We were hired recently by a software company to help expand their presence in North America by organizing an industry breakfast and securing 30-40 fund of fund operations professionals from the top 1% of firms in North America. Additionally, we were responsible for selecting the venue, advising on the agenda and flow of the day,
Conference and Event Planning
Meet Some of the Staff of FTF
For the past four and half years, the women of FTF have worked hard to provide thought leadership on Wall Street through our conferences, breakfast briefings, webinars, proprietary events and training seminars. Additionally, since you’ve been reading our blog posts for the past four months, we thought we were long overdue for a formal introduction
Cloud
Small Firms are Riding the Cloud to Better Social Media
For the time being small firms are making the most of the new social media outlets. Due to compliance policies, or the lack thereof, larger firms are unable to spread their firm’s name and/or their specific expertise through any blog posts or a ‘tweet’ here and there. So the small firms (around 25 people and
Financial Technology
Who’s Going to Consolidate All the Consolidated Tapes?
Guest Contributor: Steve Grob, Director of Group Strategy, Fidessa Couldn’t resist a smile this week when I read that NYSE Technologies will be producing a consolidated tape in 2011. This comes hot on the heels of a similar announcement from Thomson Reuters, stating that it too intends to provide a real-time feed of consolidated prices.
Regulation
What Drives the Economy?
In today’s relatively volatile market climate, what is really driving our economy forward? There is obviously more than one factor, but I found a surprising one when reading an article by Paul Wiseman this week for the Associate Press. According to Wiseman, unemployment benefits are actually a huge driving force behind the economy, which makes
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF)
Happy Thanksgiving from FTF
Financial Technologies Forum would like to wish you and your families a very Happy Thanksgiving. We are thankful to all of our guest bloggers and readers who have helped make our blog, TheBullRun, a success. We’ll see you back here Monday for our regular scheduled programming. Go forth to eat and help stimulate the economy!
Back-Office
For Whom Should We Give Thanks?
Guest Contributor: Holly Miller, Partner & Founder, Stone House Consulting In a few days’ time, Americans around the globe will gather together with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving. It is traditionally an occasion to reflect on the factors that contributed to our success, to speak of the people who helped us and to share
Compliance
Insider Trading – A New Trend?
“Illegal insider trading is rampant and may even be on the rise,” said U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in his recent interview with the New York Times. Throughout this past week the news has been scattered with reports claiming that a large insider trading investigation is reaching a close and that Wall Street should expect arrests
Buy-Side
Survey Results: What firms are doing (or not doing) about OTC Derivatives Valuations
During an FTF webinar last month sponsored by Open Link Financial (OpenLink), presenters Ken Knowles of OpenLink, Eric Gulbrandsen of Maven Wave Partners and Stephen Bruel of TowerGroup, conducted a series of polling questions to find out more about what’s on the minds of senior operations professionals of investment firms. Perspectives on OTC Derivatives Valuations
Financial Crime
Too Big To Fail is Back…
Earlier this week as I walked down Wall Street on my way to one of our securities industry training courses, I spotted a movie being filmed. While this is a normal occurrence in New York City, I’m always curious as to what’s being filmed, so I decided to take a quick detour to get a
