Trading Tech
Inside the Middle East
Special Report
Nordic Conquest
Exchanges
Clear Skies
Cover story
PhaseCapital’s CEP Strategy
Trading Technology
Getting the Best of Execution
Trading Technology
While Rome Burns
Editor’s Letter
Focus on FAS
Recent changes to US accounting and valuation practises are expected to bring more clarity to the role of fair-value pricing. Tine Thoresen reports on the new guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board
When "Who's Who" Is Not Enough
Tackling counterparty data hurdles in a cost-effective manner is not always straightforward, but both regulatory pressure and business demands will keep the topic on the agenda, says Asset Control's Martijn Groot
XBRL: The Corporate Actions Solution?
The much-discussed data tagging standard, extensible business reporting language (XBRL), is increasingly referred to as an upcoming turning point for the corporate actions industry, helping to standardize announcements at the source level. Carla Mangado…
Time for Actions
IRD Speaks to Manmohan Singh, solutions head TCS BaNCS CA & SLB, TCS Financial Solutions, Tata Consultancy Services, about the timeliness of corporate actions
Editor's Letter - In praise of the 't' word
Transparency is now the buy side's hottest buzzword. Actually, that's been the case for quite some time now. Naturally, every buy-side constituent has its own take on exactly what it means to them and their business, but one thing's for certain: as an…
Paladyne wins $30 billion administrator client
Admiral Administration, a hedge fund administrator with $30 billion under administration, has begun implementing Paladyne Systems' hosted product suite for use as its middle-office service platform. Admiral will also offer a range of Paladyne products to…
Survey: use of dark pools to increase in 2009
A new 29-page survey conducted by buy-side crossing network provider Liquidnet has found that the majority of investment managers who participated in the study plan to increase their participation in dark pool trading arrangements this year.
Floating on a system for fixed income
The world may have fallen out of love with collateralised debt, but even in difficult trading conditions portfolio managers still need to look at complex fixed-income instruments to deliver alpha to their clients. Fidessa LatentZero's David Blocker…
Dark diligence
“Who do you trust?” As that question gains pertinence among buy-side managers, aspects of their relationships with broker-dealers have come under scrutiny. In the midst of sell-side upheavals and ongoing volatility, buy-side traders might presume to find…
Tackling Transparency
It goes without saying that derivatives pricing has been one of the most acute and ever-present challenges facing buy-side firms of all sizes since the start of the new Millennium, and if the slew of recent derivatives research is anything to go by, buy…
AllianceBernstein completes global rollout of Portware's EMS
AllianceBernstein, the $429 billion global investment manager, has completed its phased roll-out of Portware's Portware Enterprise execution management system at its operations in New York, London and Hong Kong.
Spotlight on Robert Hegarty
After a ten-year career at TowerGroup heading the consultancy's securities and investments practice, Robert Hegarty has moved to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). As managing director of market structure at the DTCC, Hegarty will lead…