Risk Management, Performance & Reporting
MiFID Huddle
REFERENCE DATA
The Handover
OUTSOURCING
Month in Numbers
'Alternative asset and hedge fund strategies do not have off-the-shelf software packages that you can necessarily buy, which fully wrap around your investment process – it is a different type of business after all'
The cost of oblivion
What happened to the dream of starting a hedge fund with a few million dollars, a phone and a PC?
Running Down Risk
COVER STORY
Addressing multi-strategy hurdles
City Practitioners’ Robert Norris details the technology and operational hurdles buy-side firms need to address when embarking on a multi-strategy investment operation.
Wanted: Data "Eco-Warriors"
Industry automation has helped reduce data pollution. Will treating the data cycle as an "ecosystem" help firms further clean up their acts? By Fritz McCormick, GoldenSource
Oasis of Liquidity?
COVER STORY
Will the real market leader please stand up?
Special Report: A recent Celent report on the global wealth management industry shows that although there is intense competition among the vendors, a market leader is still yet to emerge
You don't want to get this one wrong
Selecting your risk management platform is not a decision you want to get wrong, says Risk Control's John Lewis
FSA: City Ready for Flu Pandemic
FRONT PAGE: CONTINUITY AND RECOVERY
I-Deal Execs Take Lead in Hemscott, Marketpipe Merger
ORGANIZATION & STRATEGY
The Hunt for Power
WATERS BRIEFING
OTC derivatives: innovation at a price
This year is likely to see the increased use of credit derivatives by buy-side institutions as traditional asset managers and hedge funds alike broaden their search for alpha. But as Jos Stoop points out, the back-office processing of these instruments…
Eisenhart: One more crystal ball
Welcome to the first edition of Buy Side Technology 's House Call column. In the coming months we will use this space to analyse issues impacting managers, their counterparties and their service providers based on what we see and hear.