Risk Management, Performance & Reporting
Who Said What And When
BST's 'Big Interview' featured a number of buy-side practitioners with a variety of views during 2007...
Latency, CEP Drive Change as Firms Favor Incumbents
The demands of low latency and the complexities of event processing technologies for data and pricing were the main drivers for new deals and deployments during 2007, as-for the most part-end-user firms expanded agreements with trusted providers rather…
Panels: Firms Must Cut Internal Latency
The growth of data volumes from new trading and reporting venues, and the need for ever-lower latencies for algorithmic trading, are forcing firms to re-evaluate their existing data infrastructures and consider dual tiers of technology, to eliminate…
The New Liquidity Risk
WATERS BRIEFING
RiskData rolls out latest version of HEDGiX
RiskData, the Paris-based provider of risk management software for hedge funds, has released the latest version of HEDGiX, its flagship product.
The year of hedging dangerously
As the calendar winds down, I don't know whether it's more reassuring to look ahead or to look back. This was a rough year. While not entirely an annus horribilis , it was one that traders, IT staffers and industry observers will remember for the lessons…
Quantifying value in a qualitative world Assessing the true value that asset management firms derive from their IT investments is usually a subjective - and hence contentious - exercise. But that doesn't mean it cannot be done, and done accurately and ob
Despite the proliferation of electronic and self-directed trading tools across the investment management universe, a new industry report shows that issues such as increasing market volatility, changing commission arrangements, and fragmented liquidity…
The end of an illusion
It's getting ugly out there. That's hardly surprising news, but still arguably shocking. The Great Credit Crunch of 2007 has now officially expanded beyond the first wave of casualties - hedge funds over-exposed to shadily structured mortgage-backed…
Another Leap Forward
Asia Report & Emerging Markets
'Barracuda' Sharpens HSBC's Bite
SPECIAL REPORT CASE STUDY
Taking the random route
Traditional ways of measuring investment skill range from the straightforward (looking at the portfolio’s performance relative to the rest of the market over the last one, five and 10 years) to the quant-driven, through to the full machinery of…
Spotlight on Andrew Baker
The October issue of Buy-Side Technology included the news that Andrew Baker, former COO at Schroder Investment Management, had joined the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) as deputy chief-executive. He recently explained to Stewart…