This month's top stories
Seeing the wood for the trees
The nuances between Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Application Service Provision are often misunderstood, although, perhaps not altogether ignored. But while the variations between the two may not be of utmost importance to the buy-side firm accessing the application, technology vendors need to understand SaaS and its benefits to ensure they are using it to their best advantage. By Joel ClarkWhite paper calls for greater fund pricing transparency
Hedge funds' pricing and valuation methodologies never seem far from the spotlight these days as the industry contemplates ongoing calls for greater levels of disclosure and transparency. However, as Stewart Eisenhart reports, calling for reforms and the adoption of standardised practices is one thing, but expecting funds themselves to act proactively in order to stave off regulation is another
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Spotlight
After holding management positions at Spectrum Global Fund Administration and
Harris Insight Funds, Steven Richard has taken the reigns as managing director at
Gravitas Technology’s new business consultancy service. He explains to Stewart Eisenhart how he will oversee efforts such as platform integration and hedge fund best practices for a complex client base with highly demanding investors.
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The Big Interview
Simon Hazlitt, one of the co-founders of Majedie Asset Management, is justifiably proud of his fund’s technology architecture, even though none of it resides within the London-based asset manager’s walls. He speaks with Victor Anderson about Majedie’s use of cloud computing and the fund’s proactive stance on providing transparency to its institutional clients and their advisers
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