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SIFMA 2010 Buy-Side Wrap Up Part 1
Following last week’s coverage of the 2010 SIFMA Financial Services Technology Expo in New York, we’ve condensed and organized the news we’ve gathered in order to provide more targeted wrap-up highlights and analysis pertinent to buy- and sell-side…
The Blind Leading the Blind
The unprecedented downturn in the markets during 2007 and 2008 left many institutions in the uncomfortable position of holding complex assets with no way of valuing them reliably and accurately. But even though the acuteness of that phase of the…
Many moving parts
The number of compliance issues facing the buy side has little precedent in recent history, just as managers are grappling with shifting market and risk conditions in a post-recession world. The way forward is no less challenging – the obstacle is not…