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Apr 9

Abacus Group LLC, BTIG LLC, SS&C GlobeOp, Kleinberg Kaplan and Ovis Creative to Recognize New Hedge Fund Launches with Second Annual Spring Launch Party

Abacus Group LLC, an award-winning provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, will co-host its second annual Hedge Fund Spring Launch Party on April 16 at Hill Country Barbecue Market in New York to celebrate a successful start to the year.... Read More >

Mar 13

Nine Lives Media Names Abacus Group to Top 50 of MSPmentor 501 Global Edition

Abacus Group, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has landed on Nine Lives Media's sixth annual MSPmentor 501 Global Edition, a distinguished list and report identifying the world's top 501 managed service providers (MSPs). Abacus Group was ranked 38 among North American MSPs and 49 among global MSPs... Read More >

Mar 8

Abacus Group CEO Chris Grandi Discusses Private Cloud Adoption with Markets Media

Private cloud adoption is on the rise as hedge funds seek to take advantage of performance and economic benefits to scale more effectively, run operations more efficiently and focus on core business..... Read More >

Feb 25

Abacus Group Reports Doubled Client Base and Revenue in 2012

Abacus Group LLC, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, today announced it closed out 2012 with 100 percent annual revenue growth. In addition, the company has doubled its client base in the last 12 months, propelled by demand for its scalable, cost-effective AbacusFLEX™ private cloud solution... Read More >

Feb 20

Chris Grandi interviewed in FTF News

Abacus Group recognized as a company that will be taking the lead in financial technology innovation during 2013... Read More >

Jan 2

Abacus launches AbacusVoice

Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has launched AbacusVoice, a fully managed voice solution... Read More >

Dec 12

SS&C and Abacus Pair Up On Connectivity

Connecticut-based SS&C Technologies has teamed up with Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, to provide investment firms hosting their platforms on the AbacusFLEX private cloud with a turnkey global FIX connectivity service that integrates with existing systems and functionality... Read More >

Nov 19

Advise Technologies Selects AbacusFLEX to Deploy Its Consensus RMS Cloud-Based Solution

Advise Technologies, LLC, a software solutions provider for global regulatory compliance, and Abacus Group LLC, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, today announced that Advise Technologies' Consensus RMS suite of regulatory reporting tools is available on the AbacusFLEX private cloud. Consensus RMS customers are able to host or locally deploy the software, providing them with the flexibility to choose which best suits their needs and structure... Read More >

Oct 16

Managing Big Data Woes - A How-to Guide for Hedge Funds

The explosion of data over the last several years, coupled with dynamic compliance requirements, has put excessive stress on many firms' storage capabilities. With the need to juggle multiple strategies, multiple funds and multiple prime brokers, it's not uncommon for today's hedge funds to deal with many terabytes of data... Read More >

Oct 16

Hedge Fund Technology Evolves to Meet new Regulatory Demands

In our series on the evolution of hedge fund technology, PROHEDGE investigates how the wave of new regulations have forced hedge funds to ramp up their operations and technology infrastructure, and how technology companies have responded by generating tailored solutions to help hedge funds survive and thrive... Read More >

Aug 8

Large Hedge Funds Find a New Home in the Cloud

We've entered the next phase of the age-old "buy vs. build" debate. Owning and operating on-site IT resources comes with a heavy cost, leading many investment managers to evaluate cloud-based IT solutions for their businesses. Security, privacy and application performance concerns that once plagued cloud providers have been alleviated, and the hedge fund industry is embracing the cloud at an increasing rate to embrace new levels of cost predictability, business continuity and scalability... Read More >

July 10

Abacus Group Launches StorageBurst™

Abacus Group LLC, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, today unveiled StorageBurstTM, an on-demand service that offers hedge funds a highly available, secure and redundant platform to store large amounts of data off-site. Offering flexible disaster recovery and archiving options, StorageBurst helps funds easily store and back up tick level data to meet regulatory requirements, easily scale to accommodate changing business needs, and reduce storage costs... Read More >

July 2

Abacus Group founder and managing director Chris Grandi interviewed for Daly Post

Most new hedge funds rather spend time readying their trading strategies for production than setting up their IT infrastructure. With the continued growth of hosted IT offerings, rolling out the necessary infrastructure has never been faster. In this latest Daly Post Podcast episode, Rob discusses this trend with Chris Grandi, a founder and managing director at Abacus Group LLC, and how hedge funds can avoid common pitfalls in implementing these deployments... Read More >

June 22

Abacus Watches the Private Cloud Business Grow

Acceptance of private cloud has moved significantly over the past 12-18 months, says Chris Grandi, managing director at Abacus, a private cloud infrastructure provider for hedge funds. Even a year ago he was getting a lot more doors shut in his face... Read More >

June 6

Abacus Group Completes Type 2 SSAE 16 Examination

Abacus Group LLC, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, today announced it has successfully completed the Type 2 Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE 16) examination for its hedge fund application hosting and managed services. Following its successful SAS70 Type 1 examination in April 2011, Abacus is the first private cloud provider for hedge funds to actively hold both examination types as part of its ongoing commitment to providing clients with the highest levels of security and reliability... Read More >

May 30

Nine Lives Media Names Abacus Group To the Talkin' Cloud 100

Abacus Group, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, ranks among the world's top 100 cloud service providers (CSPs), according to Nine Lives Media's second-annual Talkin' Cloud 100 report. The top 100 CSPs generated more than $2.3 billion in combined cloud services revenues for 2011, up nearly 46 percent from 2010, according to the Talkin' Cloud 100 report, which is available now by visiting http://www.talkincloud.com/tc100... Read More >

May 21

Abacus Group Caps Landmark Year with 100% Growth and Continued Geographic Expansion

Abacus Group LLC, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, today announced explosive 12-month growth. Abacus recorded significant new client wins in North America driven by demand for its AbacusFLEX™ hosted IT solution, with a 100% increase to its client base since May 2011. The company has doubled its sales and support staff and opened its third new office in North America as hedge funds and private equity funds rapidly adopt Abacus's cloud-based technology services to support their critical IT operations... Read More >

May 18

Filtering Out the Noise

By Steve Marlin

A cacophony of information impedes regulatory risk management. Amid a heightened level of regulatory scrutiny, capital markets firms are trying to filter out the noise to get a more precise view of vital information needed for assessing performance, risk and compliance.... Read More >

May 17

Regulatory environment pushes more hedge funds to the cloud

By Bailey McCann

The growing regulatory environment is pushing more hedge funds to the cloud according to the Abacus Group. Chris Grandi, managing director of the US-based cloud provider, explains that as the reporting and transparency burdens grow for funds many are moving into the cloud as a means of mitigating cost while maximizing scalability... Read More >

May 09

Abacus Group to Host Networking Reception at SALT Conference 2012

Abacus Group LLC, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, today announced it is hosting a networking reception during the SkyBridge Alternative Conference (SALT) at Hyde Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas on May 10, 2012. The event will provide an opportunity to connect investors, industry leaders and fund managers, and recognizes the newly launched and established hedge funds that Abacus supports with its cloud-based technology services... Read More >

Feb 23

Abacus Group recognized as top 100 managed service provider

Abacus Group LLC, the market leader in hosted technology services for hedge funds, today announced that it has been named to Nine Lives Media's fifth annual MSPmentor 100 Global Edition, a distinguished list and report identifying the world's top 100 managed service providers... Read More >

Jan 27

Webinar - Understanding the Cloud: Considerations for Alternative Asset Managers

Listen to the webinar or view the slides here.

Jan 18

Chris Grandi interviewed for TabbFORUM to discuss technology trends for hedge funds

Jan 09

Orchestrade Financial Systems Now Available as a Service to Hedge Funds on Abacus Group LLC's AbacusFLEX™

Partnership will provide Hedge Funds with capability to measure and monitor real time P&L, positions and risk while managing full trade life cycle... Read More >

Dec 14

Abacus Group LLC Top Overall Technology Provider For Hedge Funds

Abacus Group LLC, the market leader in hosted technology services for Hedge Funds, today announced that it had been named Best Overall Technology Provider for hedge funds in Hedge Funds Review's 2011 Hedge Fund Service Provider Awards. Winners for different categories were selected by a survey of more than 1,000 hedge funds, funds of hedge funds and investors responding to the survey... Read More >

Dec 12

Hedge Funds Review reveals results of first service provider awards

There were a few surprises in the first Hedge Funds Review Service Providers Rankings. Overall, the response was good, with over 1,000 hedge funds, funds of hedge funds and investors responding to the survey... Read More > (requires subscription to Hedge Funds Review)

Nov 30

SunGard Global Network and MarketMap Deliver Global Connectivity and Market Data through Abacus Group LLC

SunGard Global Network (SGN) Securities and MarketMap are providing hedge funds and investment managers with global connectivity and market data through Abacus Group LLC's hosted IT solutions, AbacusFLEX... Read More >

Nov 28

Podcast: Chris Grandi discusses partnership with Sungard MarketMap

Nov 07

Abacus Group LLC Partners With eSentire to Provide Collaborative Threat Management to Its Data Centers

Partnership will provide Hedge Funds with an advanced layer of data security that can stop intrusion even as it is occurring... Read More >

Oct 27

Abacus Group Passes the 100 Customer Milestone

Abacus Group, the leading private cloud provider for hedge funds, is pleased to announce that it has recently signed its 100th client... Read More >

Aug 01

Smaller Hedge Funds See More Assets Headed Their Way

By James Armstrong

Cloud technology is enabling hedge funds to obtain IT services more cost-effectively than if they had to implement and manage these services themselves... Read More >

July 14

Abacus Group Completes SAS 70 Audit

IT solutions firm Abacus Group has completed of its SAS 70 audit for its hedge fund application hosting and managed services... Read More >

July 05

Hedge Fund Rides a Private Cloud

By Eugene Grygo

At first glance, private cloud computing and hedge funds would appear to be a marriage made in heaven, especially for small-to-medium sized funds. The financial, operational and time-to-market advantages alone would seem to carry the day. But, before they tie the knot, hedge funds want providers that specialize in their business needs... Read More > (requires subscription to Financial Technologies Forum)

June 30

After Registration: Hedge Fund Advisers Find Help

By Chris Kentouris

The Securities and Exchange Commission's recent decision to delay the deadline for many hedge fund and private equity fund advisers to register until March 2012 from July gives them a tad more breathing room to prepare for the new requirements... Read More >

May 17

Regulation and Operations 'Best Practices' Still Top of Mind for Hedge Funds, finds Linedata Hedge Fund Panel

Linedata (NYSE Euronext: LIN), the global leader for investment management and credit industries, today announced the outcome of its hedge fund panel, 'Optimizing your Business Model for Growth,' one of a global series of hedge fund events running throughout 2011. This thought-leadership event, held at the Ritz Carlton San Francisco, attracted over 70 hedge fund professionals... Read More >

 

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