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Hedge Fund Technology

Though prime brokerages have been bolstering their risk management services, hedge funds, increasingly concerned about their exposures, have been turning to sophisticated risk tools from third parties that allow them to gauge the effects on their entire portfolio when unexpected market events occur. Also in this report: Growing demand from hedge funds for independent valuations; CEO Richard Jones on Fidessa LatentZero’s expansion into the fund business; and two technology vendors’ differing approaches to high-speed trading platforms.

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Putting the Risk Into Fund Management

After a year of volatility and the collapse of several financial institutions, hedge funds are turning to increasingly sophisticated risk-management tools.

Silver Lining for Valuation Providers

With regulators likely to turn up the heat, hedge funds are seeking third-party valuation of over-the-counter products, generating big business for the sector's handful of providers.

Fidessa LatentZero: Bringing Sell-Side Tech to the Buy Side

Fidessa LatentZero's CEO talks about the company's expansion into the hedge fund business and how the credit crisis and market volatility are driving funds' implementation of new tools and systems.

Divergent Takes on the High-Speed Trading Platform

A pair of start-ups have taken very different approaches to developing trading systems that reach around the world and across asset classes.

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