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Bloomberg's Compliance Center Move Marks Wider Chat Concerns
Bloomberg has announced the consolidation of its existing communications-related compliance tools into Compliance Center, a single dashboard containing administration, monitoring, search, and retention capabilities supporting real-time views into firm…
Increasingly Multi-Asset, City Financial Taps SunGard for Risk
The London-based investment manager, which distributes 14 different funds and is eyeing further acquisitions, has installed SunGard's APT solution for risk analysis and reporting, covering position- and portfolio-level information across its multiple…
MAT Design Seen as Strange by FCMs, SEFs
Panelists on a recent Waters webcast regarding the future of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives reform discussed the US Made Available to Trade (MAT) rules, saying that the design of the regulation was perplexing.
Generalists, Business Analysts to Get More Tech Jobs in 2014
Two themes emerged when C-level technologists on a panel at the Waters USA conference revealed what skills they will be looking for in jobseekers in 2014. The first was a shift from preferring specialist programmers and developers to those with a broader…
Hard Shell, Soft Center: Waters Panelists Talk Information Security
Three buy-side chief technologists told the audience at Waters USA in New York on Monday that managing information security is like rummaging through a box of mystery chocolates—only less sweet.
Conning Turns to Markit for Depth and Scope of Corporates Pricing
Conning, an $82 billion Hartford, Conn.-based global asset manager, holds a majority of its assets, much of them on behalf of insurance clients, in bonds. In switching to Markit's pricing service, Conning's chief data officer Brian Baczyk says the…
Banks Consolidating Screen Real Estate on Their Platforms, Says Waters USA Panel
The three keys to real estate are location, location, location. The three keys to keeping customers on your front end technology? Real estate, real estate, real estate. As in, screen real estate. There's only so much space to go around, and any provider…
Big Data Opportunities, Perils Discussed at Waters USA
The paradigm shift of big data has led to new opportunities for trading firms to create more efficient and cutting-edge trading strategies. But firms should take care when investing in high-end analytics platforms, according to panelists at this year's…
Collateral Transformation, Agency Execution to Reinforce Swap Dealers' 'Stickiness'
As the buy side ramps up simulation of electronic swaps execution ahead of next year, panelists say old questions remain about what sell-side services will gain steam, and which are technologically feasible at all.
Collateral Transformation, Agency Execution to Reinforce Swap Dealers' 'Stickiness'
As the buy side ramps up simulation of electronic swaps execution ahead of next year, panelists say old questions remain about what sell-side services will gain steam, and which are technologically feasible at all.
Senior Technologists Discuss the Drive Toward Standardization, Automation
At this year's Waters USA conference at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square, a panel of C-level technologists from across the industry discussed their drive toward standardization and automation, while contemplating new cost structures to help…
Disintermediating Trade Credit with Tech─Can It Be Done?
Managing export finance is a fairly archaic sell-side function, and one which can leave small, emerging markets commodities providers exposed. Aztec, a new electronic exchange venue launched in June, believes securitization is the answer as the $16…
ETAS 2013: Innovation is Needed, But Not without Controls
Panelists at the 2013 European Trading Architecture Summit (ETAS) debated the role of innovation and flexible development within bank IT departments, saying that while inventive ways of delivering service are needed, they have to be moderated with good…
ETAS 2013: To Meet Challenges, IT Needs "Commando" Units
In his keynote address at the 2013 European Trading Architecture Summit (ETAS), Pierre Dulon, CIO at Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CA CIB) said that in order to address the challenges of the new banking environment, IT as a function…
Probable Volcker Hedging Requirement to Tax Trade Capture Processes, IT
The latest round of amendments to the Volcker Rule is said to have tripled its pages, now rumored as high as 1,000. Supporters of a prescriptive approach say that isn't necessarily a bad thing. But one unresolved issue could have many tier-two sell-side…
Probable Volcker Hedging Requirement to Tax Trade Capture Processes, IT
The latest round of amendments to the Volcker Rule is said to have tripled its pages, now rumored as high as 1,000. Supporters of a prescriptive approach say that isn't necessarily a bad thing. But one unresolved issue could have many tier-two sell-side…
State Street Presses Forward with Data Digitization Program
At an event this week in Manhattan, State Street executives discussed their digitization program that is designed to improve the firm's data and analytics services for asset managers.
Will Consolidation or Fragmentation Follow NYSE–ICE, Bats–Direct Edge?
NYSE Euronext–IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and Bats–Direct Edge have cleared most regulatory hurdles—NYSE–ICE is days away from being cemented, according to reports, and Bats–Direct Edge just received approval from the US Justice Department. So the…
Maxim Implements SunGard Amid Growing Broker Trend
Maxim Group, an 11-year-old specialist brokerage, has added to its arsenal of SunGard products by implementing the provider's VPM portfolio accounting solution. The move is a result of of heightened transparency demands, but also a sign of Maxim filling…
Fortress CTO: Steps to True Enterprise Data Management
Five years ago, New York-based Fortress Investment Group had a tightly coupled enterprise data architecture. Each vendor system had its own data model with no overall integration strategy, necessitating translation and therefore error. A lack of straight…
After Success in Fixed Income, TESI Eyes FX
The Trading Enablement Standardization Initiative (TESI), an industry working group comprising major sell-side banks, is targeting enablement of buy-side firms onto foreign exchange (FX) electronic dealing platforms through automated protocols.
DelphX Delves into Credit Trading via SunGard Connectivity
Calling the SunGard Global Network (SGN) "the gorilla of equity order routing," bond trading venue operator DelphX announced that it will utilize SGN's FIX connectivity as the plumbing for its new CentralX alternative trading system (ATS).
FIX Post-Trade Group to Tackle Fixed Income, Equity Options
The industry standards body known as FIX Protocol Limited (FPL) rebranded itself as the FIX Trading Community (FTC) in August, but its mission remains the same. So too the Global Post-Trade working group within the FTC, which underwent a change last week.
PTP Gains Traction as De Facto Latency Monitoring Protocol
As financial services firms look to improve their latency monitoring and measuring, PTP is gaining greater acceptance as Wall Street firms move away from NTP, the traditional protocol for clock synchronization.