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20/20 by 2020
Since the market meltdown of late 2007 and the ensuing global recession of 2008 and 2009, risk management as a critical business function has been thrust into the limelight, especially across the sell side. Steve White, RiskCare’s CEO, assesses…
Getting your data (ware)house in order
Up-to-date, accurate and verified benchmark data is becoming more and more important to asset managers. With tightened budgets and cost efficiencies to consider, outsourcing data provision and management can work to asset managers’ advantage. By Stephen…
Bolster Risk Management Practises and Technology Now
As the dust settles on a financial services industry still reeling in the wake of the 2008 and 2009 financial crisis, firms have an opportunity to bolster their risk management practices and underlying technology. But, according to SunGard’s Marcus Cree,…
Waters Rankings 2010
Now in its eighth year, the Waters Rankings recognize the best products and services in the financial services industry across 23 categories. Our readers voted for the offerings they rely on to keep their firms out in front. From the best brokerage to…
CME Group: New Trading Floor, New Datacenter, New Targets
It wasn’t so long ago that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was lagging behind its European competitors. But under the leadership of CEO Craig Donohue and CIO Kevin Kometer, the futures exchange has massively extended its footprint and has welcomed a new…
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Chris Davis, founder, TwoFour, talks to Waters
TIAA-CREF: Ahead of the Enterprise Curve
One doesn’t become one of the largest, most reputable institutional investment managers on the planet without keeping a firm handle on risk. TIAA-CREF’s plans to develop an enterprise-wide risk management infrastructure were well underway by the time the…
Prime Brokers in Demand
After the inherent dangers in the captive, prime-broker model were brought to bear with the collapse of Lehman, hedge funds have scrambled to diversify counterparty risk by embracing the multi-prime model. Prime brokers have tracked this trend to the…