Buy-Side Technology/News
MainstreamBPO Expands DST HiPortfolio Usage
Sydney-based fund administration provider has expanded its use of DST Global Solutions' HiPortfolio product, to support large-scale growth.
Liquid Introduces Performance Simulator for Emerging Managers
Liquid Holdings, an OEMS and risk reporting paltform provider, says the new scheme will allow nascent hedge funds to beta-test their strategies.
Compliance Edges Indata for Quantum Capital
Quantum Capital, a San Francisco, Calif.-based investment manager, has gone live with Indata's Intelligent Portfolio Management (iPM) software.
Numerix Names Carley as EMEA MD
Analytics provider Numerix has announced the appointment of Tim Carley, who will become the firm's managing director of the EMEA sales territory.
AltExchange Publishes PE Data Standard
The alliance of more than 45 private equity general partners (GPs) and limited partners (LPs) says it has wrapped up work on the Group One standard, a detailed template for exchange of capital account, investment schedule, and cash flow activity data.
Data Lineage, Credit Management Lead iLevel 6.5 Enhancements
The platform provider to private investors has updated its flagship private capital data platform to reflect the range of new clients' needs as well as their investors' greater data demands.
Bank of Beirut Extends Misys Relationship with Value Implementation
One of Lebanon's largest commercial banks, Bank of Beirut will use Misys' Sophis Value platform to support its expanding treasury, asset management, and brokerage functions.
DataArt Adds AIFMD Reporting to Form PF Solution
The new software enables automated filing for the alternative investment fund managers directive (AIFMD), and can also be fit into customized, back-end data integrations.
SS&C Technologies Names CTO
Bob Schwartz has been appointed CTO of Connecticut-based SS&C Technologies, a fund administration software specialist.
BNY Mellon Launches AIFMD Reporting Tool
BNY Mellon has launched a new reporting tool to help its fund-administration clients meet regulatory reporting requirements as stipulated by the Alternative Investment Fund Manager's Directive (AIFMD).
Sapient Launches End-of-Day Reporting Service
Sapient Global Markets has launched Close of Business Service (CoBS), an end-of-day reporting service for capital and commodity markets firms.
Advent Makes Across-the-Board Upgrades
San Francisco-based Advent Software has added functionality to its Geneva, Advent Portfolio Exchange (APX), Moxy, Advent Rules Manager, and Advent Revenue Center products.
Heward Takes SS&C's Wealth Management Platform
Heward Investment Management has selected SS&C Technologies' Global Wealth Platform (GWP), the vendor has announced.
Charles River Adds ‘The Yield Book' to IMS
Charles River has added real-time mortgage analytics from The Yield Book into its investment management solution, Charles River IMS, in an effort to grow its fixed income decision-making capabilities.
BNY Mellon Launches Liquidity Administration Service
BNY Mellon is rolling out a new liquidity administration service for funds of hedge funds and pension plans.
Markit Lands BBVA Asset Management for EDM
BBVA Asset Management has selected Markit's enterprise data management (EDM) platform in an effort to cut costs by streamlining its operations, while minimizing operational risk, according to Daniel Simpson, managing director and head of enterprise…
IBOR Breakfast Briefing: Projects Should Make a Firm Feel ‘Small’
Jon Rushman, professor of practice in the finance group at Warwick University Business School, said in his keynote address to an investment book of record (IBOR) breakfast briefing hosted by Waters, that the central idea behind an IBOR is making a…
Markit Selected by ASIFMA for Hong Kong Electronic Equities Compliance
The financial information provider's Counterparty Manager technology will be deployed by buy-side and brokerage members of the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association ahead of new Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) rules…
Eze Adds Workflow and Reporting Enhancements to Tradar 5.1
Eze Software Group has released version 5.1 of its Tradar PMS portfolio management system for the buy side.
FNZ Taps Euroclear UK to Automate its Fund Settlement Process
Custody provider FNZ has entered a strategic partnership with central securities depository Euroclear UK and Ireland to integrate its fund settlement process.
Traiana Expands Regulatory Reporting With UTI Tool
Traiana, the New York-based provider of post-trade services owned by UK interdealer ICAP, has expanded its regulatory reporting suite of solutions with a Unique Trade Identifier (UTI) management tool using the Harmony network.
BerchWood Partners, iLevel Team Up
The software provider for private investment firms has arranged to partner with BerchWood, which will introduce iLevel's private data platform to its fund management clientele.
Amid Upgrades, Fiserv Announces TradeFlow on Linux
Fiserv has announced that its post-trade processing TradeFlow product, recently upgraded with connections to MarkitSERV, will now be available on Linux.
Rimes Survey: Buy-Side Data Governance Growing in Priority
The provider's recent study of head technologists at 42 asset management firms, custodians, and other asset holders reveals that data governance has become obligatory, if not yet well-developed.