Articles by Anthony Malakian
Capco Unveils Architecture-as-a-Service Offering
Capco, a provider of consulting services to the financial services industry, has unveiled a new offering, Architecture-as-a-Service (AaaS) that will allow firms to hire architects on an "as-needed" basis.
High-Frequency Trading Webcast
Waters gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on October 11, 2012 to discuss what technological and operational initiatives firms are employing in their high-frequency trading strategies
Nasdaq OMX, Dalian Commodity Exchange Sign Consulting Agreement With Eye Toward Future Works
The Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) and the Nasdaq OMX Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will allow Nasdaq to consult with the Chinese exchange on technology enhancements with an opportunity for further business engagements.
The Mercenary Technologist
As budgetary constraints clamp down on buy-side organizations, Anthony says that the vendor-hedge fund relationship may start changing.
Is Apple's iPhone Beginning to Establish its Dominance on Wall Street?
At this year's Buy-Side Technology North American Summit, technology leaders at several major buy-side firms discussed their bring-your-own-device strategies, but most of the talk was around the Apple iPhone and iPad, and not Android or BlackBerry.
Marriage of Predictive Analytics, Visualization Necessary for Understanding Big Data
During a panel discussion on Big Data at today’s Buy-Side Technology North American Summit in Manhattan, buy-side firms discussed the difficulty in handling the massive flood of data, as well as being able to look at the information in a way that is not…
AIG Chartis CTO: Get the People Equation Right
Good technology implementations follow a fairly basic formula: the right plan plus the right technology plus the right team equals success. For Mary Kotch, CTO for the Americas at AIG Chartis, the most important part of that equation is the people.
BlackRock CTO: ‘Password Reset’ a Surprising Challenge for BYOD Programs
Trying to prevent employees from using their personal mobile devices at work is a losing battle. As a result, firms are grappling with the security challenges involved with bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies.
Digiterre Launches Enhanced CRM Platform
Software provider Digiterre has released the latest version of its customer-relationship management (CRM) platform, dCRM. The integrated platform will be called Communica.
Citi Debuts Alternative Trading Platform
Citi has launched a new real-time alternative trading platform, dubbed Citi Cross ATS, which will allow users access to a wide number of sources of liquidity through the bank's proprietary matching engine.
FinAnalytica Unveils Managed Service Offering for Risk, Operations
Analytics solutions provider FinAnalytica has launched Cognity Managed Services, which provides customized managed services for data management, portfolio analytics, reporting and consulting. It will be delivered through the vendor's Cognity application…
Anthony Malakian: A Postscript on Form PF
Complying with the new Form PF requirement is a burdensome, time-consuming task. But Anthony says that it doesn’t have to be a nightmare, as long as the proper amount of preparation is done.
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Morgan Stanley Joins FXSpotStream as a Liquidity Provider
FXSpotStream, an industry utility that provides a multibank FX service to clients for the purpose of executing spot trades, has added Morgan Stanley as a liquidity provider.
Algorithms: The Problem With Choice
Anthony looks at the challenges buy-side firms face when choosing a new algo, and the difficulties vendors have in finding balance when they pitch their new suite of algos.
Gain Capital's Haines Joins Scivantage as CIO
Scivantage has named Andrew Haines, who was previously with Gain Capital, as its new CIO.
Conquering Form PF
Form PF, requiring US funds managing at least $150 million to submit an unprecedented amount of data to the SEC, came into effect in 2010 as part of Dodd–Frank, and the deadlines are now starting to kick in.
iTB Launches New Fixed Income Trading Platform
Software provider iTB Holdings, which caters to institutional fixed income traders, has launched a new platform, dubbed iTBconnect, that will allow buy-side firms to connect to electronic fixed income trading venues.
Advise Taps Sullivan for President
Software provider Advise Technologies has named Sean Sullivan as its new president.
RBS CIO: Regulatory Arbitrage Possible, But Loopholes Closing
In August, Scott Marcar was named Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS’) new CIO of markets, where he will report to chief logistics officer David Shalders. Marcar recently spoke with WatersTechnology about the changing regulatory environment and the challenges…
Tick, Tock. Tick, Tock: The Clock is Running Out on Awards Submissions
Anthony sounds the alarm one last time on getting your submissions in for the AFTA and Buy-Side Technology awards.
Invesco Taps Eagle for Performance Measurement
Investment manager Invesco has implemented Eagle Investment Systems' performance measurement solution for its retail and institutional businesses in continental Europe, according to the firm.
GoldenSource Unveils ‘OnDemand' EDM Solution
Enterprise data management (EDM) solutions provider GoldenSource has launched a new service, GoldenSource OnDemand, through its private cloud.
Portman Square Capital Taps HedgeServ for Fund Administration
Startup hedge fund Portman Square Capital has selected HedgeServ to provide fund administration services.