Risk Management, Performance & Reporting
Knight Consolidates Electronic Trading
JERSEY CITY, N.J.-Knight Capital Group has developed its own answer to the current global economic downturn-expand and invest.
ISE Ready to Go Global
Two years after it was bought by futures exchange operator Eurex, the International Securities Exchange (ISE) is expanding its platforms to a global footprint. DWT editor Rob Daly discusses the ISE's plans to roll out a new global trading platform with…
For Whom Excel Tolls
Risk
The New Gravity
Editor’s Letter
Why New Systems Fail
Open Platform
Time For a New Architecture
New compliance requirements mean the data and overall system architecture must provide a host of capabilities, says Sybase's Irfan Khan
Brand New World
While the future seems bleak for some of the more traditional financial centres, a growing number of data management vendors are looking for opportunities outside London and New York. These days it is all about Asia-Pacific. Tine Thoresen explores what…
Credit Suisse and Paladyne enter prime alliance
Credit Suisse and San Francisco-based Paladyne Systems, have launched an enhanced suite of Paladyne products available as part of Credit Suisse's Advanced Prime solution launched in 2006. Paladyne's multi-prime, front-to-back-office technology platform…
Month in Numbers
"I can't see for a generation that you're going to get back to the environment we had previously - the fact that we have had a default on this scale means we have crossed a bridge"Mark Stancombe, head of operations at £119 billion Investment manager…
European wealth management technology providers adjusting to crisis
Although less affected by tumultuous financial market conditions than other sectors of the buy-side industry, the European wealth management arena has had its share of adjustments in the face of challenging conditions, requiring vendors to hone their…
Institutional client reporting platforms set for wider uptake
Traditional asset managers and hedge funds will increase spending on client reporting platforms in coming years in order to address requirements from institutional investors and regulators for greater disclosure regarding investment strategies,…
Moving ahead while the SEC plays catch-up
The SEC clearly has its work cut out for it in terms of reforming the US financial system and cracking down on the myriad criminal acts now coming to light amid withering market conditions. By Stewart Eisenhart
Spotlight on Patricia Watters and Mason Snyder
Buy-side industry veterans Patricia Watters and Mason Snyder have launched Catalina Partners, a new risk advisory firm focusing on institutional investors and investment advisors. Watters and Snyder explain that through their new venture, they will cover…
Compliance 2009: Who's pulling the strings?
Compliance, like risk management, has traditionally been seen as a business process that curtails portfolio managers’ ability to generate returns. But this has changed to the point that now managers see compliance as a way of winning mandates. By Victor…
Weathering the Storm
The current financial crisis is squeezing firms' income and budgets, while data requirements are growing in complexity and scale. Inside Market Data speaks to Jon Robson, head of Thomson Reuters' Enterprise division, about how the vendor is helping…
Balancing Act
Cover Story
Rethinking Risk Management
Special Report
Q&A: The Risk Riders
Special Report
No Time To Spare
Risk
Vendor Risk
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