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SunTrust Banks buy-side units switch to hosted Linedata Services systems
SunTrust Banks, a financial holding company operating in the southeastern US, has gone live on hosted versions of Linedata Services' LongView Trading Order Management System and Linedata Compliance platforms for three institutional and wealth management…
MarketAxess integrates Markit's CDS quotes to e-trading platform
MarketAxess and Markit have agreed an alliance to integrate Markit Quotes into the MarketAxess client-to-multi-dealer trading platform. Markit Quotes is a real-time quote parsing service that extracts indicative over-the-counter prices from electronic…
Tech trends will see CIO strategy switch
Progress Software has published its predictions for technological change during 2009, warning that CIOs must take centre stage for changes to be effective. The research has identified five trends:
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'The decision to get an automated reconciliation engine was a no-brainer - doing cash and scrip reconciliations is not a value-add. It's hugely important from a risk perspective, but should we be using intelligent staff to do something so menial?'
Protiviti report: buy side still fancies derivatives
According to a new report from Protiviti, a UK-based risk consultancy, the use of derivatives by fund managers will rise over the next 12 to 18 months despite market turbulence and record levels of redemptions from hedge funds. Protiviti has found that: