Well, folks, it appears summer is officially over. With that comes the start of a new training season. We here at FTF will miss the warm summer days but are looking forward to once again bringing knowledge and insight to Wall Street and beyond. So whether you want to travel to New York City, Boston,
Guest Blog
Meeting the Middle Office ‘Data Crunch’
Guest Contributor: Graeme Condie, Data Management & Analytics Solutions Management, DST Global Solutions Asset Managers face numerous business challenges in today’s environment of increased competitiveness, desire for greater transparency and need for regulatory vigilance. One of the areas of the business most impacted by all of this is the Middle Office – indeed,
Compliance
Mobile Technology – Helpful or Hurtful?
Mobile technology is currently a hot topic for the financial services industry. Many industry publications, including our own FTF News, have written special reports (I will link Eugene’s article here) exploring the growing mobile technology space and the new prospects it has created. Companies have been using this new resource to open up the communication
Guest Blog
Too close to call?
Guest Contributor: Steve Grob, Director of Group Strategy, Fidessa This week is supposed to be crunch time in Canada as investors in the TMX Group vote either to throw their lot in with the London Stock Exchange or retrench within their national borders and develop as the Maple Group. An article in the Financial Times today questioned whether either deal
Financial Technology
The Perfect Outsourcing Climate – Can Vendors Deliver?
The financial services industry is entering a period of rapid change. Where the industry stood five years ago is extremely different than where it stands today. With any type of change ultimately come challenges, and the financial services industry is certainly not lacking in that area. According to a recent Tower Group whitepaper commissioned by
Compliance
FTF Heads to Boston – Securities Ops Seminar Wrap-Up
In case you weren’t following our live updates on twitter last week (#FTFSecOps), I thought I would bring you up to speed on the issues discussed at our Securities Operations Seminar in Boston last week. The day got kicked off with a timely discussion on the impact of Dodd-Frank and other regulatory initiatives for securities
Financial Technology
Operational Trading Technology Trends in 2011
Guest Contributor: Martin Hakker, EVP of Marketing, Fidessa and Managing Director, Fidessa Canada Corporation Technology investment is on the rise this year as firms look to capitalize on the new look trading environment. Despite many companies postponing infrastructure projects during the downturn, sophisticated tools with adequate flexibility are required to manage the raft of new
Regulation
What Should a Financial Services Firm’s Top Concern Really Be?
Surveys, studies and whitepapers are released on a frequent basis concerning the top priority of financial services firms in the current market climate. However, these results rarely reflect the same priority as being the “top priority.” This leads me to the question: What should a financial services firm’s main concern really be? Regulation, technology, staffing,
Clearing and Settlement
The Mysterious Role of the Clearinghouse
The idea of the clearinghouse is fairly simple. A clearinghouse acts as a middle man who will insure a financial transaction between two market parties. This definition may be simple enough, but in reality a clearinghouse is far more complex and, if it were to fail, the results could be disastrous for the economy. For
Back-Office
FTF News Announces the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2011
FTF News is pleased to announce that nominations are open for the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2011. Nominations can be made by any registered subscriber to FTF News (subscription is free). Nominations close on March 24, 2011 and will then be considered by the editorial panel before a final short-list is presented for voting.
