Hedge funds
'40 Act Compliance in Focus as Funds Introduce New Liquid Alts
Flexible reporting tools required as regulators consider further oversight.
Enso Eyes Further Hires, Global Expansion
The vendor will expand the scope of clients that it serves to foster growth in Europe and Asia.
Vertex One AM Drives Funds Expansion with Linedata Global Hedge
Canadian hedge fund pushes further with middle office partnership.
Santiago Swaps RBC for Hedge Fund
Market data management veteran moves back to the buy side
Whitebox Advisors Taps Options for Managed Apps, Infrastructure
Minnesota-based hedge fund moves stack outside walls.
Newhouse Gets New Home at Wells Fargo
Former Victor Tech, Ballista CEO will direct Wells Fargo's prime services for hedge funds.
IRD's Editor on the Hedge Funds Data Playbook
Can firms with large scope and scale emulate the more flexible nature of hedge funds in dealing with data management?
Quickly Seeking Room to Grow, Startup Hedge Funds Chart Bold Tech Tack
Newly-launched managers are going with mature technology, earlier.
Zombie Hedge Funds & Tech's Dual Role
Is technology investment a good way to send an early message to investors?
Post-JOBS Act, New Energy Builds Behind Private Investment Platforms
North Capital deploys crowdfunding strategy for syndicated offerings.
Shrewd Operators: Advent-SS&C Bombshell Exposes High Stakes on the Buy Side
Industry sources are conflicted on whether the mega-deal is a masterstroke or a mistake.
Fiserv and HedgeACT Announce Hedge Fund Alliance
Collaboration will allow investors access to hedge funds for as little as $100,000.
Updated Version of Linedata Global Hedge Released
Linedata announced an upgrade to its technology platform for hedge fund managers, Linedata Global Hedge.
Unique Boutiques: Smaller Hedge Funds Demand Bespoke Tech
Boutique hedge funds are prime targets for third-party technology providers, but they have also become more complicated to win and to service, in part because their back-stories—and clients’ demands—are more diverse than ever. Tim Bourgaize Murray speaks…
Atreaus Capital Takes Hedge360 for Integrated Risk Management
The boutique global macro fund will now use SunGard's managed Hedge360 Risk Reporting Service to develop customized daily reporting across its range of trading asset classes.
Access to Equity Syndication, Hedge Fund Allocation Drives Two-Sided Growth at US Capital Advisors
Boutique broker-dealers often grow out of teams leaving larger wirehouses, just as David King's did at UBS on the way to co-founding Houston-based US Capital Advisors (USCA). But like proprietary trading desks spinning off, these firms often discover new…
Morningstar Bolsters Fund Data with eVestment Deal
Chicago-based investment research and data provider Morningstar will make fund management software provider eVestment's database of more than 22,000 separate accounts and 23,000 hedge funds data available to users of its Morningstar Direct investment…
Buy Side Eyes Korea as Regulatory Barriers to Entry Fall
Despite relaxed rules, the South Korean marketplace has proven a tough nut to crack. Vendors are still looking for ways to break into the country at a time when the hedge fund space is growing—even if that growth is slower than expected.
Preventing Internal Breaches: The Call is Coming From Inside the House!
Hedge funds' internal networks are at risk more from internal breaches than external, say a pair of fund security experts. Though some kind of problem is going to happen to anything bigger than a family shop, there are basic steps the IT and operations…
Level 3 Buys FibreSpan to Bolster London Metro Network, Hedge Fund Services
Acquisition will provide Level 3 with access to hedge funds in London's West End
BlueCrest Turns to Axioma for Risk Modeling Support
Hedge fund will use Axioma's risk models to provide risk data to its equity strategies and to support the portfolio construction process.
Isis Implements Linedata's Beauchamp for Portfolio Management Reporting
Beauchamp engine will provide analytics, on-demand access to clients for the Bermuda-based fund administrator.