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May 2013: Talk Can Prove Costly

Most vendors that service capital markets firms have top-notch offerings—anything less, and they wouldn't survive. So how do firms choose? Victor argues that civility can go a long way toward securing a deal.

Pine River's Rapid Current: CTO David Kelly

Expanding on famously effective relative-value strategies in fixed income and mortgage arbitrage, and operating with a fully global footprint, Minnesota’s Pine River Capital had an eye for a technologist who knows buy-side products, prime brokerage, and…

Paladyne Makes a Play for Control of Numerix Risk Tool

Paladyne Systems has secured the rights to the source code, development rights, and unlimited distribution rights for the Portfolio Risk product from analytics provider Numerix. Paladyne has also hired the Toronto- and Hong Kong-based development teams…

Bonaire's Revport Makes Sell-Side Splash

Boston-based fee tracking and reconciliation software provider Bonaire, which historically targets buy-side managers, has beefed up its recent foray into vendor agreement optimization for capital markets.

Michael Shashoua: Pricing’s Progress

A growing drumbeat for greater transparency and credibility in the sourcing of pricing and valuations data is stirring data professionals to improve functions serving these needs. Michael explains how the industry is calling the tune.

ITG Takes XIP OMS to the Cloud

Execution and research broker ITG has announced that its ITG Order Management System (OMS), formerly known as Macgregor XIP, has been relaunched with a hosted solution offering.

James Rundle: The Heat of the Moment

There’s often a pressure to be seen to be nimble and adaptive to the latest technologies, whether it’s cloud, mobility, Big Data or anything else. However, according to James, as budgets get leaner, it’s important for firms to assess whether technologies…

Anthony Malakian: HFT: Enemy of the State

With high-frequency trading existing in a state of uncertainty, the FBI is looking to join the SEC in examining the role algorithmic trading plays in the capital markets. Anthony says this is a good thing.

Latency Hardware: Threading the Needle

From proprietary field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to flexible kill switches, North American Trading Architecture Summit panelists say good strategy always fits the right hardware to purpose.

IndusInd Bank Selects Calypso

The Indian private bank, based in Mumbai, says it will use Calypso's cross-asset solution to ramp up treasury activities, offer new derivatives, and monitor risk limits as it expands its client base.

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