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Beyond Brazil
Brazil, with its limited exposure to the recent credit crisis, has benefited more than any other emerging market from increased investor appetite for emerging-market exposure. But as John Beck reports, opportunities have revealed themselves in other…
The Blind Leading the Blind
The unprecedented downturn in the markets during 2007 and 2008 left many institutions in the uncomfortable position of holding complex assets with no way of valuing them reliably and accurately. But even though the acuteness of that phase of the…
The Age of Collaboration
Increased complexity of events and a growing focus on risk have resulted in Australian corporate actions professionals coming together for a united approach. Collaborative efforts are set to improve consistency and standardization in the market, and…
Under Scrutiny
Regulatory focus on data is on the rise, and growing pressure to increase transparency has placed firms even more in the spotlight. Carla Mangado explores what the recent regulatory scrutiny in transaction reporting means for the data industry
Pulling together
Wall Street’s bulge-bracket brokers have in recent months encroached on their smaller counterparts by poaching their hedge fund clients. But as Anthony Malakian reports, this isn’t necessarily a bad development as brokers look to work together to support…
MTFs Urge Consolidated Tape in MiFID Review
Operators of pan-European multilateral trading facilities are calling for this year's review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive to make it easier for trading firms to participate in multiple markets by mandating an affordable means for…
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Editor's Letter - Convergence comes home
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Maitland stops the clocks
Maitland Fund Services, based in the South African buy-side stronghold of Cape Town, has, according to Nick Baikoff, the firm's head of asset services, altered the clock speed for itself and its clients by developing a real-time front- to back-office…
A rude awakening
Many aspects of buy-side technology and operations have had to grow up fast following the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Collateral management, for many firms a low-priority function entrusted to Excel spreadsheets before the credit crunch, is the stand…
The Singletons
Regulators are pushing out new initiatives left, right and centre, and millions of dollars are spent complying with new requirements - some of which several data professionals claim there is little business reason for doing. The move to a single customer…