Registering with the SEC: Easing into the New Paradigm 

Tail Risk Management

In the past few years, tail risk management has drawn much attention from risk managers, portfolio managers and the general investment community.  In this article, Gravitas Director of Risk, Shyam Prakash, describes ways to employ a suitable tail risk management strategy, irrespective of the asset class your fund may be focused on. Read more about employing a suitable tail risk management strategy.

Check out what Gravitas has been up to in Q1 . . .

·    Mark Seaman, Managing Director, Business Consulting Services, spoke at Credit Suisse's Prime Services SEC Compliance Workshop in February.  Mark and his panel colleagues discussed the technology tools available to automate processes required for compliance, including data warehousing, archiving, and research management.  

·     Also in February, Brandon Travan, Executive Director, Systems Integration, spoke at Credit Suisse's Prime Services CIO/CTO Forum, on a panel moderated by Gravitas President Harold Kahn.  Brandon spoke about virtualization technology, data centers, and low latency trading technology, all services that Gravitas sees high demand from its clients for.

·     In line with the growing need for our superior high frequency trading solutions, Gravitas and TNS announced a joint solution to provide market connectivity for global alternative asset management firms at key colo facilities.  This solution provides our clients with access to over 1,600 worldwide destinations via TNS' Secure Trading Extranet.  Our managed colocation facilities in New York and Chicago provide an optimal solution for firms that are looking for secure, private, low-latency FIX connectivity, as well as our other hosted services.

·     The Financial Times (2.24.11) featured the article, "Traders beware the rush to set up hedge funds."  In the article, CEO Jayesh Punater discusses the potential for a large influx of hedge fund launches in 2011 that will be coming from prop trading desks.  Gravitas offers start up services for hedge funds of all sizes.

·     Gravitas CEO Jayesh Punater appeared in Bloomberg Brief, Bloomberg's hedge fund newsletter, discussing risk measures.  He noted that the hedge fund industry could see the collapse of a fund this year that is similar to the implosion of Long-Term Capital Management.  This is due to inadequate risk measures being in place at many funds.

·     Former Deutsche Bank AG traders Greg Lippmann and Fred Brettschneider launched LibreMax Capital in late 2010.  The firm selected Gravitas to handle its technology and infrastructure development based on our strong reputation and ability to provide end to end services to hedge funds and other alternative asset firms.