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Try Before You Buy: Firms, Vendors Employ Proofs of Concept

Technology vendors were once loath to give away their ideas for free. Financial service firms were similarly unwilling to invest in a project that might be a sunk cost...

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Do They Only Like Me for My Algos?

Unlike bulge-bracket firms, mid-tier broker-dealers have to make tough choices about which algorithms...

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Hard Coding: The Benefits and Drawbacks of FPGAs

Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are being touted in certain circles as the next wave of technology...

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Olympian Capital Management's Renaissance

After Michael Levas started Olympian Capital Management from his kitchen table in Fort Lauderdale...

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Waters USA Keynote: State Street CIO Perretta Says Major Cloud Benefit Is in Search

Starting last year, State Street embarked on a project to revolutionize its operating model through the use of the cloud. The firm...

CIOs Outline Expectations of—and Frustrations with—Vendors

At the inaugural European Trading Architecture Summit in Canary Wharf last week, CIOs from major financial services firms outlined...

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Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Buy-Side Technology Provider for 2011—Charles River Development

The best technology provider for 2011 category was the second of only two awards announced on November 4 at the Buy-Side Technology...

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Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Overall Buy-Side Product for 2011—SmartStream

Unlike the rest of the Buy-Side Technology Awards winners, which were revealed before the Nov. 4 luncheon in London, the best product...

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Risk and Compliance Webcast

Risk and Compliance Webcast

Waters gathered leading industry experts to discuss the latest developments in the risk management and compliance space in a webcast...

High-Frequency Trading Webcast

The growth in high-frequency trading (HFT), a phenomenon no longer restricted to equities only, has seen the financial markets constantly...

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Channel WatersTechnology: Volcker Rule Could Be Boon for Tech Vendors

Mark Pengelly, US editor of sibling publication Risk magazine, joins Anthony Malakian to discuss the Volcker Rule and its potential...

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