Emerging Technologies
To Catch a Thief: New Strategies, Technologies Combat Fraud
As regulators praise the advancements made by financial institutions in the prevention of fraud and money laundering, new technology is helping detect criminal behavior. Jake Thomases looks at the progress that’s been made.
Advent's DiMarco Hands Reins to Hess (Q&A)
Advent has announced a changing of the guard at the helm of the San Francisco-based buy-side specialist. Anthony Malakian speaks with the principals about the shift.
Liquidity Lost: What's Next for Dark Pools?
Pipeline Trading Systems, the seven-year-old dark pool operator specializing in block trades, paid $1 million to resolve SEC claims that it failed to provide the confidentiality and liquidity it advertised to customers. Will the incident have broader…
Knight Taps Hoffman for Client Development
Knight names former Merrill alum as its head of institutional client development.
Xignite Hires Holmes, Perdue
Web services data provider Xignite names Hubert Holmes as chief business development officer and Laura Perdue as director of platform marketing. Both previously worked for Chi-X Global Technology
SGEF Appoints New Global COO
Philippe Rozental leaves Société Générale Securities Services to take up new role at Société Générale Equipment Finance
Nasdaq OMX Completes Third Baltic CSD Acquisition
Nasdaq OMX has completed the acquisition of the Central Securities Depository of Lithuania (CSDL).
Snitzer Begins as Chair of ISITC
Trade communication organization ISITC has named Jan Snitzer, previously vice chair, as chair for 2012-3, succeeding Gary Probert
Happy Holidays!
As I write this last editor’s letter of 2011—Sell-Side Technology coverage will resume the first week of 2012—the yard is nothing but brown grass. Intermittent wet snow is falling and melting as soon as it hits the ground. Short of a Christmas miracle,…
Vendor Profile: Fadi Kaddoura, MIK Fund Solutions
Born in Lebanon before finding his way to Wall Street, Fadi Kaddoura has grown MIK Fund Solutions into a major vendor in the hedge fund space. It all started with a simple sentence uttered during a random meeting. By Anthony Malakian
A WILD Look Into 2012
Even in the 21st century, women represent a small proportion of financial technologists. Sell-Side Technology sits down with Jessica Titlebaum, one of the co-founders of Women in Listed Derivatives (WILD) to discuss what is in store for women in capital…
2011 Year in Review: User Spend Targets Cost, Strategic Projects
The top 10 trends of 2011, #1: With budgets still tight, financial firms found themselves trying to do more with less, with short-term spend targeted at creating long-term savings
2011 Year in Review: Top Vendors Battle Financial, Identity Crises
The top 10 trends of 2011, #2: While still struggling against the fallout from the financial crisis, vendors took the opportunity to reinvent their identities
2011 Year in Review: Regulators’ Data Initiatives March Slowly On
The top 10 trends of 2011, #3: US and European regulators have outlined industry-wide initiatives that will have major impacts on data, though none came to fruition in 2011
2011 Year in Review: Niche Datasets, Tools Gain Traction in Hunt for Alpha
The top 10 trends of 2011, #4: Outside commoditized asset classes, opportunities arose in 2011 for specialists able to provide access to niche content and tools
2011 Year in Review: Latency Watchers Focus on Transparency, Granularity
The top 10 trends of 2011, #5: Low latency evolves from a race of outright speed to a game of overall strategy and endurance
2011 Year in Review: Exchanges Seek Value in Mergers, Licenses, Technology
The top 10 trends of 2011, #6: Behind the major merger announcements, exchanges grappled with data licensing issues and new policies
2011 Year in Review: Market Tackles Soaring Data Volumes as Volatility Spikes
The top 10 trends of 2011, #7: Market volatility creates sharp spikes in data traffic, forcing the industry to re-evaluate bandwidth projections and focus on network monitoring and capacity planning
2011 Year in Review: Industry Warms to Cloud for Data Delivery
The top 10 trends of 2011, #8: Data providers and consumers begin to leverage the benefits of cloud computing for more than just storage of large datasets