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Modern investor tools (3): HedgeData, the clean data provider

Friday, November 11, 2016

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Joanna Babelek
Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque Geneva:

A series on technology providers that assist asset allocators.

A Swiss-based independent central data provider called HedgePole has launched the HedgeData platform, a platform that aims to be the data intermediary for the alternative investments industry.

"I have been in the industry since 1999, and I have always wondered why there was no good solution for data, or why there were no efforts to have a golden source copy of data," CEO Joanna Babelek tells Opalesque. "Fintech pushes boundaries like never before, and with our HedgeData platform, we are exactly in the space where we want to be. All "traditional" databases focus on collection of more generic data, like track records, which is not necessarily accurate investor-related data, nor is it necessarily sufficient for research these days anymore."

The platform is more than just prices, she explains. It includes the whole corporate information: documents, prospectus, service providers, financial statements, corporate actions, manager letters and more. "You can log in and see about 160 data fields serving the research, trade support, portfolio valuations, reconciliations, risk, compliance and many other operational aspect of the investment industry."

The rationale behind creating HedgeData was to link all related parties in one technology and ......................

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