Business Continuity & Outsourcing
Keeping the Little Guys in Mind
Should the buy side still play second fiddle as mobility evolves?
Samsung Eyes Institutional Firms with New Galaxy Tab S2
Samsung's newest tablet is enterprise ready with the goal of catering to traders and investment bankers.
Trillium Taps USAM for Surveyor Sales
The deal provides Trillium with experienced staff to manage the sales process for its Surveyor analysis and compliance tool.
Copenhagen Reg Roadshow Panels: Know Your Data for Licensing, Storage to Avoid Compliance Issues
To tackle regulatory data requirements, firms must first fully understand their data usage.
Managed Services Special Report
Special report focuses on the business benefits of contracting specialist providers to manage mission-critical services.
Liquidnet Outsources Asia Back-Office Services to BNP Paribas
The firm selected BNP Paribas’ back-office functions to support its growing equities trading business in the region.
Nissan Century Securities Taps SunGard for Processing Automation
Deploys SunGard’s Valdi and Stream Clearvision as a managed service
Crédit Agricole Launches Derivatives Post-Trade Utility with FIS
The solution will allow investment banks to share IT services and resources, reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
Co-sourcing Benefits the Buy Side
Weintraub discusses what makes for an ideal co-sourcing relationship
Update: Nasdaq Readies Chicago PoP, DR Site
Nasdaq's new PoP will provide low-latency access to eSpeed and its equities and derivatives markets.
Frankfurt FIS 2014: Flexible, Customizable Data Management Services Key to Successful Outsourcing, Panel Says
Outsourcing data management functions to services provided on a utility model may help firms enhance their data management processes, but firms should also adopt flexible solutions that combine in-house and external resources in order to make the most of…
eFront Partners Methys for African Integrations
The alternative investments software provider will use South Africa-based tech consultancy Methys for all new integrations on the continent.
MDSL Taps Ex-Deutsche Bank Data Exec DeMaio as COO
UK-based cost and inventory management software vendor MDSL has hired Lou DeMaio, former global head of market data service delivery at Deutsche Bank, as Americas chief operating officer to spearhead growth of the vendor's MDX (Market Data Expert)…
Soc Gen Unveils Buy-Side Outsourcing Service
Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS), a subsidiary of Paris-based multinational banking and financial services firm Société Générale, has launched an integrated wealth and investment management outsourcing service for the UK. Aimed at mid-tier…
Hong Kong RTGS Taps Swift for Market Infrastructure Resiliency Services
Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited (HKICL), the clearing and settlement house for the Hong Kong financial market, has agreed to adopt the Market Infrastructure Resiliency Service (MIRS) run by Swift to reduce operational risks and improve the…
Firms Eye Disaster Recovery Amid Increasingly Interconnected Markets
After the recent cyber-attack against the European Central Bank, the financial industry is taking another look at business continuity and resilience. As the marketplace grows in complexity and participants become increasingly interconnected, disaster…
ICBC Taps IBM's Active-Active for DR
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) will employ IBM's mainframe computing solution Active-Active to provide "near-continuous" availability and disaster recovery (DR) in an effort to enhance its business continuity processes.
Innovation Suffering in Back Office Tech, Says Panel
Innovation in financial service technology is dead. So said Joseph Lodato, chief compliance officer at Guggenheim Securities, at a TSAM panel discussion last week.
BNY Mellon Launches Online Portal to Monitor Outsourced Operations
Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) has launched MyOnCore, an online portal solution that helps investment managers in controlling and monitoring their governance parameters around their outsourced arrangements.
BNP Paribas Survey: Strategic Outsourcing the New Norm
As banks and brokers are more and more willing to outsource their middle and back-office functionality to focus on core activities, a recent survey by YouGov and sponsored by BNP Paribas Securities Services has found that one in five respondents are…
Citisoft launches Outsourcing Termination Service
Citisoft, the London-based buy-side technology and management consultancy, has launched an exit strategy and planning service to help asset managers mitigate the risks of a forced or voluntary exit from an outsourcing agreement.
Iridian Selects SEI for Ucits Fund Admin, Custody Services
Iridian Asset Management has chosen SEI to provide a number of services for its Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (Ucits) fund.
TMX to Open Singapore Office
Canadian exchange consortium TMX Group has announced plans to expand to the Asia-Pacific region by opening a new office in Singapore.
Emerging Technologies and the Advantages they Offer Early Adopters
In a recent virtual roundtable on the benefits and challenges around the adoption of emerging technologies, respondents discussed how capital markets firms might evaluate such technologies with the view to creating a competitive advantage. In part one of…