Linedata Targets Hedge Funds with Upgraded Compliance Suite

Hedge fund managers are about to get an upgraded suite of services designed to help make its job easier and more efficient.

Linedata has unveiled the latest version of its Global Hedge platform, which includes pre-trade compliance, data management and enhanced regulatory tools for hedge fund managers.

The newest iteration of the platform includes an updated system that provides better performance and charting for real-time analytics, an enhanced pre-trade compliance module and now offers multi-asset class coverage ,post-trade reporting and tools and data to keep pace with current regulatory compliance needs.

According to Linedata, Global Hedge offers users the ability to navigate regulatory changes, investor new requirements and compliance rules with enriched multi-asset class coverage and enhanced pre-trade compliance.
“We believe that some of the biggest challenges for firms today are the ability to manage large amounts of data while remaining agile in an evolving market,” said Ed Gouldstone, Hedge Fund Product Management & Head of Business Operations – Northern Europe. “Global Hedge delivers a fully integrated and comprehensive solution which meets these needs with its visualization and robust compliance tools. Today’s hedge funds must remain flexible and efficient to truly differentiate and grow.”

This platform allows firms to see their data in a visually rich and customized manner which ultimately helps firms to make better sense of their overall data. The enhanced pre-trade compliance module introduces debt specific functionality, additional features to ‘Ownership’ rule and compliance management elements.

Global Hedge, Gouldstone added, better positions firms to manage new regulations, such as European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), by providing the facilities to capture identifiers such as UTIs (Unique Trade Identifiers) and LEIs (Legal Entity Identifiers) easily and report on this data seamlessly.