Hearing from the winners

This HFM US Technology Winners Report includes contributions by several winners from the awards event, which was held virtually on 26 January.

Arcesium, winners of ‘Best Cloud Provider’, focus on the transitioning process in light of the impending retirement of the LIBOR rate.

MackeyRMS, winners of ‘Best Workflow Management System’, consider how technology and operational requirements for the front office evolved throughout 2020.

Finally, SS&C Technologies, winners in the ‘Best RegTech Solution’ category, focus on data challenges and how to solve them.

Overall, this report highlights the value these providers bring to the technology space for hedge funds, and indicates some of the key focus areas as we move into 2021.

Page 7 - The data challenge: complexities of organisations and their data

Alastair Hewitt of SS&C determines the data challenges companies face and how to mitigate them

Page 13 - Retiring LIBOR: timelines and best practices

Ted O’Connor of Arcesium reflects on the impending end of LIBOR

Page 21 - Charting a new path for the hedge fund front office

Will Keuper of MackeyRMS considers how 2020 changed the technology and operations requirements for the hedge fund front office