Articles by Anthony Malakian
ITG Brings Posit Alert to Mexico
Agency brokerage ITG has launched Posit Alert─its platform for sourcing large block orders of liquidity─for Mexican equities.
Bailard Switches to Indata's iPM Cloud
Asset management firm Bailard, which is headquartered on the outskirts of San Francisco, is now live on Indata's iPM Cloud platform, the vendor's hosted environment.
Anthony Malakian: No Reconciling Dependency on Excel
According to some reports, 70 to 80 percent of reconciliations at major financial institutions still take place through the use of manually intensive, spreadsheet-based platforms. Anthony says that in today’s environment, this is simply unacceptable.
Waters Rankings 2103: Best Sell-Side Clearing Provider — Goldman Sachs
In 2012, Goldman Sachs finished second to JPMorgan in this category, less than one percentage point away from dethroning the five-time champ. This year, Goldman has gone one better, narrowly edging out JPMorgan in a category that was again keenly…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Agency Brokerage — ITG
In times of constrained liquidity and fragmentation—and the risk and cost that comes with those conditions—firms are pushing harder than ever for cutting-edge algorithms and top-tier crossing capabilities. It’s this combination that has lead Waters’…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Exceptions and Reconciliation Management Provider — Omgeo
Establishing something of a dynasty, for the fourth straight year, Omgeo has been named the best exceptions and reconciliation management provider by Waters’ readers. As firms look to automate their reconciliation processes in order to better mitigate…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Credit Risk Solution Provider — Numerix
For the second straight year, Waters’ readers have named Numerix and its CrossAsset platform as the best solution for managing credit risk. The most significant upgrade made to the Numerix offering was the June launch of a new scripting language for…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Risk Analytics Provider — Numerix
It won’t come as too much of a surprise that Waters’ readers who chose Numerix as the top credit risk solution provider, also named the New York-based firm as the best risk analytics provider. This is the second year in a row that Numerix has done the…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Full-Service Brokerage — JPMorgan
Traditionally, this is a category that has been dominated by Goldman Sachs, but the last two years have seen two different winners, with JPMorgan being named as the best full-service broker for 2013. Perhaps this shift is a sign of the challenging market…
AQR's Path to Reconciliation
In order to improve its reconciliations capabilities, AQR Capital decided it needed to replace its legacy reconciliation system, which relied largely on manual processes. The Greenwich, Conn.-based hedge fund turned to Electra Information Systems for…
AIFMD's Slow Burn
As one AIFMD-related deadline hits, the industry is still likely a year away from tackling compliance and reporting for this regulatory overhaul. But that doesn't mean firms shouldn't start preparing today.
AIFMD Approaches
Starting Monday, AIFMD has to be written into national law throughout Europe. In this new statute, Anthony says firms can learn something from their neighbors across the pond, who had to begin filing for Form PF last year.
iLevel Unveils 6.0 of its Flagship Solution
iLevel Solutions has released version 6 of its cloud-based platform, which allows alternative asset managers to automate the functions of data collection, analysis and reporting.
REDI Now Independent of Goldman
Goldman Sachs has sold REDI, with its REDIPlus execution management system (EMS), to a consortium of investors, including Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citadel and Lightyear Capital. Even with the sale, Goldman will still…
Woodfield Fund Administration Taps Smonik for Reconciliations
Illinois-based Woodfield Fund Administration has chosen back-office solutions provider Smonik Investment Systems' Recon solution to manage its portfolio reconciliations processes.
FATCA Deadline Pushed Back, Buy Side Gets a Reprieve
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a notice today saying that certain deadlines pertaining to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) have been delayed by six months, as rules around withholding and due diligence will move from January 1…
Has PRISM Changed Perceptions of Cloud Security on Wall Street?
Anthony wonders if CIOs are a bit more concerned about the security of their data after the National Security Agency (NSA) leaks, and the resulting spotlight shined on the PRISM and Tempora internet surveillance programs, first reported by The Guardian…
SS&C GlobeOp Opens Cloud Portal to the Buy Side
SS&C GlobeOp, the fund admin unit of SS&C Technologies, has extended its cloud-based portal to all of its global fund administration service clients, including hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity and managed accounts clients.
TT Unveils MultiBroker Platform
Trading Technologies has launched MultiBroker, the Chicago-based vendor's trading solution that allows buy-side firms to gain direct market access (DMA) via multiple brokers from a single X_Trader Pro or application programming interface (API) connection…
Citi Adds Brazil to Total Touch Platform
Citi announced that it has added Brazilian equities to Total Touch, its block electronic execution platform.
HDFC Taps Numerix for Risk Management
Mumbai-based HDFC Bank has selected Numerix Portfolio to help consolidate its risk processes.
Northern Trust Adds New Fixed Income Functionality to its Performance Reporting Suite
Chicago-based Northern Trust has added daily security-level data for fixed income to its performance attribution tools within its Investment Risk and Analytical Services (IRAS) product suite.
eClerx Unveils ISDA CSA Solution
Business processing provider eClerx has launched a new product to allow firms to better manage ISDA credit support annex (CSA) documents. The new product, called ISDA CSA Document Risk Review, is designed to help firms better manage their credit risk.