Buy-Side Technology - 2009-12-01
Articles in this issue
ITG: closer alignment needed between trading strategy, cost analysis and investment decisions
A new white paper published by Investment Technology Group (ITG) finds that buy-side firms can expand capacity for assets by more carefully considering implementation costs resulting from their portfolio managers' investment decisions.
Month in Numbers
"It's safe to say that the single-prime model is completely dead. It's pretty clear that all hedge funds are going after multi-prime environments'"Sameer Shalaby, chief executive at hedge fund technology provider Paladyne Systems, explaining that more…
Fidessa LatentZero unveils SaaS version of buy-side front-office products
Fidessa LatentZero has rolled out LatentZero as a Service, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) front-office product developed for buy-side users seeking to minimise cost-of-ownership issues when it comes to technology infrastructures.
The 2009 Buy-Side Technology Awards
This year’s awards featured 120 entries across 18 categories from 52 different technology providers. The most popular category was that of best newcomer with 13 entries, while this year’s edition featured eight new winners.
Spotlight on Carrick Pierce
After a number of years working on technology projects for both sell- and buy-side employers, Carrick Pierce has moved to a third-party vendor, options pricing and risk visualisation technology developer, Derivix. Previously, Pierce served as chief…
The DTCC launches syndicated loan service
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has launched its Loan/SERV contract reconciliation service, which expands the reconcilement capabilities for the global syndicated loan market.
Dark executions in Europe remain modest
European markets, still coming to terms with the impacts of Mifid, have yet to make substantial use of dark pools as liquidity continues to fragment. Dark-pool executions in the UK and on the Continent are nonetheless expected to increase slowly but…
Sophis tweaks RISQUE offering with 6.0 launch
Sophis has launched version 6.0 of RISQUE, its trading and risk management product designed for use by investment banks. In addition to technology enhancements, RISQUE 6.0 has extended its asset-class coverage and now allows users to compute scenarios,…
Editor's Letter - Making a molehill out of a mountain
Technology, especially when it comes to the financial services industry, can be pretty dreary stuff. Unless of course you're a propeller-head who grew up learning how to write code instead of playing computer games and falling out of trees. But that isn…
