Risk Management, Performance & Reporting
Gissing Adds Speed, Functions To ConteX Contributions Tool
UK-based data technology vendor Gissing Software will launch the latest release of its ConteX data contribution platform at this week's SIFMA conference, with a new underlying data model to increase throughput and reduce latency, and a new scripting…
Dubai Exchange Braces for Growth
DUBAI—After having to delay its first day of trading for one month due to regulatory clearing arrangements, the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME) is in full production.
Budgets Reach New High
Inside Reference Data Survey 2007
The Changing Face of Outsourcing
Outsourcing
Multi-asset class trading systems...still a pipe dream?
Paul Miller and Jonathan Hammond discuss the current shortcomings of multi-asset class trading systems initiatives, and propose a new approach to this growing conundrum which involves meaningful collaboration between technology producers and consumers
And Then There Were Two
Shock news! Last week, after secret negotiations, two parties unveiled a massive deal that took the market by surprise. One of our most respected figures is taking on a new role to help steer a struggling team to a revival. Yes, Roger Clemens is…
Pinpointing Securities
The problem of accurately identifying securities is leading to a large number of failed transactions, estimated to cost the market millions of dollars annually. While the retail industry introduced a global standard years ago, the financial services…
Channeling Data Flow and the Quest for Quality Metrics
Martijn Groot, head of product management at Asset Control, offers an insight into the challenges facing organizations with 'swampy' data architectures
Where's Your Data?
COMPLIANCE
Complexity driving automation
The global investment management industry is continually evolving in terms of sophistication and the complexity of instruments traded by buy-side firms. This, in turn, is driving the development of back-office technologies designed to process these…
History repeating itself
Augustus Asset Managers, the London-based hedge fund manager, was spawned after a management buy-out of Julius Baer Investments in January this year. Victor Anderson speaks with Sonal Amin, head of information systems at Augustus, about the changes she…
In search of the perfect hybrid
There has been significant consolidation in the transfer agency space in the last few years, to the point where a handful of providers now account for the bulk of the global buy-side industry. But as David White explains, not all transfer agents are…
Down the Mifid Rabbit Hole
Alice heard the Rabbit say to itself, 'Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' … Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with…
Reference Data Hits the Headlines
Since the launch of Inside Reference Data in April last year, I've had little opportunity to keep in touch with my old friends at corporate actions data and software vendor Xcitek and data management provider Asset Control. But both firms graced the…