Risk Management, Performance & Reporting
When Is Data Not Data?
The recent trend towards socially responsible investing has seen a growing demand for data relating to non-financial criteria. Inside Market Data spoke to Tony Czarnecki, managing partner of UK-based consultancy Euro Business Management Limited, about…
Fusion From Confusion
Data Usage
EDM: Moving From Concept to Reality
Michael Atkin calls for those in charge of EDM to deliver on their promises
Hedge Funds: Ready, Set ...
ASIA REPORT
Fund administrators move to the middle office
The continued move by hedge funds into the OTC derivatives market has placed significant pressure on their back offices in terms of processing, scalability, and general automation. This has led to a number of funds outsourcing their fund administration,…
Sticking point – Feature. Joel Clark looks at the state of play regarding the post-trade processing of credit derivatives on the buy side, and concludes that, although significant recent efforts have been made by vendors and consortiums in this space, tru
Even though straight-through processing (STP) has been a reality for equities and fixed-income trading for some time, automating the back-office processing of credit derivatives remains as elusive as ever. Joel Clark reports on the success of recent back…
Deutsche's technology head honcho
Victor Anderson initially met Peter Kelso, DWS Investments' managing director, at this year's SunGard Europa conference in Italy. Later, in a phone interview, Kelso talks about the changes his organisation is currently going through, his technology…
Thinning the herd
War isn't pretty and neither, so it seems, is running a leveraged investment strategy with significant credit exposures in the face of a precipitous mortgage market downturn. The list of hedge fund casualties continues to climb in the wake of the US sub…
The Calm After the Storm?
The tornado that hit New York last week left not only a wake of felled trees, downed power lines and damaged homes, but also people stranded, late, confused, and struggling to reach their destination. What immediately became clear is that New York City's…
Inside BNP Paribas' Peak Performance
LONDON—On a serene London side street next to the Marylebone railway station sits BNP Paribas' U.K. headquarters. The building is a labyrinth of ceilings and stylish cladding, which nestle around a central atrium. Inside, Andrew Mullock, the London-based…
Paper: Japan to See IT Spending Spike
TOKYO—Japan's economic recovery is spurring renewed IT investment in the country's securities industry, with firms expected to increase their IT spending by 7.5 percent—or $2.8 billion—by the fiscal year ending March 2008, concludes a recently published…
Beachy keen
BST Columnist Phil Albinus prepares for his August vacation by taking a tongue-in-cheek look at a number of buy-side technology issues likely to be addressed in the second half of 2007, including preparing Mifid ‘alibis’ in anticipation of your firm’s…
ISINs on the Move
Standards
Numbers in the News
WATERS DATA
Lessons to be learned
What appears to be the first major demonstration of how problematic pension fund managers' inclination to increase allocations to hedge funds are proving to be, is unfolding in the wake of last year's Amaranth Advisors collapse. By Stewart Eisenhart
Fimat's French connection
Victor Anderson speaks with Philippe Teilhard, managing director of alternative investment solutions at Fimat, about his firm’s reliance on proprietary technology – most notably its cross-margining tools – and the firm’s solid derivatives foundation.
SunGard unveils Asset Arena on the shores of Lake Como
At this year's SunGard Europa conference held in Como, Italy last month, SunGard announced that it had launched Asset Arena, its new 'umbrella' platform comprising the firm's buy-side-focused products and services.