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EvaluatingValuation Risk
Customer demand for evaluated prices is increasing, and with the current turbulent market conditions, the trend is set to continue. The problem now is to ensure independent valuations do not result in increased risk. Carla Mangado reports on how firms…
Off-the-Shelf Life
Asset managers are increasingly looking outside their own walls to automate corporate actions processing. But the selection is extensive and some firms choose not to review a large number of platforms. Tine Thoresen explores the different types of off…
A Measured Approach
The focus on metrics in data management is growing and firms are increasingly measuring the success of their enterprise data management (EDM) strategies. Carla Mangado explores the role of metrics in the industry going forward
Consumers' perceptions and all that
Consumers' perceptions are their realities. That's one of the only marketing concepts I can recall from the marketing and management course I attended back in late nineties (notice how I refrained from using the word 'completed' in the context of that…
The single, integrated front-office suite: Still a pipedream?
Early last month Buy-Side Technology hosted a roundtable in New York on single, integrated front-office platforms for the buy side. On the agenda were issues including the feasibility of such platforms and when the market is likely to see their emergence…
Perfecting the lean and mean approach
Quintillion, a fifteen-month old fund administrator, had some tough technology decisions to make in order to keep the organisation as lean and mean as possible, while simultaneously providing its clients with the types of services typically enjoyed by…
The single front-office platform: not only feasible - it's happening already
Eze Castle Software, the fifth participant in Buy-Side Technology 's integrated front-office roundtable, could not be present at the New York-hosted event due to logistical constraints. The Boston-based vendor therefore chose to participate in a 'virtual…
The bonny buy side
Edinburgh is home to a number of the largest asset management firms in the UK, where the focus on trading and technology is just as strong as in the larger financial centres. Joel Clark recently spent two days in the city and found a closely knit…
Breaking Through
After an array of reputational crises in the financial industry, operational risk has helped data gain traction in the C-suite. Top-level management is starting to understand the reference data challenge, and it is now up to divisional heads to sell the…
Governing the Future
Firms are increasingly focusing on data governance. Carla Mangado discusses the reasons behind this upsurge in interest
The New Real-Time
The front office wants more reference data, and it wants it now. The question is, can the vendors live up to these new expectations on timeliness? Tine Thoresen reports on how the pace is changing in the reference data market
US Speeding Up Basel II Implementation
Adam Honore, Colorado-based senior analyst at Aite Group, tells Carla Mangado that while Basel II has been welcomed in the US, many firms are still failing to comply
The Location Game
EDM offshoring is becoming increasingly popular in the reference data industry, with new locations around the world attracting international firms. Carla Mangado explores the best offshoring options
Rise of the Challengers
COVER STORY
Northern Trust signs with youDevise for FOHFs
Northern Trust, the Chicago-based provider of investment management and fund administration services, is to use youDevise's Hedge Information Provider (HIP) for the benefit of its fund of hedge funds (FOHFs) clients.