Risk Management, Performance & Reporting
Tight Ships
Cost reduction is predicted to supersede all data management initiatives in 2009. But this does not mean a huge decrease in budgets. It simply means significant proportions of budgets will be spent reviewing existing data sources and introducing cost…
Xenomorph TimeScape Implementation Enables Flexible Data Integration at Insight Investment
LONDON - Software vendor Xenomorph's implementation of data management and pricing system TimeScape has enabled Insight Investment, the asset manager of the Halifax and Bank of Scotland group, to merge the IT systems and business processes of the three…
Reining in derivatives
Expectations are high that new US Congressional efforts to require hedge fund registration with the SEC will succeed this year, opening the door to greater oversight of the industry by a regulator no doubt eager to prove its mettle following the…
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The Funding Challenge
Amid the financial crisis, it's all about the challenge of budgets, the funding of projects and realizing rapid economic benefits. But data management professionals remain convinced data projects will not be sidestepped. Carla Mangado explores how firms…
Time to Shine
As recession hits home, with images of snaking queues outside job centres on the evening news, there is growing pressure on job-seekers to stand out and prove return on investment. Tine Thoresen speaks to three leading data management consultants about…
A New Breed of Regulators
The market turmoil has resulted in widespread criticism of financial regulation, begging the question if there is room for other institutions to take a more active role in the regulatory landscape. Carla Mangado explores the potential implications of a…
2009: the year of doing more with less
For asset management firms of all shapes and sizes, fresh technology investment is unlikely this year and existing infrastructures will have to be extended to support new business opportunities. But as Joel Clark reports, doing more with less could have…
Riding the Dragon in 2009
A year ago, traders and technology vendors in Asia were riding a growing wave of liquidity and technology adoption. Direct market access (DMA), alternative trading systems (ATSes) and crossing networks steadily increased throughout the region as…
Intelligence + Governance = Survival
Financial organizations are slowly recognizing that a dedicated commitment to data quality is essential to ensuring accurate risk planning and business process returns, says Harte-Hanks Trillium Software's Ed Wrazen
Integration Time
Following the recent market turmoil, most market participants expect to see more regulation, particularly in the OTC derivatives market. The credit crunch has highlighted numerous issues with existing processing of these instruments - one of which was…
Northern exposure
Grant Speirs recently made the northern trek from Cape Town to London to assume the position of group financial director at investment manager M&G, the holding company of his previous firm, Prudential Portfolio Managers. He speaks with Victor Anderson…
Month in Numbers
'The decision to get an automated reconciliation engine was a no-brainer - doing cash and scrip reconciliations is not a value-add. It's hugely important from a risk perspective, but should we be using intelligent staff to do something so menial?'
Case study Perfect partners
Guernsey-based Corazon Capital has been through a number of organisational changes in its twelve-year history, which culminated in the implementation of a new investment management platform developed by Third Financial Software at the end of last year …
The party's over
One of the by-products of the ongoing global financial meltdown is the likely cessation of self-regulation for buy-side institutions.
Idiosyncrasies of counterparty risk
Out of all the skeletons now hanging (thankfully) in the 2008 closet - from Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns to Jérôme Kerviel, Samuel Israel III and, of course, Bernard Madoff - one lesson should have been universally learnt: when you're investing money…
Technology spending to drop 5% during 2009
Ongoing challenges impacting financial market participants is likely to drive down technology spending at buy-side firms even though they are being spurred by regulators and investors to enhance their enterprise-wide risk management and transparency…
Truly Going Global
Anyone trying to predict the future of exchange evolution should be familiar with the standard industry boilerplate: Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. With that said, however, it's an amazing time to watch these new global exchange…