S&P Capital IQ wins Regal research contract
Alternative asset manager Regal Funds Management has chosen S&P Capital IQ to provide the company's research capabilities for the local and global market.
S&P will provide Regal with analytical tools, market data and proprietary content for investment idea generation and portfolio management.
Regal Funds Management chief operating officer Stephen Baldwin said S&P Capital IQ was chosen, after a review of Regal's options, because the research provider offered the best overall solution.
"We were particularly impressed with the ability to easily incorporate factors such as point-in-time fundamentals for back-testing, and the depth of knowledge of the regional client support team," he said.
The deal with give Regal access to S&P Capital IQ's ClariFI - a research and portfolio management platform - as well as XpressFeed, a data feed maintenance solution that cuts down on time spent retrieving and managing data, according to S&P Capital IQ.
Regal will also be allowed to utilise S&P Capital IQ's Alpha Factory Library, a research tool for sourcing alpha through back-testing and benchmarking.
Jose Ordonez, head of sales Pacific Region for S&P Capital IQ, said the arrangement would showcase the platform's strength and flexibility.
"Australia is one of the world's most competitive markets for asset managers and an ideal proving ground to demonstrate the power of the S&P Capital IQ offering.
"We are delighted to be working with Regal, one of the most successful funds in Australia, to support their continued performance with a leading research and analytics platform on the market."
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