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CIBC's Maden: Vendors Must Find Holistic Approach
Vendors must come up with ways to ease the pressure on financial services firms, allowing them to focus on their core responsibilities, rather than worrying about their technology, according to Francis Maden, executive director at Toronto-based…
HSBC's Childe: Back-Testing Key to Mitigate Algo Failures
Panelists at the European Trading Architecture Summit (ETAS) yesterday discussed how to mitigate algorithmic trading errors that can cause catastrophic losses, saying that thorough back-testing is crucial to performance stability.
Chi-X Australia CEO to Step Down in 2013
Chi-X Australia has announced that CEO Peter Fowler will step down from his position early next year.
First Boston Exec: "Don't Assume Private Clouds Are Secure"
Private clouds are not free from security issues, because they are often "intertwined" with public clouds, a First Boston Global Capital Markets executive has told delegates at the European Trading Architecture Summit
UBS Exec: "Don't Centralize Processing Of Big Data"
It is easier to process big data where it resides than to centralize it first, a lead architect at UBS Investment Bank has told delegates at the European Trading Architecture Summit
BAML's Walker: It's Not All About Speed
The message at the European Trading Architecture Summit (ETAS) in London this morning was clear: When it comes to developing cutting edge capital markets trading infrastructure, it's not all about speed.
FSA: Next Year "Ambitious" for Real-Time Regulatory Reporting
During a panel at the European Trading Architecture Summit (ETAS) in London, delegates from the UK Financial Services Authority said it was unlikely that real-time reporting would be mandated next year.
UBS' Dalglish Urges "Back to Basics" Tech Stance
UBS Group Data CTO Tom Daglish has advocated a more effective management of IT ecosystems in his conference address.
Appliance Acceptance, Growth Drives Solace Sales Staffing Spree
Vendor boosts sales and engineering groups worldwide with new hires, reflecting takeup of its messaging appliance technologies
Lombard Risk Releases Compliance Tool
David Wilford has been tapped to head the dedicated product team, as well as future compliance endeavors.
CounterpartyLink Brings On Two From Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters sales and account executives Helga Saraiva and Catherine Michel-Lefebvre have joined legal entity data vendor CounterpartyLink as business development managers
Advise Makes Reporting Tools Available On Abacus Cloud
Software vendor Advise Technologies has made its Consensus RMS suite of regulatory reporting tools available on the AbacusFLEX private cloud to satisfy the needs of the increasing number of hedge funds it says are choosing to migrate their applications…
Jyske Bank Chooses Caplin, Progress Software for FX Aggregation
Jyske Bank, a Danish bank headquartered in Silkeborg, has chosen Caplin Systems to work alongside Progress Software for a fully integrated, end-to-end foreign exchange (FX) and e-commerce solution.
Schroders Taps Vermilion for Client Reporting
Schroders, a global asset management firm with more than £200 billion ($325 billion) under management, is set to implement Vermilion Software's multilingual client reporting platform, Vermilion Reporting Suite (VRS).
SumRidge Completes Municipal Securities Database
Working with Interactive Data, fixed-income firm SumRidge Partners has gained a more complete source of municipal securities reference data
Metisq Upgrades to Charles River IMS v9
Metisq Capital, an Australian boutique equity manager, has upgraded to Version 9 of the Charles River Investment Management Solution (IMS) to expand its international equity fund management for Asia and Greater China.
CIMB Securities Consolidates Asia-Pacific Operations With Fidessa
CIMB Securities, a Kuala Lumpur-based provider of execution and order management services, has expanded its use of Fidessa's software-as-a-service (SaaS) trading platform to consolidate its sell-side operations in Asia.
SLPE Selects SunGard for Fund Administration Support
SL Private Equity Fund Administration Services (SLPE), a London-based third-party administrator, has chosen SunGard's Investran to support its administration and reporting services.
CFG Gestion Taps Misys for Expanded Trading Capabilities
The asset manager, based in Casablanca, will use the Sophis Value cross-asset solution across the trading lifecycle, improving compliance, pricing, accounting, order management and NAV calculation.
Advise Reporting Tools Made Available on Abacus Private Cloud
Consensus RMS is used to file regulatory forms requiring high granularity, like Form PF.
