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Wall Street & Technology February 25, 2005	Regulators in the Driver's Seat Regulation is here to stay and remains the No. 1 driver for IT organizations within securities and investments businesses for 2005, says recently released research by TowerGroup.
Wall Street & Technology June 21, 2004	The Trust Factor We're at a point where we trust the technology and we trust the operations, but we don't trust the human beings and the corporations in the securities industry.
Wall Street & Technology June 4, 2004	The Analysts' View What's next? Algorithmic trading or old, faithful STP? Industry analysts make their predictions.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2004	Cutting the Pace of Cost-Cutting New numbers from the Securities Industry Association suggest that cost-reduction efforts are easing.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 Kristen French	Help Wanted Securities Industry employment topped the 800,000 mark in November for the first time since February 2002.
Wall Street & Technology April 27, 2004	BCP Spending to Plateau Although spending on business-continuity planning (BCP) in the securities industry rose considerably from 2001 to 2003, reaching $2.5 billion, a 57% increase, spending is expected to rise only marginally in 2005 and then decline in 2006, according to a recent TowerGroup report.
Investment Advisor January 2009 Kara P. Stapleton	New Year, Same Issues? It's no secret that the securities and investments industry in 2009 will be shaped by the ramifications of 2008's events.
Wall Street & Technology July 1, 2005 Maria Santos	Fast Facts According to the Securities Industry Association's 2004 Investor Survey, nine out of 10 investors are "very" or "somewhat" satisfied with the service provided by their investment professional.
Wall Street & Technology April 14, 2006	Reconciliation to Grow Steadily An increased repertoire of functionalities is bringing reconciliation systems out of the shadows of the back office and into the spotlight.
Wall Street & Technology June 4, 2004 Robert M. Hegarty	The Next Wave: Innovation It's been a long time comin', but the Securities industry has reengaged, with some very innovative technologies, products and even services as its launching pad.
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2007	IM Invasion A new TowerGroup research note explores the pervasiveness of instant messaging in securities firms and discusses the reasons behind its popularity.
Registered Rep. July 30, 2003 Will Leitch	Securities Industry Registers Slight Employment Uptick Securities firms have begun adding employees again, according to statistics from the Securities Industry Association and the Labor Dept.
Wall Street & Technology February 12, 2007 Cory Levine	Exchanges Lag in IT Spending Despite the global reinvention of securities exchanges as for-profit companies, IT spending by exchanges will continue to lag behind that of brokers and asset managers, according to research.
Wall Street & Technology March 14, 2008	Credit Crisis Places IT Budgets in Question (Again) The subprime mortgage mess and credit crunch are impacting financial firms' IT budgets in different ways. But if the multi-billion dollar write-downs continue, one thing is for sure: technology budgets will be in flux for the remainder of the year.
Wall Street & Technology January 20, 2008 Cory Levine	Fixed-Income Products Fail to Go Fully Electronic New research reveals that not all types of fixed income securities are experiencing rapid electronification.
Wall Street & Technology September 23, 2005	Growth Spurt TowerGroup estimates that by 2009, annual spending on portfolio accounting will reach nearly $1 billion.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel	The Risky Business of Securities Lending Is your mutual fund betting with your money?
Bank Systems & Technology January 8, 2009 Katherine Burger	2009 Bank Tech Outlook Perspectives: Reevaluating the Future Industry analysts and research firms in the business of making forecasts about financial technology trends have faced some unusual challenges in this year of industry transformation.
Wall Street & Technology August 22, 2006	Corporate Actions Trip Up STP According to TowerGroup Research An integral part of today's capital markets, corporate actions processing remains the largest stumbling block to the financial services industry's attempt at realizing straight-through processing, according to new research.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Kristen French	Cold Call: Jeff Gerson What is the view from your office window today?... How did you get your first job in the securities industry?... etc.
Wall Street & Technology June 22, 2004 Jim Middlemiss	CIO Challenge: Maintenance Costs On average, IT maintenance eats up more than $6 out of every $10 in the IT budget.
Bank Systems & Technology September 27, 2004	Exec News PNC's New Risk Officer... James Monroe Taps Fouse... TowerGroup Hires Sales VP... etc.
Insurance & Technology November 26, 2003 Bisker & Saccocia	2004 Insurance IT Spending To Increase...Slightly TowerGroup forecasts point to emphasis on closing the gap between IT spending and strategic business operations.
Registered Rep. August 7, 2007 Kristen French	Senior Fraud Crackdown Continues The second annual "Seniors Summit" is meant to examine ways in which regulators and other groups can help prevent the overwhelming amount of senior fraud being committed in the securities industry.
Wall Street & Technology September 21, 2004 Paul Allen	Basel II: Coming to America Now that the Basel II Accord will apply to the U.S. securities industry, some firms are playing catch-up.
Wall Street & Technology August 22, 2005 Maria Wakem	Lind Leaves TowerGroup For GoldenSource TowerGroup director and senior analyst Tim Lind has left the Needham, Mass.-based research firm to serve as senior vice president of product strategy at New York-based enterprise data management provider GoldenSource.
AFP eWire May 7, 2007	Donation of Securities in Canada Expected to Surge, Great Potential for Future A new study in Canada predicts that gifts of securities to charities not only increased dramatically in 2006, but also the potential for such gifts remains largely untapped.
Registered Rep. December 10, 2003 David A. Gaffen	Securities Revenues Fall in Third Quarter Securities firms showed profits of $3.0 billion in the third quarter of 2003, a 45 percent decline from the second quarter, according to the Securities Industry Association. A significant drop in trading revenue was responsible for the profit hit.
Wall Street & Technology February 12, 2004	Feeling Good. Proceed with Caution. Financial-services executives are feeling positive - positive about the current state of the U.S. economy, positive about current business and industry prospects, but only somewhat positive about IT budget and spending plans.
On Wall Street October 1, 2008 Donna Mitchell	Auction-Rate Securities Dust Settles, But What About Small Brokerages? Observers expect red faces as regional brokerage customers are left out of the settlements and advisors better prepare for some harsh words.
Bank Systems & Technology January 1, 2007 Nancy Feig	Technology Implications for the New Bank of New York Mellon Corp. While the combined organization's future IT infrastructure is not completely known, it is assumed that Bank of New York's real-time global technology will complement Mellon's client information front end.
Investment Advisor May 1, 2011 Janet Levaux	Securities America Denies Charges of Departing Reps Anonymous sources insist advisors are leaving or planning to leave the firm
OCC Bulletin January 15, 2004	Reporting and Disclosure Requirements for National Banks with Securities The final rule, entitled "Reporting and Disclosure Requirements for National Banks With Securities Registered Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Securities Offering Disclosure Rules," amends 12 CFR 11 and 12 CFR 16.
OCC Bulletin June 26, 2003	Securities Offering Disclosure Rules Reporting and disclosure requirements for National Banks with securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Bank Systems & Technology October 14, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	TowerGroup Acquired by CEB The Corporate Executive Board has expanded its financial services footprint with the purchase of the research firm.
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007	TowerGroup Predicts Growing Demand for Defined Contribution Plans Firms' increased attention to the defined-contribution channel and development of new investment products will result in increased demand for related technologies, TowerGroup predicts.
Registered Rep. May 25, 2004 John Churchill	Trust, Innovation, Results On the surface, TowerGroup's 10th annual financial services technology conference was all about tangible ways banks and brokerages can improve their business. But one intangible issue lurked just beneath every speaker's words: trust.
OCC Bulletin April 9, 2002	Risk-Based Capital A final rule permits banks to reduce the risk weight on certain claims against qualifying securities firms from 100 percent to 20 percent...
CFO June 1, 2008 Karen M. Kroll	A Perceptive Postmortem UBS comes clean on the causes of its whopping write-downs.
Bank Technology News January 2005 Holly Sraeel	Can IT Investments Sustain Growth Across FIs? As CEOs and CFOs become more involved in how technology will shape the growth and efficiency of their financial organizations, CIOs are finding that what they bring to the table is vital to ensuring that business objectives are met.
Wall Street & Technology September 23, 2005 Greg MacSweeney	Price Joins TowerGroup Tom Price joined TowerGroup as a senior analyst in its Capital Markets research service.
Wall Street & Technology March 21, 2006	Building Blocks For Competition New research indicates that the next three years will see the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq attempt to win back block order flow from independent crossing network providers, and they may very well succeed.
Bank Technology News March 2002 David Rountree	Technology Spending Persists in Downturn Other industries' IT investments may remain essentially flat in 2002, but banks' will keep rising, albeit at the slowest rate in several years...
Wall Street & Technology September 23, 2005	Financial IT Megatrends In addition to traditional IT spending, financial services institutions will invest another $100 billion in external spending on business process transformation by 2010. Here are five megatrends to watch.
Wall Street & Technology April 27, 2004 Jessica Pallay	SEC Sets Back SOX Sarbanes-Oxley deadlines are delayed, but firms find little solace in the regulation's extension.
Wall Street & Technology March 26, 2004	Viewing SOX Holistically It's a good thing that the Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 deadline has been extended, as many on Wall Street weren't quite ready for the June 15 mandate.
Bank Technology News December 2007	Payments: Growth of Debit-Card Use Outpaces Credit Cards Are Americans outgrowing credit cards? For the past few years, debit-card usage has grown by double digits, far ahead of credit cards. Meanwhile, check use is fading fast.