Hedge Funds

Bringing Hedge Fund Data Under Control:
Rapid data-to-trader means expanded opportunities for alpha

What better data can mean for your Hedge Fund organization:

Managing growth when your greatest lever is knowledge

In a game of high risk and high returns, hedge fund traders with $1billion and more in assets under management perform high-wire acts every day. Even as they juggle trades in a fast and furious – and thoroughly multinational – marketplace, they’re under pressure to uncover previously unseen opportunities for consistently generating superior returns.

These daily trades and on-going instrument developments share one root need: actionable, reliable data, culled from multiple sources that can be trusted when the stakes are high.

Traders need to be in-the-know, and being in-the-know means:

• Collecting trading data from multiple US and international sources
• Making fast, cross-comparison judgments against multiple information providers
  
• Reducing exposure to data source errors
• Business continuity – maintaining control even as one data source is severed

Picture your competitive advantage when you see better data

Putting quality data under your control means much more than operational housekeeping. Expertly applied, it gives hedge funds a clear advantage in a competitive marketplace.

Faster instrument set-up

Assembling new products is essential to a hedge fund’s growth. But new instruments require new sources of data for their construction. The right data tools allow you to incorporate new data sources fast – without new coding or burdensome IT investment.

Accelerated arbitrage

Worldwide trading means integrating data from exchanges across the globe. Your hedge fund needs a data structure that integrates sources for immediate side-by-side comparisons.

Getting an edge on errors

Sure, you need accurate information in order to make informed transactions. But more importantly, every error you detect ahead of your competition gives you a knowledge advantage. Mastering multiple data sources puts you in the pole position.

Ensuring continuity

A disruption in one data source shouldn’t bring down your business. By incorporating redundant sources of data, hedge funds defend their continuity.

Asset Control: An authentic financial services approach to data

Asset Control is data management with a difference: since our founding in 1991, we have focused exclusively on the data needs of financial institutions. Today, Asset Control offers sophisticated data management tools that satisfy front office demands for rapid information access while providing a robust data infrastructure that simplifies back office management.

Our deep international experience and expertise allows us to craft solutions that meet the challenges of the most data-intensive traders. As an alternative to fixed data services or spreadsheet work-arounds, our products allow you to:

Think big by thinking small: Many solutions providers demand a labor and resource intensive investment up front. Asset Control tools are deliberately modular – you can begin by tackling the data piece most important to you. As your firm grows, your data structure can grow with it.

Make accurate valuations: Backed with years of hedge fund experience, Asset Control leverages advanced data models that expose and integrate the individual security values underlying today's complex instruments.

Add new sources on the fly: Asset Control integrates all data streams into one consistent format under your command. Need a new source? No problem. Our adaptors will have you up and running immediately.

Make changes without pain: As you create new instruments, you may need new data fields and identifiers. Asset Control allows your business analysts to make the adjustments you need without new coding or the services of a database developer.

Get updates fast: Asset Control continually monitors source changes and delivers updates to your team automatically – no disruptions, no hassles.

Manage workflows: We favor substance over flash through tools designed to process large volumes of complex data with multiple attributes.  To simplify front office management, Asset Control offers roll-based, configurable workflows that can be adjusted by function and need.

Ensure transparency: It’s not just the regulators – your savvy investors insist on clarity. Asset Control solutions maintain an audit trail that brings transparency to your pricing and valuation policies.