Top Stories of 2014: The Buy Side Beefs Up

Variety and volatility framed this year's tech developments

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Looking at the biggest stories from 2014, with an eye toward 2015

Sometimes, it can all come apart very quickly ─ just ask my beloved but oft-disappointing Philadelphia Eagles.

A few weeks ago, they had a 91.5-percent chance of making the NFL playoffs, according to advanced statistical projections. After three consecutive losses, that percentage wasn't just been halved, or even "remote"...it's zero.

Macro and event-driven fund managers can probably relate after a bumpy ride snuck up on them in October. Then, a week of increasing equities volatility combined

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Systematic tools gain favor in fixed income

Automation is enabling systematic strategies in fixed income that were previously reserved for equities trading. The tech gap between the two may be closing, but differences remain.

Why recent failures are a catalyst for DLT’s success

Deutsche Bank’s Mathew Kathayanat and Jie Yi Lee argue that DLT's high-profile failures don't mean the technology is dead. Now that the hype has died down, the path is cleared for more measured decisions about DLT’s applications.

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