Buy-Side Technology - 2007-04-01
Articles in this issue
Start-up specialist
Anthony Clemente, chief executive of Manhattan-based Canaras Capital, speaks about the challenges facing new start-ups, the unavailability of third-party software to support the trading activities of firms like Canaras, and the difference between his…
A case in point
Over the past several months, copious amounts of editorial ink have been devoted in this and other buy-side publications to the increasing interest of investment and hedge fund managers in execution management systems (EMS). Interest has, in turn, given…
The changing face of OMSs
The global investment management industry is experiencing an increasingly rapid rate of change, creating a challenge for portfolio managers, traders and providers of trading systems alike. LatentZero's Richard Hooke explains how buy-side order management…
The buy side's emerging beacon - the Middle East is fast becoming one of the most prominent emerging markets for the investment management industry
While Wall Street and the City compete as the world's top financial centres, the Middle East has seen massive growth in recent years, and is becoming increasingly important to the investment management industry and the technology community that supports…
Implementation
Fund of hedge funds signs with Cogency for integrated suite to expand business
Linedata upgrade focuses on ease of use
Linedata Services, the Paris-based provider of trading systems for asset management firms, has released the latest version of its flagship products, LongView Trading and Linedata Compliance.
Spotlight on Paul Migliore
Paul Migliore, recently appointed chief executive of Citisoft’s North American practice, speaks with Stewart Eisenhart about his new role at Citisoft, and how its clients’ approaches to strategy and technology have evolved
Reaching for the buy side
InfoReach, the Chicago-based provider of execution management and FIX systems that has garnered significant buy-side support in the US since its founding in 1995, is the subject of this month’s product overview.
The cost of oblivion
What happened to the dream of starting a hedge fund with a few million dollars, a phone and a PC?
Month in Numbers
'Alternative asset and hedge fund strategies do not have off-the-shelf software packages that you can necessarily buy, which fully wrap around your investment process – it is a different type of business after all'
Islamic asset management set for substantial growth
Islamic asset management set for substantial growth – we summarise a Celent Report on the Middle East buy-side industry set against the backdrop of sharia-compliant investments and primed for substantial growth.
FX algorithms gather steam
Algorithmic trading has taken equities by storm and now an increasing number of institutions are looking to apply trading algorithms to manage their foreign exchange (FX) transactions. Several firms kicked off FX algorithm initiatives last year to…
The middle way
Tony Swei of Tradar looks at the benefits and potential pitfalls for hedge funds that have decided to outsourcing certain middle-office functions including accounting
Concept Capital signs with Paladyne
Concept Capital, the prime brokerage services unit of Sanders Morris Harris which provides technology outsourcing, back-office support and administrative services to small- and mid-tier hedge funds, is implementing Paladyne Systems' product suite to…
Taming the lion - a panel discussion focussing on the business drivers and technology trends as firms gear up for Mifid compliance
The November deadline for complying with the European Commission's Mifid regulation is fast approaching, although you wouldn't know it gauging from the general apathy shown by UK-based buy- and sell-side organisations surrounding the directive. Not all…
Editor’s letter: Been there, done that
I can't help but feel that the EMS boom that the buy side is currently experiencing is another example of a passing fad. I hope I am wrong on this score – and by writing this I am by no means trivialising or casting doubt on the efforts that a number of…
Sterling Capital automates billing process with new Advent system
Sterling Capital Management, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based long-only investment manager with $10.5 billion in fixed-income and equity assets under management, is live on Advent Software's new billing and revenue management application, Advent Revenue…
