Articles by Timothy Bourgaize Murray
Quadriserv Expands Cinnober Relationship with Equity Repo
The new initiative will be added to Quadriserv's existing AQS securities lending platform.
Should SEC’s 'Parking Scheme' Charges Portend Greater Trading Surveillance?
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week charged two New York-based traders with executing a trading “parking scheme” designed to preserve bonuses, and its enforcement action should prompt investment banks to assess their ability to detect…
Waters Panelists: IBOR Must Be Governable, Fit For Purpose
To gain traction, an enterprise-level investment book of record's (IBOR’s) capabilities must be eminently demonstrable and reflect buy-side processes already in place, said panelists at this week’s Waters IBOR Breakfast Briefing in New York.
Silicon Valley's Stinging—Why Banks' CTOs Should Take Notice
News out of Silicon Valley took a decidedly rocky turn in the past week, with two pioneers of disruptive technology getting arrested and shunned, respectively. Soul searching has ensued. There are practical and personnel reasons why this will—and won't…
Liquid Adds Pre-Trade Risk and Compliance Tools to OEMS
Liquid Holdings, the trading and risk management platform provider to emerging hedge funds, has added new options trading capabilities, expanded global equities markets coverage, and compliance controls to its order and execution management system (OEMS)…
TeraExchange Connects to Traiana's CreditLink
With the move, the cross-asset swap execution facility (SEF) covering rates, credit, and foreign exchange contracts will now provide clients two different choices for pre-trade credit check.
Asset Management Shift Inspires IT Transformation Among Middle Eastern Banks
While markets along the Persian Gulf have conspicuously built up financial infrastructure in recent years to attract foreign firms and capital, local banks elsewhere in the Middle East are bolstering their technological capacity to do precisely the…
ITRS, Excelian Partner on Murex Systems Monitoring
The monitoring software provider and specialist consultancy are collaborating on real-time system performance metrics and monitoring for cross-asset trading and risk management platform Murex.
Saxo Bank Launches Social Trading Floor
Copenhagen-based Saxo Bank has launched the beta version of its new social media-style trading floor.
European Insurer Uniqa Taps SimCorp for Structured Products
Austrian and Central European insurance firm Uniqa Group AG, with €26 billion in assets under management, will use XpressInstruments to manage its structured products support.
US Treasuries' Trading Quietly Under Transformation, Panel Says
At a TabbForum event last week, a quartet of buy-side and sell-side participants highlighted how electronic trading in treasury bonds has advanced in the past 12 months, even if they've done so with little fanfare. Both opportunities and apprehension…
Small-Cap Specialist BelHealth Live on iLevel
BelHealth Investment Partners, a New York-based private equity firm specializing in majority positions for small-cap healthcare companies, has taken iLevel's private data capital platform for collection and reporting of investment performance and cash…
UBS Partners SunGard, HazelTree on New Frontier Platform
UBS's Frontier platform will bring together SunGard's Hedge360 and HazelTree's treasury, cash management, and collateral management tools in a new front-to-back hosted solution for the Swiss bank's hedge fund clients.
BBH Names McGovern CIO
American private bank Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH), with $4 trillion under custody and administration, has named Michael McGovern as a managing director, chief information officer (CIO), and head of systems.
TeraExchange Strikes Deal with Pair of European IDBs
The New Jersey-based swap execution facility (SEF) has sealed trading agreements with OTCex and RP Martin, two European interdealer brokers (IDBs) based in Paris and London, respectively.
Roubini Global Economics' Research Added to Markit Hub
Headed by economist Nouriel Roubini, the global consultancy known as RGE will now contribute to Markit's aggregated news, analysis, and research hub for institutional investors.
GPs Pursuing Data-Driven Business Intelligence, Study Finds
A recent study of private equity general partners (GPs) uncovered consistently greater expectations around data management in the space. But progress in meeting those expectations appears to be more uneven.
iLevel, Atlantic-Pacific Capital Seal Strategic Partnership
The technology provider to private investment firms says it has signed a formal partner agreement with Atlantic-Pacific Capital, an independent global placement agent for private equity that has raised around $50 billion.
Principal Global Investors Taps Vermilion
The Des Moines, Iowa-based money manager and provider of specialist boutique funds with approximately $300 billion under management, will use Vermilion's reporting suite to back its expanding European operations.
Bohemian Rhapsody: CIO Michal Sanak Leads Prague's RSJ with Smart Speed
RSJ, tucked on the left bank of the Vltava River in the Czech capital of Prague, has quietly become one of the world’s most active proprietary trading firms, despite its boutique size. As CIO and shareholder Michal Sanak tells Tim Bourgaize Murray, the…
QSuper Extends Rimes for Performance Benchmarking
QSuper, a AUD46 billion Australian superannuation fund for Queensland, will use the buy-side data services provider's benchmark data service (BDS) to develop customized benchmarking tools for performance attribution and post-trade compliance analysis.
Resource Capital Funds Live on iLevel
The Denver-based private equity firm Resource Capital Funds (RCF), which specializes in hard mineral mining firm investments, will use iLevel's private capital data platform to manage to data collection, reporting, and performance measurement.
2013's Trading Technology: A Year of 'Accelerating Returns'
Readers of Waters' ongoing coverage will have noticed several themes that blossomed over the past 12 months. Some of them were predictable. But 2013 also offered up more than a few unexpected hints of opportunities to come—whether imminently, or further…
'Snowden Effect' Should Thaw—Not Chill—New Ideas on Systems Intrusion, Detection
Data hacked and then leaked by National Security Administration (NSA) contractor Ed Snowden has already upended technology provision, in finance and elsewhere. But as it unfolds, what can firms learn from both sides of this lurid tale?