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2012's Financial Crime Coups Raise Stakes, Anxiety
Global regulation was the year’s obsession, but criminal probes─from rate rigging to rogue trading; sanctions violations to insider bets─won the headlines in 2012. Not every financial crime has a ready tech fix, but with buy-side cornerstones like SAC…
UBS Stung with Record Fine for Libor Manipulation
Swiss bank UBS has been fined £160 million, approximately $311 million, by the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) for misconduct relating to the improper fixing of the London and European Interbank Offered Rates (Libor, Euribor).
SIX Swiss Exchange Appoints Urs Widmer COO
SIX Swiss Exchange has appointed former AXA Winterthur CEO Urs Widmer as its COO.
Multi-Asset Platforms Are Efficient, But Don't Force It
As various asset classes sprung to life over the years, the trading desks that handled them often blossomed independently. Futures, options, equities, bonds, and the like became robust, yet siloed, at the big banks. Separate trading systems evolved to…
UBS COO: Big Data Represents a Whole New Vocabulary
Richie Etwaru, COO of group technology at UBS, says that in order for the industry to fully tap into Big Data, there must be a change in mindset in terms of how data is thought of, and what it can be used for.
UBS, HSBC Complete RMB Repo with Euroclear
UBS and HSBC have completed their first cross-border renminbi triparty repo, using Euroclear Bank and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) as collateral agents.
Credit Suisse's Muthu: Multi-Asset Platforms Good For IT, Not Necessarily Revenue
The bottom line at any financial institution is always the bottom line, as in the dollars and cents. As he wrapped up a panel discussion on the consolidation of trading desks and multi-asset class strategies, it was appropriate that moderator Greg Wood,…
Behney Leaves UBS for DTCC
The DTCC has hired Christopher Behney to lead enterprise production assurance from its Dallas office. Behney previously headed technology infrastructure at UBS
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Broker-Supplied Tool/Technology─UBS
The engineers behind UBS Delta consider themselves flexible and innovative like a software company, but with the resources and support of their enormous parent bank. Since its inception 14 years ago, the portfolio risk and performance system has catered…
Jake Thomases: Work: That Thing You Do
Mobile technology combined with a generational shift in the attitude about work are beginning to break the traditional 9-to-5 mold. Cutting-edge sell-side firms are warming to this trend, and, Jake says, could save millions of dollars in the process.
Compliance, Common Sense and Condemnation
Refreshingly open and practical conversations were, for me, the key take away from this year’s European Trading Architecture Summit (ETAS).
UBS Fined $47.5 Million for Rogue Trading Scandal
Investment bank UBS has received a £29.7 million (approximately $47.5 million) fine from the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA), for "significant failings" regarding a rogue trading incident in 2011.
UBS Exec: "Don't Centralize Processing Of Big Data"
It is easier to process big data where it resides than to centralize it first, a lead architect at UBS Investment Bank has told delegates at the European Trading Architecture Summit
UBS' Dalglish Urges "Back to Basics" Tech Stance
UBS Group Data CTO Tom Daglish has advocated a more effective management of IT ecosystems in his conference address.
Where Next for Risk and Compliance?
While tools and trinkets are pretty, the key to proper regulatory compliance is attitude and information.
Tightening the Belt
It's not just people and processes, but everything else that costs money. Just ask the banks.
Rogue Trading: Leaving Less to Fate
The destinies of fallen traders Jérôme Kerviel and Kweku Adoboli are a matter to be settled, but what firms' compliance desks should be concerned with is clear: The more you know about a rogue trader, the more he or she begins to stand out.
Divining Downstream Data Flows
Data managers are considering how to best and most accurately handle distribution of varied types of reference data. Michael Shashoua heard from financial firms and their providers on the challenges they are seeing and what course they are taking
EFIS 2012: From Low-Latency to Big Data, Firms Must Maximize Tech Value
To get the most out of limited budgets in an uncertain economy, firms must find new uses for existing technology investments, panelists say
EFIS 2012: Users Say No Relief from Data Cost Pressures
Banks and asset managers debate strategies for managing data demand amid tight budgets
UBS Launches Quant-Focused Services
New area combines services from direct execution and prime brokerage businesses.
Infographic: Major Bank Fines in 2012
A visualization of some of the largest regulatory penalties levied this year.
Are You Ready for 'Bigger' Data?
Banks’ legacy systems are struggling to cope with the ever-increasing volumes and speed of data. Steve Dew-Jones highlights some of the major considerations for the financial services industry if it is to catch up with other sectors.
Dalglish Appointed CTO at UBS
After two years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Tom Dalglish moves to UBS, where he will work on improving access to reference data