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Japan's Trading Firms Work to Automate FX, Fixed-Income Platforms
At this year's Tokyo Trading Architecture Summit, panelists for two Japanese trading firms discussed how they're working to automate their systems.
Real-Time Risk: Keeping It Real
Pitches for real-time risk solutions focus more on the sell side than the buy side. Jake Thomases set out to determine how much hedge funds and asset managers care about calculating risk in the blink of an eye. Some do, but it’s largely dependent on…
Global OTC Market Reform: Where Next After the US? -- Webcast
WatersTechnology gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on December 5, 2013 to discuss how financial trading firms are dealing with global reform of the OTC derivatives market.
The Lost Generation of Corporate Bond Platforms
Corporate bonds today remain among the most manual instruments to trade. But it did not have to be this way. Starting as far back as the late 1990s, attempts have been made to automate institutional credit trading. In part one of this two-part feature,…
Poll: Intra-firm Collaboration Is Key
Collaboration within firms is increasing, according to a poll by Boston-based analyst firm Celent. At least, the need for collaboration is increasing. It may take a new set of tools to exercise those collaborative muscles to the fullest.
Banks, Broker-Dealers Falling Behind on T2S Preparation
A recent Celent report has found that while parts of the European financial services industry are getting ready for the implementation of the Target2-Securities (T2S) settlement platform, others are lacking preparedness and facing large costs.
Optimize: The How and Who
Collateral optimization is a reality for a few institutions, an attainable goal for a few others, and a pipe dream for the rest. In the second part of his feature on optimization, Jake Thomases checks in on who is optimizing and who isn’t, and on what an…
A Crowded Market: Brokers, Vendors Battle with FIX
As FIX connectivity costs have risen over the past five years, more brokers are looking to outsourced or hosted solutions to manage those costs. But vendors must prove much in order to win business in an increasingly commoditized space.
Optimize: The Whens and the Whys
Collateral optimization systems are coming into vogue as a means of handling some of the obligations of Dodd–Frank and EMIR. In part one of a two-part feature, Jake Thomases examines exactly what about the current market is prompting the adoption, and…
Cost Basis Challenges Find Firms Tackling Reporting Earlier
Even while the industry moves past phase II of the cost basis reporting mandate and look towards fixed income and options reporting in 2014, manual corrections and transfers processing remain top among firms' concerns.
Growing Pains: Bär–BAML Deal Highlights IT’s Role in Wealth Management Consolidation
Details of last week's agreement signal a steady rise in costs devoted to IT as acquisition activity in the space continues.
Celent Studies Risk Management in China
Asset managers in particular are dealing with highly varied risk management capabilities and technologies.
The Wait Is Over
With key decisions about LEI standards now made and clearer definitions of Fatca and other regulations completed, Asian markets, especially Japan, can begin to respond. Michael Shashoua examines how the compliance challenges are stacking up
Big Bark From Indian Regulator Carries Small Bite
India's SEBI recently released a set of guidelines for algo trading that appeared limiting, but most of the rules were already in place.
The Answer for Hedge Funds’ Cloud Security? For Eze Castle, It’s More Human Eyes
With advantages of costs and scalability, hedge funds are rapidly gravitating toward various cloud-based IT services; yet concerns about security remain, and are driving innovation and collaboration among vendors serving the industry—as was seen this…
Algo Trading and Fixed Income: Tilting at Windmills
Algorithmic trading is pervasive in equities and other liquid markets, but how far has it penetrated into fixed income? Some fear that the introduction of algorithmic trading strategies into bonds, fixed-income futures and other areas will engender…
