Articles by Timothy Bourgaize Murray
Bitcoin Tanks as RMB Spigot Dries Up
BTC China, the country's largest exchange for the virtual currency, was forced to stop trading after a recent dictate handed down from the Chinese central bank and other regulators banned local financial institutions from dealing in it.
Liquid Introduces Performance Simulator for Emerging Managers
Liquid Holdings, an OEMS and risk reporting paltform provider, says the new scheme will allow nascent hedge funds to beta-test their strategies.
Increasingly Multi-Asset, City Financial Taps SunGard for Risk
The London-based investment manager, which distributes 14 different funds and is eyeing further acquisitions, has installed SunGard's APT solution for risk analysis and reporting, covering position- and portfolio-level information across its multiple…
Eris Exchange Connects to RTS
Realtime Systems Group (RTS), an algorithmic trading solutions provider, says it clients will now have direct connectivity to Eris's SwapBook platform.
AltExchange Publishes PE Data Standard
The alliance of more than 45 private equity general partners (GPs) and limited partners (LPs) says it has wrapped up work on the Group One standard, a detailed template for exchange of capital account, investment schedule, and cash flow activity data.
Data Lineage, Credit Management Lead iLevel 6.5 Enhancements
The platform provider to private investors has updated its flagship private capital data platform to reflect the range of new clients' needs as well as their investors' greater data demands.
Hard Shell, Soft Center: Waters Panelists Talk Information Security
Three buy-side chief technologists told the audience at Waters USA in New York on Monday that managing information security is like rummaging through a box of mystery chocolates—only less sweet.
Talking State Street's Global Exchange with Ivan Matviak
Ivan Matviak, senior vice president at State Street, talks with Waters' Tim Bourgaize Murray at the annual Waters USA conference in New York City.
UBS CTO Correy Voo on Data Sovereignty
Waters' Tim Bourgaize Murray catches up with Correy Voo, CTO for platform services and applied innovation at UBS, at the annual Waters USA conference in New York City.
Conning Turns to Markit for Depth and Scope of Corporates Pricing
Conning, an $82 billion Hartford, Conn.-based global asset manager, holds a majority of its assets, much of them on behalf of insurance clients, in bonds. In switching to Markit's pricing service, Conning's chief data officer Brian Baczyk says the…
Collateral Transformation, Agency Execution to Reinforce Swap Dealers' 'Stickiness'
As the buy side ramps up simulation of electronic swaps execution ahead of next year, panelists say old questions remain about what sell-side services will gain steam, and which are technologically feasible at all.
Collateral Transformation, Agency Execution to Reinforce Swap Dealers' 'Stickiness'
As the buy side ramps up simulation of electronic swaps execution ahead of next year, panelists say old questions remain about what sell-side services will gain steam, and which are technologically feasible at all.
Bank of Beirut Extends Misys Relationship with Value Implementation
One of Lebanon's largest commercial banks, Bank of Beirut will use Misys' Sophis Value platform to support its expanding treasury, asset management, and brokerage functions.
DataArt Adds AIFMD Reporting to Form PF Solution
The new software enables automated filing for the alternative investment fund managers directive (AIFMD), and can also be fit into customized, back-end data integrations.
Waters USA 2013 Keynote: UBS CTO Voo on Data Sovereignty, Managing Cloud Perceptions
Correy Voo, UBS CTO for platform services and applied innovation, used his keynote to assess the cloud: its reality, its perception, and the reasons regulatory trends could temporarily hold its wider adoption back.
Waters USA 2013 Keynote: UBS CTO Voo on Data Sovereignty, Managing Cloud Perceptions
Correy Voo, UBS CTO for platform services and applied innovation, used his keynote to assess the cloud: its reality, its perception, and the reasons regulatory trends could temporarily hold its wider adoption back.
Backed by Calypso, OTC Clearing Hong Kong Completes First RMB Swap
The non-deliverable forward renminbi seven-day repo swap was executed last week using the financial technology provider's central counterparty (CCP) over-the-counter (OTC) clearing solution and collateral management module.
Markit Selected by ASIFMA for Hong Kong Electronic Equities Compliance
The financial information provider's Counterparty Manager technology will be deployed by buy-side and brokerage members of the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association ahead of new Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) rules…
Portfolio-Compression Algorithms Proving Useful in New SEF Landscape
As SEFs’ swaps execution gets off the ground, post-trade activities like portfolio-compression algorithms are proving increasingly popular as dealers and their futures commission merchant clearing arms cope with new demands, and potentially, new styles…
Network Effects: Allianz CIO Ralf Schneider on the New Hard Sell
Whether dramatically reducing Allianz’s datacenter footprint, looking for ways to better incorporate its increasingly sizeable capital-markets subsidiaries, or picking off the right talent, group CIO Ralf Schneider brings unique inspiration─and new…
Disintermediating Trade Credit with Tech─Can It Be Done?
Managing export finance is a fairly archaic sell-side function, and one which can leave small, emerging markets commodities providers exposed. Aztec, a new electronic exchange venue launched in June, believes securitization is the answer as the $16…
BerchWood Partners, iLevel Team Up
The software provider for private investment firms has arranged to partner with BerchWood, which will introduce iLevel's private data platform to its fund management clientele.
Rimes Survey: Buy-Side Data Governance Growing in Priority
The provider's recent study of head technologists at 42 asset management firms, custodians, and other asset holders reveals that data governance has become obligatory, if not yet well-developed.
Markit, Hobart Capital Collaborate on Commission Management
The financial information provider and agency-only brokerage based in London have come together to provide Hobart's buy-side customers, which range from mutual funds to Delta One desks, a new solution for managing direct commission sharing agreements …