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Wall Street & Technology November 26, 2007 Penny Crosman	Derivatives Processing Will Attract More Dollars, Attention in 2008 As OTC derivatives grow increasingly popular, accurate pricing and risk evaluation is more important than ever. Automating derivatives processing can prevent costly mistakes that will be compounded by market turns.
Wall Street & Technology September 18, 2006 Cory Levine	Stephen Andress Hired by Northern Trust In the interest of expanding its presence in the derivatives space, Northern Trust Corp. has hired Stephen Andress to fill the newly created position of global head of derivatives operations.
Wall Street & Technology April 15, 2008 Penny Crosman	Wall Street Project Management Offices Focus on Derivatives The latest trend and challenge for Wall Street's project management offices is the need to push through derivatives automation projects.
Wall Street & Technology February 5, 2007 Ivy Schmerken	The Buy Side Jumps on Board the Push to Automate OTC Derivatives Now that traditional buy-side firms and hedge funds are increasingly investing in credit derivatives, the industry is focusing on automating post-trade processes to reduce operational risk.
Wall Street & Technology February 19, 2008 Cory Levine	Weather Derivatives Traders Get Starter Kit Three service providers have teamed together to create the Weather Derivatives Starter Kit, combining their offerings to provide derivatives traders with a suite of services designed to enhance weather trading operations.
Wall Street & Technology November 21, 2006	OTC Obstacles Eighty-five percent of respondents to a recent poll claim that data issues are the biggest obstacle to processing OTC derivatives.
Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2006 Greg MacSweeney	Don't Reinvent the Wheel An interview with Philippe Bibi, senior managing director and CTO at Putnam Investments on his plans to add business value in 2006 by developing technology that can automate derivatives transactions and replacing some legacy systems with off-the-shelf solutions.
Wall Street & Technology June 18, 2007 Penny Crosman	Technology Upgrades Improve Derivatives Processing The DTCC, SwapsWire, major broker-dealers and custodians, such as State Street, all are upgrading their technology to bring derivatives processes into the 21st century.
Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2006 Paul Allen	Trading Gets Exotic As the search for higher returns and diversification has sparked a surge in alternative investments, financial firms are working to establish a technology infrastructure capable of managing an acceptable balance between risk and reward.
Wall Street & Technology January 23, 2007	It Costs More Than You Think Two of the slowest areas of the retail brokerage industry to adopt process automation have been the direct business of mutual funds and annuities.
Wall Street & Technology April 22, 2008 Ivy Schmerken	Buy Side Seeks Independent Valuation Providers for OTC Derivatives After Credit Crisis With the credit markets in turmoil over OTC derivatives valuations, buy-side firms are tapping vendors to avoid the conflict of interest inherent in broker-determined prices.
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007	Finding Liquidity in Derivatives Instruments Is Traders' Biggest Challenge Despite substantial growth in derivatives trading in recent years, much of equity derivatives volume is concentrated in the most-liquid contracts.
U.S. Banker August 2001 John Hackett	Credit Derivatives Hit a Snag After years of booming growth, the market in these hedging tools dropped in the first quarter, but the consensus is that they're too good to keep down. Includes statistics on the biggest bank participants.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz	Should the Government Stop Subsidizing Derivatives Trading? What do you think? A key part of the Senate financial reform bill known as section 716 would stop banks from using FDIC-insured deposits to run their swaps trading desks.
Wall Street & Technology March 17, 2008 Penny Crosman	Markit's Moving Fast Into Derivatives Processing London-based data provider Markit has bought Communicator, Swapswire and BOAT. What's next for this fast-moving derivatives player?
Wall Street & Technology May 15, 2006	Derivative Confirms for Buy Side Interwoven launched Scrittura BuySide, a new solution for buy-side firms that automates the incoming confirmations process for over-the-counter derivatives.
Wall Street & Technology March 14, 2008 Cory Levine	Reuters Delivers New Derivatives Pricing Service The new offering is part of Reuters' overall strategy to speed up the valuation process for complex instruments.
The Motley Fool July 16, 2010 Dan Caplinger	Stop Demonizing Derivatives Derivatives didn't kill Wall Street; financial institutions did.
Knowledge@Wharton February 12, 2003	The Changing Use of Derivatives: More Hedging, Less Speculation High-risk gambles like those that torpedoed Orange County, Gibson and P&G are far less likely than conservative plays meant to hedge against loss in underlying markets such as energy, commodities or currencies.
FDIC FYI March 26, 2003	Derivatives Risk in Commercial Banking Derivatives serve an essential role in the U.S. and world economies but also present certain risks to the deposit insurance funds. This article explains what these risks are and describes how they are managed within commercial banking.
Wall Street & Technology February 19, 2008 Cory Levine	Aite Reveals Top 10 Investment Trends The Boston-based research and advisory firm released its top ten securities, investments, and banking technology trends for 2008.
Real Estate Portfolio May/Jun 2007 Dees Stribling	The Dawning of Derivatives REIT and real estate derivatives are introduced as a new financial tool in the real estate world.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2005 Tom Taulli	Diversity in Derivatives Derivatives are key for many financial institutions and corporations. GFI understands how to make money from them. The proof is in the earnings.
Financial Planning April 1, 2010 Paul Menchaca	Derivatives Return As much as derivative products have been shunned as 'weapons of mass destruction,' certain derivatives may become more important as investors discover their value as a way of potentially limiting or focusing risk exposure.
On Wall Street January 1, 2009 Gwen Moran	Do Derivatives Need More Oversight? These securities have gotten a bad rap but new legislation may do more harm than good.
Wall Street & Technology May 21, 2007 Melanie Rodier	Surge In Fixed Income Trading Drives Need For A Single Data Management Platform The recent surge in trading volume products in the U.S. has spurred a need for a single platform that can manage data across asset classes, instruments, and region.
Wall Street & Technology February 13, 2007 Ivy Schmerken	Asset Managers Push Custodians to Offer Independent Pricing Services for OTC Derivatives The exponential growth of OTC derivatives is forcing custodians to provide independent valuation services to their institutional clients.
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006 Cory Levine	DTCC Hires Derivatives Expert Derivatives processing authority Bill Stenning joined the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC) as VP of business development.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz	The Coming Financial Meltdown With 43 Congressional members hammering out a final version of the financial-reform bill, one of the biggest contentions remains what to do about the mind-boggling, vast, and opaque derivatives market owned by the nation's too-big-to-fail megabanks.
Wall Street & Technology September 18, 2006	Venues Fight for Market Share Competition among market centers, along with structural and regulatory forces, will alter the shape of the U.S. equities market by 2010.
Wall Street & Technology October 23, 2007 Greg MacSweeney	Fearless Investors Jump Into New Markets While too much fear can paralyze an investor's decision-making process, a healthy balance of fear and risk-taking just might help avoid the next market crisis.
Finance & Development June 2009 Randall Dodd	Playing with Fire Firms across the spectrum of emerging markets entered into exotic derivative contracts that caused massive losses
Wall Street & Technology April 26, 2007	Superderivatives Launches SD-Funds, an Online Multi-Asset Derivatives Platform Designed for hedge fund and asset managers, the platform includes all pre-trade and post-trade activities covering all asset and derivatives classes.
Insurance & Technology July 27, 2005 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Investing Wisely Q: What are the key issues insurers face in terms of portfolio/investment management, and how are carriers addressing those issues?... Q: How can portfolio management systems and related technologies help insurers better manage, track and report on investments and financial performance?... etc.
Wall Street & Technology August 21, 2006 Tim Clark	Affirmative Action A flood of new solutions hits the credit derivatives space in an effort to stem the risk of backlogged paperwork.
Wall Street & Technology September 25, 2007 Melanie Rodier	Market for Global Portfolio Systems to Reach $2.67 billion by 2010 Hedge fund growth, the need for risk controls and the increasing use of derivative instruments across a broader population of investment managers are driving the global portfolio systems market, according to a new report.
BusinessWeek November 24, 2010 Schmidt & Brush	Will Currency Derivatives Get a Pass on Oversight? Banks want them exempted. Geithner is caught between bankers and regulators on how much oversight to give currency derivatives.
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Wall Street & Technology January 23, 2007 Matt Nelson	Ask The Expert: Trends Q: What business trend will have the biggest impact on asset managers in 2007, and how will it impact the IT department?... A: As we enter 2007, buy-side firms should be thinking about how they are positioned to support their clients' changing product needs...
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