Business Continuity & Outsourcing
Head in the Clouds: Impax COO Darren Johnson
After cutting his teeth at a variety of high-stress jobs in the City of London, Darren Johnson finally struck a balance between hard work and tranquility. Now as COO of Impax Asset Management, he sees the future in the cloud. By Steve Dew-Jones with…
Capco Opens Delivery Center in Florida
Capco announced that it has opened a delivery center in Orlando, Florida.
2012: A Year of Opinions
Highlights from Waters' opinion pieces over the past year.
Fidessa Promotes Smart Approach to Tech Investment in White Paper
Trading technology vendor Fidessa has published a white paper that urges large-scale financial institutions to adopt a nuanced approach to in-house development of technology.
Norwegian Brokerage Taps Neonet for Execution
Norwegian brokerage firm Christiania Securities AS is to outsource its execution services to Neonet.
Max Bowie: Do Crisis Closures Make Redundancy Redundant?
The datacenters supporting the US financial markets successfully weathered the worst of Hurricane Sandy. So, Max asks, shouldn’t the exchanges and trading firms they support have been able to do the same?
Neonet Signs Prize Capital Markets
Oslo-based broker Prize Financial has selected Neonet for its managed execution services.
Tightening the Belt
It's not just people and processes, but everything else that costs money. Just ask the banks.
Lessons Learned From the Mother of All Storms
Despite being devastating, Hurricane Sandy provided a valuable opportunity for firms to test their BCP contingencies. Did your firm pass or fail?
Deutsche Bank Offers Outsourced Trade Cycle with dbIntegrate
Deutsche Bank has announced the launch of its dbIntegrate service, which utilizes the bank's venue connectivity and post-trade experience for a front-to-back office equities trading solution.
Hurricane? What Hurricane?
As Sandy sweeps across the East Coast, going electronic seems to make more sense than ever.
Internal Infrastructure Outdated as Outsourcing Trend Grows
The construction of internal infrastructures within buy-side firms is a thing of the past, according to Bob Miller, CTO of New York-headquartered hosted service provider VistaOne Solutions.
The Mercenary Technologist
As budgetary constraints clamp down on buy-side organizations, Anthony says that the vendor-hedge fund relationship may start changing.
KVH Prepares Private Cloud Launch
Japanese telecommunications firm KVH will launch a private cloud service next week from its KVH TDC3 data center in Tokyo.
BNY Mellon Wins Allianz Outsourcing Deal
Allianz Global Investors (AGI) has awarded a contract to provide outsourced data and accounting services for a range of its funds to BNY Mellon.
HSBC's Stephenson: Europe, Asia Take Different Approaches to Outsourcing
Cost is crucial for European asset managers, whereas Asia-Pacific fund managers must focus on technological investment, according to HSBC's global head of fund services Ian Stephenson, a panelist at yesterday's Linedata Exchange in London.
Direct Edge Moves DR Facility to Chicago
In the interests of better business continuity, Direct Edge has moved its backups to the Equinix Chicago 4 datacenter.
Let’s Talk About Solar Flares & the Destruction of Wall Street
Have you heard that a solar storm next year might just wipe out all communications systems and hobble Wall Street? But, hey, no need to panic or anything.
Generation Investment Management Re-ups with Northern Trust
Covering custody, investment operations, and other services, the outsourcing reappointment comes after an initial agreement in 2005.
Verdande Launches Case-Based Reasoning for Financial Firms
The application, which uses static data sets to correlate real-time events with past actions, leverages the firm's previous work in the oil and natural gas industries.
Capita Adopts Calastone's Daily Reconciliation Service
Positions can now be reconciled daily instead of monthly.