Awards & Rankings
Seeding future competition
Last month this column noted new initiatives undertaken by the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest pension manager in the US, to significantly reform its processes for managing its $5.9 billion investments in hedge funds…
Location, Location
Who would have thought celebrity sightings could become part of daily life when you work for a financial publishing house? Prior to August 2008, DWT publisher Incisive Media's New York office was situated in the SoHo section of Manhattan in a building we…
Tools of the Trade
Last week's Oscars had a more diverse tone than many previous ceremonies, with Aussie host Hugh Jackman moving from one role to another, from bargain-basement stage decoration to all-singing, all-dancing Broadway-style numbers, and with Slumdog…
Who Do You Trust?
Opinion
Removing the Burden Of Managing the Infrastructure
Virtual Roundtable
Gaming Recruitment
Finding fresh talent is never an easy task, but U.S. broker-dealer Interactive Brokers has found a novel way to raise interest in financial technology and scout potential new hires: the Interactive Brokers Collegiate Trading Olympiad. DWT editor Rob Daly…
The Secret Is Knowing Where to Look
It's perhaps not the most appropriate film to be thinking of during the holiday season, but I can't seem to get Monty Python's Life of Brian out of my head. I'm thinking specifically of when Eric Idle sings, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" at…
Editor's Letter - Carrying on regardless
It's been a tough year. Of that there is no doubt. And if the City boys are even moderately accurate in their 2009 predictions, next year is set to be even tougher, which means, for the time being at least, there's not much good news on the horizon. But…
Misys tops 2008 Asia Risk Technology Survey
Misys, the global application software and services company, has been voted the leading prov-ider of risk management technology for the Asia region by Asia Risk 's readership.
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