Sep 8, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund, Technology
Business continuity planning. Disaster recovery. BCP. DR. You know the terms. You know investors are looking for them. But do you know what the real differences are between them? Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery have the same goal: to implement...
Aug 29, 2011 | Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy, Technology
We’ve written before on how high frequency trading and black box technology are changing the face of hedge fund technology. By some estimates, such algorithmic trading accounts for 70 percent of all trades taking place today. Now Kevin Slavin, co-founder of the...
Apr 25, 2011 | Technology
Residents may have noticed the deep trenches being dug along Upper Thames Street recently, near the City, the financial center of London. But the trenchers weren’t for gas, water or electrical cables. Instead, one of London’s top hedge funds, the Man...
Mar 30, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund, Technology
Cloud computing is attracting a lot of attention these days based on the operational, efficiency and cost-saving benefits these services can provide. Rather than purchasing costly equipment, cloud services allowing fund managers to outsource hedge fund technology...
Mar 16, 2011 | Services, Technology
Hedge funds rely on a myriad of technology systems to maintain smooth operations, however, not all hedge fund technology components need to be managed and maintained in-house by a firm. Outsourcing various components to an expert IT services firm provides numerous...
