Guest Contributor: Neil Vernon, Development Director at Gresham ComputingI’m writing this from Singapore, identified last year by Insead as the 3rd most innovative country in the world and in March 2013 named “Top Innovation City” in a Wall Street journal report. Financial Institutions and Corporates operating in this region need modern technology solutions that can
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“What Is” Direct Market Access (DMA)?
In global securities trading, the term direct market access (DMA) refers to the complex of networking, routing and software facilities that allow buy- side firms to cost-effectively execute transactions via regional and global trading venues. DMA services enable buy-side firms to send orders to exchanges and other trading venues via the memberships and trading infrastructure
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Tips for Using LinkedIn: Your Electronic Rolodex
Guest Contributor: Cynthia Stephens, Vice President of Marketing, ByAllAccounts In a recent FTF News blog Eugene Gyro wrote about the use of social media sites in the wake of SEC clearing the way for public companies to use social network sites for announcements. You probably think about social networks as a mechanism to deliver information
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“What Is” ISDA?
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, a.k.a. ISDA, was established in 1985 by those in the privately negotiated, over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trading markets. ISDA wants to achieve three mains goals: reduce counterparty credit risk, increase market transparency and improve the industry’s operational infrastructure. ISDA’s work covers derivatives based upon interest rates, credit, equity, FX, energy,
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The Rising Voice of Transparency and Control in Fund Operations
By John Herlihy and Geoff Hodge, Milestone Group Boards, auditors, management and shareholders have been making their voices heard: among the alphabet soup of new fund management regulations, transparency and control are the common themes. We are now indisputably at the point where they are a required core competency among fund managers and operators. On
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“What Is” Operational Risk?
Operational risk is classified as a form of loss caused by a company’s internal processes, which can be failures in a financial services company’s systems and people. In addition, operational risk can include legal actions or environmental events that serve as potential threats to a firm’s survival. Unlike market risk, operational risk is caused by
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The Dark Art of Magic Quadrants and Pitching Analysts
Guest Contributor: Sally Yates, Head of Influence, Metia Tap in Magic Quadrant into Google and up pops a raft of press releases happily announcing the ‘winners’ in the latest two by two grid wars. Like them or loathe them, MQs have become a bit of a holy grail. Rarely do you come across a fintech
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“What Is” an Exchange?
A key component of financial services is the buying and selling of investment instruments—chief among them is the trading of equity also known as stocks. The meeting place for buyers and sellers is an exchange, defined as a marketplace for trading a wide variety of financial instruments. The function of an exchange is to allow
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Wealth Managers Look to New Service Models for 2013 and Beyond
Guest Contributor: Cheryl Nash, President, Investment Services, Fiserv 2012 was a turnaround year for the wealth management industry. Coming out of the prior crisis, last year was a period of regaining control for advisory firms — revisiting practices, revamping processes, implementing new technology and restoring investors’ faith— to regain growth and better serve clients. Firms
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“What Is” Performance Measurement?
Performance measurement is the process by which investors and others collect and examine information about financial services firms and their capabilities to make a profit. In general, the performance measurement department of a financial services firm such as a hedge fund or an asset manager is responsible for aggregating investment data and producing reports about
