Risk Management, Performance & Reporting
When "Who's Who" Is Not Enough
Tackling counterparty data hurdles in a cost-effective manner is not always straightforward, but both regulatory pressure and business demands will keep the topic on the agenda, says Asset Control's Martijn Groot
Tackling Transparency
It goes without saying that derivatives pricing has been one of the most acute and ever-present challenges facing buy-side firms of all sizes since the start of the new Millennium, and if the slew of recent derivatives research is anything to go by, buy…
Spotlight on Robert Hegarty
After a ten-year career at TowerGroup heading the consultancy's securities and investments practice, Robert Hegarty has moved to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). As managing director of market structure at the DTCC, Hegarty will lead…
Fund investor accounting technology market set to contract
In the face of more cautious IT budgeting across the hedge fund and fund of funds industries, the market for investor accounting platforms will shrink over the next two years as managers make do with their existing infrastructures. A new Celent…
DTCC, Markit agree further integration
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Markit are collaborating to automate syndicated loan reconciliation for institutional investors and other buy-side firms by creating a link between DTCC's Loan/SERV Reconciliation Service and Markit…
Going wholly hosted
MFC Global Investment Management, the investment management arm of Canadian financial services firm Manulife Financial Corporation, recently faced a challenge familiar to many buy-side managers with global infrastructures: moving operations scattered…
Oracle Bets on Sun
After weeks of watching IBM and Sun Microsystems attempting the mergers and acquisition dance, leave it to Oracle to cut in and steal the deal with a $7.4 billion offer ( see story, this issue ).
Knight Consolidates Electronic Trading
JERSEY CITY, N.J.-Knight Capital Group has developed its own answer to the current global economic downturn-expand and invest.
ISE Ready to Go Global
Two years after it was bought by futures exchange operator Eurex, the International Securities Exchange (ISE) is expanding its platforms to a global footprint. DWT editor Rob Daly discusses the ISE's plans to roll out a new global trading platform with…
For Whom Excel Tolls
Risk
The New Gravity
Editor’s Letter
Why New Systems Fail
Open Platform
Time For a New Architecture
New compliance requirements mean the data and overall system architecture must provide a host of capabilities, says Sybase's Irfan Khan
Brand New World
While the future seems bleak for some of the more traditional financial centres, a growing number of data management vendors are looking for opportunities outside London and New York. These days it is all about Asia-Pacific. Tine Thoresen explores what…
Credit Suisse and Paladyne enter prime alliance
Credit Suisse and San Francisco-based Paladyne Systems, have launched an enhanced suite of Paladyne products available as part of Credit Suisse's Advanced Prime solution launched in 2006. Paladyne's multi-prime, front-to-back-office technology platform…
Month in Numbers
"I can't see for a generation that you're going to get back to the environment we had previously - the fact that we have had a default on this scale means we have crossed a bridge"Mark Stancombe, head of operations at £119 billion Investment manager…
European wealth management technology providers adjusting to crisis
Although less affected by tumultuous financial market conditions than other sectors of the buy-side industry, the European wealth management arena has had its share of adjustments in the face of challenging conditions, requiring vendors to hone their…
Institutional client reporting platforms set for wider uptake
Traditional asset managers and hedge funds will increase spending on client reporting platforms in coming years in order to address requirements from institutional investors and regulators for greater disclosure regarding investment strategies,…
Moving ahead while the SEC plays catch-up
The SEC clearly has its work cut out for it in terms of reforming the US financial system and cracking down on the myriad criminal acts now coming to light amid withering market conditions. By Stewart Eisenhart
Spotlight on Patricia Watters and Mason Snyder
Buy-side industry veterans Patricia Watters and Mason Snyder have launched Catalina Partners, a new risk advisory firm focusing on institutional investors and investment advisors. Watters and Snyder explain that through their new venture, they will cover…