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Anthony Malakian: Stressed Out
Due to the financial meltdown and subsequent regulations, firms are challenged with finding a balance when going about stress testing. Anthony says that while the initial cost may be steep, the rewards can be great for everyone involved.
Michael Shashoua: The Crawl of Progress
Global regulatory authorities have inched just a little bit closer to defining what the LEI will be and how it will be administered. The Financial Stability Board’s plans for a three-tiered administrative structure inspires more questions about how to…
Max Bowie: Technology Is Getting Smaller, and So Is Sifma
When it comes to technology, from mobile devices to datacenter footprints, small is usually beautiful. But a smaller footprint isn’t always good: The annual Sifma technology exhibition was once again even smaller than in years past. Max asks whether…
Forum and Function: Ideas Spring from Online Forums
Behind the big, complex ideas that make financial technology work, there is one small, simple idea. Jake Thomases looks beneath the million-dollar buzzwords at the humble internet forum, which is helping to spread big ideas faster than ever before.
Layer Cake: The Rise of Platform-as-a-Service
Cloud is the catch-all term encompassing a number of different components. Of those, software-as-a-service is the most prominent, although platform-as-a-service now offers similar, predominantly hardware-focused benefits to the financial services…
Momentum Trading's Garrett Nenner Combines Tech Savvy with Human Logic
Garrett Nenner has spent the last two decades shuffling between the sell-side and buy-side worlds. Now at broker Momentum Trading, Nenner has learned to combine technological savvy with human logic. By Anthony Malakian with photos by Amy Fletcher
Cantor Fitzgerald CTO Todd Berlent Runs Technology Like an Ultra-Marathon
Whether developing corporate strategy or completing an ultra-marathon, Todd Berlent exhibits a relentlessness few might expect from a CTO. But, as he sets about implementing a broader vision for technology at Cantor Fitzgerald, fewer still should…
Speed Trap: The Challenge of Risk Management On Demand
Volatility in the markets, the advent of algorithmic trading strategies, and ever-increasing trading volumes at faster speeds have led to the need for risk aggregation that can be run on demand, writes Steve Dew-Jones.
July 2012: People Power
Technology may be the driver of the industry, but Victor says people and their relationships are at the heart of it.
Vendor Relationships: What Lies Beneath
Consensus among buy-side firms is that there can sometimes be a world of difference between expectations and reality when dealing with a vendor. Steve Dew-Jones canvasses opinion on the most important considerations before awarding a technology or…
When It Comes to Mobile, All Devices Welcome
Phones and tablets aren’t just for Angry Birds. Mobile devices have allowed financial professionals to operate on a 24/7 basis, and be less attached to the office. Jake Thomases explores whether they should be allowed to embed work functionality into…
TCA: Comparing Apples to Apples
As transaction-cost analysis continues to evolve, both the buy and sell sides are using it not only to determine performance levels, but in all areas of the trade lifecycle. Given these developments, what are the key considerations for an effective TCA…
Big Data Takes Center Stage Today!
Panelists from top banks and vendors discuss the greatest challenges around Big Data, and how it can be used to the benefit of the organization.
Regulation & Compliance special report
June 2012 - sponsored by: NICE Actimize, Omgeo, SIX Financial Information
Open Platform: Heading for the Cloud
The cloud has been around for sufficient time for its presence to have permeated every technology-reliant industry vertical. But as Hani Suleiman explains, the financial services industry is way behind the curve in terms of its adoption and must get its…
Open Platform: Cloud Is the New Normal
The rise in popularity of the cloud—especially across the buy side where asset managers are looking to do more with less, while simultaneously shrinking their technology spending—has been nothing short of astronomic. A recent TowerGroup forecast predicts…
60 Seconds with ... Michael Madigan, Chelsea Technologies
Michael Madigan, client services director, Chelsea Technologies
Big Data special report
June 2012 - sponsored by: Armanta, CQG, Deltix, OneTick, Thomson Reuters
AllianceBernstein Tames the Onboarding Beast
AllianceBernstein was struggling with its manually intensive onboarding process. It turned to Markit to answer the challenge. The result: Markit Document Exchange, which, as Anthony Malakian discovers, has proven to be something of a rarity in the…
Bribery Meets Its Match: Technology, Regulation Combat Corruption
No longer a “cost of doing business,” bribery and corruption on UK soil—or perpetrated through a UK-based firm anywhere in the world—have become serious offenses under sweeping legislation passed last year. Tim Bourgaize Murray finds, with authorities…
Short Circuit: Does Flash Crash II Still Loom?
Two years after the Flash Crash, an event of similar proportions has yet to occur, despite doomsday prophecies to the contrary. Have measures such as circuit-breakers helped to safeguard the stability of modern capital markets, and more importantly, have…
Michael Shashoua: Stability Board See-Saw
The ISO standards organization, at the behest of the Financial Stability Board, removed Swift as the registration authority for the legal entity identifier. Michael thinks the industry may be left wondering what the board intends to do in setting a…
Anthony Malakian: Hope in One Hand ...
Even as the first wave of requirements for Form PF rules approach, Anthony wonders if it makes any sense for buy-side firms to throw money at solving regulatory demands in an election year when so many rules have already been delayed or scrapped.