Emerging Technologies
Buy-Side Panel: Analytics Only as Good as Your Data Management
Underlying data structures and management are key to getting the most out of analytics, panel says.
Saxo Bank Initiates LatAm Push
Specialist online investment house Saxo Bank has acquired a Uruguayan broker, in a bid to extend its presence in Latin America.
Exegy, StreamBase Ally for Algo Strategy Support, Data Analytics
Integrated products simplify process of using data from Exegy appliances in StreamBase's analytics engines, while opening new opportunities for both vendors
BlackRock, Thomson Reuters to Provide Fixed-Income Analytics for Buy Side
Investment management firm BlackRock and data vendor Thomson Reuters will partner to create a distributed fixed-income derived analytics set through BlackRock Solutions (BRS), the firm's solutions provision arm.
Fidessa Promotes Chatterjee, Opens Mumbai Office
Trading software vendor Fidessa has announced the opening of a new location in Mumbai, India.
Latency Becomes Costly Race of Attrition
As ultra-low latency becomes harder and more expensive to achieve, some firms are deciding not to pursue further upgrades, and focus their efforts elsewhere, said panelists at Inside Market Data Chicago
Is Apple's iPhone Beginning to Establish its Dominance on Wall Street?
At this year's Buy-Side Technology North American Summit, technology leaders at several major buy-side firms discussed their bring-your-own-device strategies, but most of the talk was around the Apple iPhone and iPad, and not Android or BlackBerry.
Barclays Hires Bannocks
Christopher Bannocks, previously head of enterprise data management at Nomura International, has joined Barclays as global head of reference data
iGate Appoints New Sales Director For EMEA
Amitabh Roy has been appointed to acquire new financial services customers for iGate’s consulting, technology and business process outsourcing services in Europe, with a particular focus on reference data
Augustsson Promoted to Cinnober CEO
Veronica Augustsson is the new chief executive of Swedish-based technology provider Cinnober, following her promotion from head of sales.
Marriage of Predictive Analytics, Visualization Necessary for Understanding Big Data
During a panel discussion on Big Data at today’s Buy-Side Technology North American Summit in Manhattan, buy-side firms discussed the difficulty in handling the massive flood of data, as well as being able to look at the information in a way that is not…
AIG Chartis CTO: Get the People Equation Right
Good technology implementations follow a fairly basic formula: the right plan plus the right technology plus the right team equals success. For Mary Kotch, CTO for the Americas at AIG Chartis, the most important part of that equation is the people.
BlackRock CTO: ‘Password Reset’ a Surprising Challenge for BYOD Programs
Trying to prevent employees from using their personal mobile devices at work is a losing battle. As a result, firms are grappling with the security challenges involved with bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies.
McMorrow Leaves AIB To Start Consultancy
After 30 years at Allied Irish Banks, Michael McMorrow has left and will now provide consultancy services on data issues
SimCorp: Back Office Hamstringing Buy-Side Growth Strategies
Copenhagen-based buy-side technology provider SimCorp has published the results of a poll examining the impact of portfolio accounting systems on an investment manager's growth strategies and their vulnerability to operational risks. Respondents included…