Articles by Timothy Bourgaize Murray
Atreaus Capital Takes Hedge360 for Integrated Risk Management
The boutique global macro fund will now use SunGard's managed Hedge360 Risk Reporting Service to develop customized daily reporting across its range of trading asset classes.
Internal Dark Pools—Into Darkness?
This week, trading on Barclays' US-based LX platform fell off a cliff after a lawsuit was filed alleging high-frequency (HFT) manipulation at the venue. Is the buy side finally spooked?
FIX Finishes TESI Extension to FX
The industry group says its Trading Enablement Standard Initiative (TESI) will now be available for foreign exchange (FX) client enablement.
Midnight Hour for European AIFMs
The deadline for applying for authorization under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) arrives on July 22, and one recent measure suggests a few firms out there are still sweating bullets. But, Tim wonders, is that such a bad thing?
Bloomberg Vault Partners with Salesforce
Bloomberg is now part of salesforce.com's partner program, allowing the pair to team up on support for Salesforce1 for financial services.
EAM Investors Taps Charles River Data Service
The '40 Act boutique fund manager will use the service for batch reference and issuer data, real-time pricing, new security setup, and the recently-offered constituent-level benchmark data.
SunGard, Aite Study Highlights 'Firefighting' Versus Strategic Data Management Split
A new survey of 48 firms shows a marked split on the buy side between those with a long-term plan, and those without one.
Parsing Fintech's Whimsical Name Game
Tim muses on a subject—company names—that has confounded him for most of his time covering financial technology. Does a strange moniker make a difference?
Former HP Intellectual Property Chief: Looking After IP Demands Creativity, Before Litigation
From the smallest startup to the largest financial institution, protecting the intellectual property (IP) that drives technology has become a more complicated—but also, potentially more profitable—process.
Canid AM Appoints Hughes as Technical Director, Partner
The boutique long-short equities shop based in Silicon Valley has brought on Fred Hughes to lead its technology strategy.
Fatca Goes Live—Massive Mess, or Much Ado About Nothing?
This week's deadline for compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or Fatca as it's better known, came and went with a relative whimper—if also with a little purple prose. What to make of it, Tim wonders?
Thomson Reuters Adds MyVest to BETA Ecosystem
The global information provider has integrated MyVest's Strategic Portfolio System (SPS) into its BETA systems suite, allowing users to automate and scale transactions processing related to managed accounts.
At Integral, New Appointments for Barker, Farrell Ahead of Product Refresh
The FX platform has given new responsibilities to Jon Barker, now managing director of products, and hired Richard Farrell as managing director, who replaces Barker as global head of sales.
Tim Bourgaize Murray: In Search of Spanish Treasure
Bad banks have gained preference in recent years both as a way to unwind toxic assets and as entities for buy-side firms to invest in. With each opportunity, the industry has sorted and implemented these mechanisms faster and faster—often with outsourced…
Fixed Income's Dead? Long Live Its Technology
SEC Commissioner Mary Jo White hinted last Friday that fixed income might be the next technology rabbit hole the Commission jumps down. That seems like good news for the buy side—but is it?
In Spain, Technology Charts 'Bad Bank' Path
The European ‘bad bank’ model has become one of global finance’s more ubiquitous contrivances, addressing a scourge of toxic assets that more and more markets find themselves coping with. Tim Bourgaize Murray examines the Spanish real estate market—and…
Bloomberg Introduces File Analytics for Vault Service
The financial information giant's enterprise data management arm, Vault, has enhanced its cloud-based service with on-site gateway software called File Analytics, allowing users to incorporate new types of unstructured, "dark" data into their compliance…
Scivantage Secures New Funding Injection, Partner
The provider says it has raised an additional $20 million combined from Comerica Bank, Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) Capital Partners, and Edison Ventures, as well as new investment from ORIX Ventures.
Johnston AM Taps Electra For Billing Automation
The long-only, Connecticut-based equities specialist with $3.8 billion under management will use Electra's Billing 3.0, formerly known as Quantum, for revenue workflow management and customized billing, including performance fees and complex fee…
Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying ... IBOR
The investment book of record (IBOR) made its way back into discussion this week both in conversations at Sifma's technology conference, and in Waters' pages. The result, Tim says, was equal parts colorful and enlightening.
BBH to Support Lord Abbett's Ucits Platform
Brown Brothers Harriman will now provide full service support, including passive currency administration, for Lord Abbett's newly-launched, Irish-based Ucits platform.
Swift Adds Two to Compliance Services Arm
SWIFT has appointed Christopher Johnson and Fedra Ware as Practice Leads, Compliance Services, in the Americas.
Curo Taps Milestone for Old Mutual Multi-Managers' Enhanced Administration
Curo Fund Services, a South African administrator based just west of Cape Town in Bellville, has implemented Milestone's pControl to manage Old Mutual Multi-Managers and others clients' pricing and processing of complex investment structures.
OneChicago Introduces Weekly Futures
The equity finance exchange today announced it will offer a new suite of products called OCX.Weekly beginning on Friday, June 20. The exchange will continue to list weekly futures each subsequent Friday.