk View, a service that combines data management, visualization technology, and consulting for clients looking to improve their risk management capabilities through a third-party solution.
Tbricks Goes OnDemand
Tbricks, a Stockholm-based technology provider to prop traders, has debuted Tbricks OnDemand, a fully managed trading infrastructure that is an extension of its existing Tbricks service. It is aimed at smaller desks with little to no internal IT…