Hedge Fund news from FierceFinanceIT

We've noted that the financial crisis (recession news) seemed to spur automation and the rise of third-party administration in the hedge fund industry (hedge fund news). A recent study by Greenwich... Read more...

In many ways, the global financial crisis has been good for the many companies that sell hedge fund services. Third party administrators have certainly benefitted, as their services are being... Read more...

For some companies, 2009 was a banner year. For others, it was another tough year, not as bad as 2008 perhaps, but certainly one to forget. So what will 2010 bring? Well, the spending climate in... Read more...

Here's how one hedge fund guy is giving back to society: He's given up his hedge fund dreams to focus on a new non-profit technology venture that teaches kids math over the Internet. Even in a... Read more...

Here's a novel marketing technique for hedge fund vendors: Give away your product, or at least a light version of it. Cogent Consulting's new HedgeTrak Lite offering allows hedge funds to get a grip... Read more...

KMM Trading, a Chicago-based hedge fund led by JPMorgan veteran James Gislason, has developed a heat map to help traders visualize the market. The software allows traders to drill down into hot areas... Read more...

When Credit Suisse started building a common data repository for all of its alternative investment units four years ago, it was aiming for the kind of systems sprawl that plagues many companies. In... Read more...

In light of the Bernard Madoff fiasco, the need for risk management has received a lot of attention. Hedge funds must face the need to tighten up their risk and compliance practices at a time when... Read more...

Is the third-party hedge fund administration business about to boom? You might think that the reverberations in the hedge fund industry would dampen the business, but Breakingviews notes the industry... Read more...

Even before the credit crunch, the hedge fund industry was trending toward the use of multiple prime brokers. With counterparty risk issues at a near fever pitch, that trend has only... Read more...