Articles by Anthony Malakian
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Big Data Technology Provider to the Buy Side─OneMarketData
Not since “cloud computing” has a term swept the industry quite like “Big Data.” And like cloud, there are many theories and definitions as to what can be called Big Data, how best to tame it, and how to use it to gain an advantage over the competition.
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Buy-Side Newcomer (Vendor or Product) and Best Buy-Side Product for 2012─Advise Technologies
The year 2012 will perhaps best be marked in the hedge fund community as the year that Form PF, introduced on the back of the Dodd–Frank Act, fully came into existence. In August, hedge funds with more than $5 billion in regulatory assets under…
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Buy-Side Client Reporting Platform─Equipos
Equipos’ ability to deliver client-reporting functionality that is scalable, along with document management and business user-definable workflows and layouts on a global scale, has allowed it to find a sweet spot in the Buy-Side Technology Awards.
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Buy-Side OMS─ConvergEx's Eze OMS
The role of the order management system (OMS) has been changing for some time now. In recent years the buy side has been feverishly investing to integrate their OMSs with their execution management systems (EMSs), accounting, and transaction-cost…
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Buy-Side Algorithmic/DMA Product or Service─ConvergEx Group (Abraxas)
Abraxas was a Gnostic deity believed to be the god of light and darkness. If you’re going to create an algorithm to seek out both dark and lit liquidity, there’s not a more apt name, although it’s the cleverness of this offering that won ConvergEx Group…
Anthony Malakian: ‘Wait and See’ No More
Many US hedge funds were hoping for a new president on the morning of November 7. That did not happen. Anthony wonders whether this means the industry will finally start to see some momentum for stalled IT projects geared toward regulation.
eVestment's Minnick Discusses Recent Acquisitions
Jim Minnick, eVestment Alliance's founder and CEO, sat down with Buy-Side Technology to discuss the firm's recent acquisitions and look ahead at what's to come.
Be Thankful for Regulation
In 2013, Anthony says it's imperative that firms look at regulatory changes not as a burden, but as an opportunity.
Eze Castle Makes Cloud Push in Asia
Eze Castle Integration is now live with its Eze Private Cloud in Hong Kong and Singapore. In 2010, it opened its first office in Singapore, and this year it entered into Hong Kong.
The Rise of Real-Time Decisioning in Capital Markets webcast - part 2
Waters gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on November 14, 2012 to discuss ‘Managing Complexity and Delivering Agility: The Role of Business Rules Management in Capital Markets’. This is part 2 of a 2-part series.
Linedata Preps Mshare for Fatca, Swift MX Changes
In an effort to get ahead of changing regulations that are coming down the pike, Linedata has upgraded its Mshare investor accounting solution to be compliant with Fatca and the upcoming Swift ISO 20022 messaging format.
eVestment Nabs PerTrac, Fundspire in Continued Alternative Investments Push
Atlanta-based eVestment, which provides institutional investment data and cloud-based analytic solutions, has acquired both PerTrac and Fundspire, both of which offer buy-side tailored solutions.
Omgeo Expands Chilean Presence as 3 Brokers go Live on Omgeo CTM
Three major Chilean broker-dealers ─ LarrainVial, Celfin Capital and IM Trust ─ are now live on Omgeo's trade matching service, Central Trade Manager (CTM).
The Rise of Real-Time Decisioning in Capital Markets webcast - part 1
Waters gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on November 7, 2012 to discuss the role of complex event processing and 'doing more with less'. This is part 1 of a 2-part series.
Saxo Bank Signs with Greenline for Testing, Monitoring Solutions
Danish investment bank Saxo Bank is partnering with Greenline Financial Technologies for a suite of testing, certification and monitoring solutions: CertiFIX, MagniFIX and VeriFIX.
The Uncertainty is Gone─Whether You Like It or Not
After months of uncertainty, the electorate in the US has voted for four more years with President Obama, which means that Dodd-Frank isn't going anywhere.
Lessons Learned From the Mother of All Storms
Despite being devastating, Hurricane Sandy provided a valuable opportunity for firms to test their BCP contingencies. Did your firm pass or fail?
HFT's Delicate Balance
During a recent high-frequency trading webcast, industry leaders discussed the difficulties around creating an effective HFT environment, how to manage those costs, and how the market is evolving. It’s a delicate balance, but a necessary one for any…
Anthony Malakian: There’s No ‘Simple’ in Integration
Even in the face of constrained budgets, buy-side firms are still pushing forward on projects to combine their OMSs and EMSs. But, says Anthony, you can’t get the goods without the green.
Cerberus CIO Richard Alexander's A-Team
After four-plus years at Cerberus Capital Management, Richard Alexander has spearheaded projects to tap into the cloud, create a data warehouse, and build a new datacenter. And that’s just the beginning. By Anthony Malakian with photos by Amy Fletcher
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Increased Electronic Trading in Futures Means Major IT Upgrades Needed
As more and more buy-side firms seek to take advantage of electronic trading strategies for futures—such as routing orders through direct-market access (DMA) solutions or using algorithmic-trading options—brokers and third-party trading platform…
New CME Globex Platform Now Live, With a New Matching Engine, Interfaces Coming
Last week the CME went live with its new Globex platform, the CME Performance Release, which features a new infrastructure and order gateways. The platform aims to increase predictability for the CME's customers, with plans for a new matching engine in…