Risk Management, Performance & Reporting
Coming to the Crunch
Current market conditions have put an increased focus on risk, and risk managers may have different needs than data managers. To reduce risk, there is a strong need to combine reference and market data and derived data. What capability do data management…
Southern, Data Management
Data management in southern Europe has yet to gain the focus and attention it requires to step up to the next level. But despite development still being at an early stage, there is a will to move ahead. Carla Mangado explores the approach to data…
Interactive hedging
A low-inflation environment and an ageing population proved to be a fatal combination for pure-play bond and equity portfolios - the returns expected by corporate investors simply did not materialise. And so the days of target-based long portfolios have…
The hedge fund bubble
Now that the numbers have come in, it's safe to say that most of us have had better Septembers. By many accounts, worries among hedge fund managers that their investors would opt for redemptions in the face of uglier and uglier market conditions appear…
Spotlight on Jon Anderson
No stranger to the finer points of derivatives trading and processing, Jon Anderson has left New York-based hedge fund manager BlueMountain Capital Management to serve as global head of OTC derivatives at fund administrator GlobeOp Financial Services. He…
Vendors Urge Respect for Local Cultures
Asia may offer a hotbed of opportunity for data vendors and brokers alike, but those looking to set up or grow operations in the region still face a number of basic challenges, not least of which will be growing their local presence as firms manage spend…
Data Misuse: Piracy or Just Uncharted Waters?
Unauthorized distribution of data remains an issue for exchanges and vendors in Asia and worldwide, though misuse is frequently unintentional, and could perhaps be solved with greater education about the contractual obligations on data consumers and…
BofA Announces Transition Team
NEW YORK-Executives from Bank of America (BofA) have announced that Brian Moynihan, president of global corporate and investment banking for Bank of America, and Tom Sanzone, executive vice president and chief administrative officer (CAO) for Merrill…
Hitting the Ground Running
As traders and investors continue their hunt across the globe for respectable alpha, DWT sits down with Philippe Carré, the global head of client connectivity business line for GL Trade, to discuss the best ways that firms can access the emerging markets.
Vendors: Turmoil Prompts Quality Focus
Data providers must focus on the quality and breadth of the data they offer if they are to increase the value of their services during tough market conditions, said a panel of vendors at last week's European Financial Information Summit.
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Storm clouds gather at Sibos
Following the most dramatic weekend in the financial markets in recent history, last month's Sibos conference in Vienna gave delegates the opportunity to discuss the impact that the ongoing credit crisis might have on their businesses. But as Joel Clark…
An acquisition of note
Acquisitions in the financial technology space are a common occurrence, but when Linedata Services pulled off something of a coup in late 2005 by its acquisition of Beauchamp Financial Technology (BFT), the industry took note. Since then, Beauchamp…
Short-sighted
It took a seismic shake-up of the US financial services industry and a veritable collapse of the independent investment banking sector in particular, but it seems the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suddenly - perhaps awkwardly -…
Collateral management technology gains buy-side traction
The substantial growth of over-the-counter derivatives trading by traditional asset managers and hedge funds has driven up the use of collateral instruments, providing collateral management technology vendors with an opening to gain more buy-side…
Commodities Challenge
As the fall out in the credit markets continues to reverberate through the financial markets, Joel Clark, reporter for sibling publication Waters , speaks with Triple Point Technology's chief marketing officer Michael Schwartz about the challenge and…