Buy-Side Technology/News
Month in Numbers
"We are watching all of our counterparties incredibly closely at the moment, because we have never had a situation as unique as this that warranted suspending brokers on a regular basis"
Charles River deploys IMS to South African prime broker
Johannesburg-based Sanlam Prime Services (SPS) has become the first ever prime broker to implement Charles River Development's investment mana-gement system (IMS) for the benefit of its hedge fund clients.SPS, a subsidiary of Sanlam Capital Markets, was…
Vhayu partners with Alphacet for alpha generation
Vhayu Technologies, a provider of enterprise tick data solutions, has partnered with Alphacet, a developer of quantitative tools, to provide users with an integrated tick database and alpha generation platform. This, according to Vhayu, will help firms…
SunGard upgrades Ambit anti-money laundering product
SunGard has extended its Ambit global banking product suite to include new anti-money laundering (AML) functionality.
Quantifi unveils version 9.1
Quantifi, the New York-based provider of analytics and risk management technology, has released version 9.1. Highlights of the new offering include:
CGI Group, StatPro announce alliance
CGI Group, a Fairfax, VA-based provider of wealth management technology, and StatPro Group, have announced the integration of StatPro Market Data into CGI's StarSource Managed Data prod-uct. StarSource is a component of MSuite, CGI's wealth management…
European Bats ready to fly
Bats Trading, a European multi- lateral trading facility (MTF), has completed its preparations for launch and will be rolling out its trading services this month.
Dresdner Van Moer Courtens live on Thaler Wealth Management platform
Dresdner Van Moer Courtens is live on the Thaler Wealth Management platform from technology provider Callataÿ & Wouters to support the further development of its private wealth management operations in Belgium. Dresdner Van Moer Courtens is operating…
Hermes Fund Managers enters five-year risk partnership with Algorithmics
London-based Hermes Fund Managers , which manages the BT Pension Scheme, the UK's largest pension fund, has signed a five-year contract for Algorithmics' Algo Risk Service, an outsourced risk management and portfolio construction offering. This contract…