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Prime brokerage: The intersection of challenge and opportunity

The TRADE

Instead, a combination of rising interest rates, inflation, soaring energy prices and geopolitical tensions have hit hedge funds, and subsequently the risk management practices of prime brokers. This is a timing problem which causes issues on T+1 if there are any trade discrepancies between the asset manager and the executing broker.

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TradeTech FX Europe 2023: FX swaps algorithms not currently a priority for buy and sell-side due to workflow preferences

The TRADE

“The electronification of pricing in swaps has been around for 25 years, the second wave of electronification came around risk management and the third wave is now focused on electronic hedging,” said Simon Jones, chief growth officer at 360T. It needs good TCA. We are currently 85% automated and do we want to go further?

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Commodity Hedge Funds: The Most Lucrative “Hidden Gem” in Finance?

Mergers and Inquisitions

at a hedge fund , prop trading firm , or asset management firm and then move into a commodity role once you prove yourself. The downside is that it takes a long time to get your own book, which creates a lot of market/cyclical risk. Start in trading and pivot into commodities.

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What is Salvage Value? Explanation and Examples in Finance

Peak Frameworks

Risk Management Asset Valuation: Proper estimation of salvage value is crucial in ensuring accurate asset valuation, which is fundamental in risk assessment and management. Salvage Value Role: Acts as a threshold that depreciation cannot reduce the book value of the asset below.

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Leaders in Trading 2023: Meet the nominees for… Outstanding Market Data Provider

The TRADE

BMLL Technologies BMLL provides its clients – banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, global exchange groups, academic institutions and regulators immediate and flexible access to Level 3, harmonised, T+1 historical order book data and advanced pre- and post-trade analytics at scale.

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Fireside Friday with… Genesis Trading’s Gordon Grant, Josh Barkhordar and Ravi Doshi

The TRADE

Perpetual futures are a main stay of the crypto ecosystem in terms of linear risk management, but essentially there is highly limited access for North American players in that space, if any at all. Although I think that the greatest potential is probably withthe hedge fund and the asset manager clients.

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Meet the Top Strategic Buyers Investing in SaaS

Software Equity Group

Notable recent acquisitions include the June 2024 purchase of Sceptre Hospitality Resources, a provider of AI-based revenue generation and management SaaS for businesses in the hospitality sector globally. The software provides features for access control, asset management, eLearning, and predictive analysis.