Articles by Anthony Malakian
Clarke’s Tenure at Man to End; COO Roman will Take Over
Man Group has announced it will replace chief executive officer Peter Clarke, who had been in the job since 2007, with Emmanuel "Manny" Roman. Roman is the firm's chief operating officer and joined Man after it acquired hedge fund GLG Partners in 2010.
The Challenges in Developing a Culture of Compliance
At Monday's Waters USA conference, held in Midtown Manhattan, regulation was on almost everyone's lips. From panels on Big Data to cloud to over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives to transaction cost analysis (TCA) to risk management, the word "regulation,”…
UBS COO: Big Data Represents a Whole New Vocabulary
Richie Etwaru, COO of group technology at UBS, says that in order for the industry to fully tap into Big Data, there must be a change in mindset in terms of how data is thought of, and what it can be used for.
RBS’ Eddie: Capital Requirements Set to Get Harder
Capital requirements have been daunting to address, and will only get harder with Basel III, says Alan Eddie, who runs risk technology for the Americas for the markets and investment banking businesses at the Royal Bank of Scotland, speaking at the…
BofA’s Reilly: Mobility About Risk and Data Control, Not Cost Cutting
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has internally distributed 55,000 BlackBerrys and 5,000 Apple iPads, as well as 20,000 devices that it supports as part of its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy. In one year, it handles 2.6 billion instant messages, 1.2…
See You at Waters USA
It's almost early December, which means that our Waters USA conference is right around the corner ─ specifically, this Monday, December 3.
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Fund Administrator─SEI
In 2012, perhaps more so than any year prior, the buy side took notice of the importance of the fluid relationship between hedge funds and their fund administrators. As the largest US hedge funds submitted their first ever Form PF filings this year—with…
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Buy-Side CRM Product/Service─Advent Software
Trust and reputation: These are things all firms say they have, but ask their clients and they may have a different opinion. As an asset manager looks to grow, both in terms of client numbers and the complexity and scope of its offerings, not to mention…
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Outsourcing Provider to the Buy Side─SEI
In years past, the term “outsourcing” has often carried with it something of a stigma across the buy side, as the envisioned technology enhancements and operational efficiencies simply did not materialize. As a result, buy-side firms, especially smaller…
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Big Data Technology Provider to the Buy Side─OneMarketData
Not since “cloud computing” has a term swept the industry quite like “Big Data.” And like cloud, there are many theories and definitions as to what can be called Big Data, how best to tame it, and how to use it to gain an advantage over the competition.
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Buy-Side Newcomer (Vendor or Product) and Best Buy-Side Product for 2012─Advise Technologies
The year 2012 will perhaps best be marked in the hedge fund community as the year that Form PF, introduced on the back of the Dodd–Frank Act, fully came into existence. In August, hedge funds with more than $5 billion in regulatory assets under…
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Buy-Side Client Reporting Platform─Equipos
Equipos’ ability to deliver client-reporting functionality that is scalable, along with document management and business user-definable workflows and layouts on a global scale, has allowed it to find a sweet spot in the Buy-Side Technology Awards.
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Buy-Side OMS─ConvergEx's Eze OMS
The role of the order management system (OMS) has been changing for some time now. In recent years the buy side has been feverishly investing to integrate their OMSs with their execution management systems (EMSs), accounting, and transaction-cost…
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Buy-Side Algorithmic/DMA Product or Service─ConvergEx Group (Abraxas)
Abraxas was a Gnostic deity believed to be the god of light and darkness. If you’re going to create an algorithm to seek out both dark and lit liquidity, there’s not a more apt name, although it’s the cleverness of this offering that won ConvergEx Group…
Anthony Malakian: ‘Wait and See’ No More
Many US hedge funds were hoping for a new president on the morning of November 7. That did not happen. Anthony wonders whether this means the industry will finally start to see some momentum for stalled IT projects geared toward regulation.
eVestment's Minnick Discusses Recent Acquisitions
Jim Minnick, eVestment Alliance's founder and CEO, sat down with Buy-Side Technology to discuss the firm's recent acquisitions and look ahead at what's to come.
Be Thankful for Regulation
In 2013, Anthony says it's imperative that firms look at regulatory changes not as a burden, but as an opportunity.
Eze Castle Makes Cloud Push in Asia
Eze Castle Integration is now live with its Eze Private Cloud in Hong Kong and Singapore. In 2010, it opened its first office in Singapore, and this year it entered into Hong Kong.
The Rise of Real-Time Decisioning in Capital Markets webcast - part 2
Waters gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on November 14, 2012 to discuss ‘Managing Complexity and Delivering Agility: The Role of Business Rules Management in Capital Markets’. This is part 2 of a 2-part series.
Linedata Preps Mshare for Fatca, Swift MX Changes
In an effort to get ahead of changing regulations that are coming down the pike, Linedata has upgraded its Mshare investor accounting solution to be compliant with Fatca and the upcoming Swift ISO 20022 messaging format.
eVestment Nabs PerTrac, Fundspire in Continued Alternative Investments Push
Atlanta-based eVestment, which provides institutional investment data and cloud-based analytic solutions, has acquired both PerTrac and Fundspire, both of which offer buy-side tailored solutions.
Omgeo Expands Chilean Presence as 3 Brokers go Live on Omgeo CTM
Three major Chilean broker-dealers ─ LarrainVial, Celfin Capital and IM Trust ─ are now live on Omgeo's trade matching service, Central Trade Manager (CTM).
The Rise of Real-Time Decisioning in Capital Markets webcast - part 1
Waters gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on November 7, 2012 to discuss the role of complex event processing and 'doing more with less'. This is part 1 of a 2-part series.