Opinion
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
Looking back on 2011, and ahead to 2012.
Happy Holidays!
As I write this last editor’s letter of 2011—Sell-Side Technology coverage will resume the first week of 2012—the yard is nothing but brown grass. Intermittent wet snow is falling and melting as soon as it hits the ground. Short of a Christmas miracle,…
Get Outta Here, 2011
2011 was a tough one for many of you. Here's to hoping that there are better things ahead.
A Case Study in Vendor Evolution
Anthony takes a look at why Olympian Capital chose to buy its new multi-asset trading platform rather than build it in-house.
Making Progress on Centralizing Data Analysis
The time is right for centralization of data analysis, as industry chatter turns to ways to achieve it, and more firms appear to be doing so using methods such as RAD and OLAP
Data as Regulatory Inoculation
Editor's View
2012 and Raising the Standards
Strapline: Golden Copy
Max Bowie: Asia Tackles Data Cost, Co-Lo, Competition Concerns
Asia-Pacific remains the darling of the global capital markets as other economies continue to struggle. But, says Max, as the region matures technologically, inevitable issues around cost, competition, connectivity and regulation may gradually turn…
Michael Shashoua: The Culture of Data Management
In Asia, investment firms and the vendors that serve them are considering creating the role of a data czar in addition to centralization and data integration. Michael hears the pros and cons of different approaches and their effect in and outside the…
Anthony Malakian: 2012: The Year of Untethered Freedom … and Doom
If Anthony were to say that 2012 will look a lot like 2011, would you be relieved or nervous? Hopefully it’s the former, because the only changes he sees coming in 2012 are anything but positive.
Rob Daly: Saying Good-Bye to Awful 2011
When it began, 2011 promised to bring major changes due to numerous regulatory developments. But deadlines passed, budgets shrank and many important decisions wound up in limbo, leaving the industry in a poor state. Rob looks back at the some of 2011’s…