Hedge funds
Frontier Finance: Shaky Foundations Hinder Digital Currencies
Digital currencies are going through birth pains as an asset class, but some believe they can become the next commodity of choice for traders
MainstreamBPO Buys Fundadministration as Part of Expansion
The deal is expected to bring MainstreamBPO's funds under administration to $94 billion.
Pershing Integrates AltX Data Into NETX360 Platform
The deal will help advisors make better informed investment decisions
Enso Offers Platform for Emerging Fund Managers
Enso Edge is fully scalable for firms that grow and become more complex.
Northern Trust, AltX Team Up to Help Investors
New service aims to 'help clients ask better questions'
AltX Adds Data, Alerts; Signs Jefferies for Alternatives Analytics Platform
Clients will be able to load their own data into the AltX platform, and to receive alerts when data such as filings changes.
Virtus Partners Launches Hedge Fund Admin Service on SunGard VPM
New service to focus on credit, fixed income managers.
'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…