Trading Tech
Time for Actions
IRD Speaks to Manmohan Singh, solutions head TCS BaNCS CA & SLB, TCS Financial Solutions, Tata Consultancy Services, about the timeliness of corporate actions
Editor's Letter - In praise of the 't' word
Transparency is now the buy side's hottest buzzword. Actually, that's been the case for quite some time now. Naturally, every buy-side constituent has its own take on exactly what it means to them and their business, but one thing's for certain: as an…
Paladyne wins $30 billion administrator client
Admiral Administration, a hedge fund administrator with $30 billion under administration, has begun implementing Paladyne Systems' hosted product suite for use as its middle-office service platform. Admiral will also offer a range of Paladyne products to…
Survey: use of dark pools to increase in 2009
A new 29-page survey conducted by buy-side crossing network provider Liquidnet has found that the majority of investment managers who participated in the study plan to increase their participation in dark pool trading arrangements this year.
Floating on a system for fixed income
The world may have fallen out of love with collateralised debt, but even in difficult trading conditions portfolio managers still need to look at complex fixed-income instruments to deliver alpha to their clients. Fidessa LatentZero's David Blocker…
Dark diligence
“Who do you trust?” As that question gains pertinence among buy-side managers, aspects of their relationships with broker-dealers have come under scrutiny. In the midst of sell-side upheavals and ongoing volatility, buy-side traders might presume to find…
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…
AllianceBernstein completes global rollout of Portware's EMS
AllianceBernstein, the $429 billion global investment manager, has completed its phased roll-out of Portware's Portware Enterprise execution management system at its operations in New York, London and Hong Kong.
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…
Tough times call for new ideas
By now, readers are probably as sick of hearing about the recession as financial technology journalists are of writing about it. But, like it or not, the economic downturn defines and shapes every major technology decision currently being made at…
Iberdrola selects GlobalVision for energy trading
Iberdrola, the Bilbao, Spain-based energy company is set to use Trayport's GlobalVision Trading Gateway for energy trading in Europe. According to Trayport, the GlobalVision Trading Gateway will allow Iberdrola's traders to view and trade market data…