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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 |
Get Yer Red-Hot Derivatives Here! The derivatives market is heating up, and IT spending on derivatives management will experience a steady increase over the next four years, according to a new study. |
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. |
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 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 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 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 April 11, 2008 Cory Levine |
Hedge Funds Say Technology Is Critical to Business Hedge funds are focusing their technology efforts on improving automation around OTC derivatives, as well as adding collateral management technology and exerting better control over prime brokerage charges and rates, according to a new Aite survey. |
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006 |
Hybrid Outsourcing Amid shrinking margins and increasing volume, brokerages must upgrade their core back-office clearing and settlement systems to handle the growth in alternative investments such as derivatives, according to a recent report. |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2007 John Finneran |
Northern Trust: Gloss and Grit Both aspects of the bank's business sparkled this quarter. But you don't need to be glossy and super-rich to own this stock. |
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 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 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 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... |
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 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 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. |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
The Weapons of Financial Mass Destruction Are Still Primed Six years after Warren Buffet called derivatives "weapons of financial mass destruction" those weapons are still active, and their stockpiles are more heavily concentrated than before. |
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. |
Wall Street & Technology November 17, 2008 Penny Crosman |
Wall Street Taking A Closer Look at Collateral Management In the wake of the credit crisis, JPMorgan, BNY Mellon, many of the top broker-dealers and a few buy-side firms are all involved in collateral management technology upgrades. |
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. |
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 September 18, 2006 Cory Levine |
JPMorgan's Kerry Williams Leaves for SwapsWire SwapsWire, the derivatives straight-through-processing system owned by a consortium of dealers, appointed Kerry Williams CTO as part of a recent expansion of its technology team. |
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. |
The Motley Fool February 18, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
AIG: We Like Our Toxic Waste An outsider's take on AIG's risk. |
Wall Street & Technology November 17, 2008 Penny Crosman |
Credit Suisse, Goldman and Major Broker-Dealers Are Building a Margin Messaging System Fifteen of the 16 major broker/dealers have been quietly working to build an automated framework for collateral. The group plans to roll out a messaging system for margin calls early next year. |
CFO October 1, 2009 Randy Myers |
Boxed In The government's push to standardize over-the-counter derivatives could severely disrupt corporate hedging programs. |
Wall Street & Technology November 23, 2009 Ivy Schmerken |
Derivatives Clearing Gives Congress Fits Congress is working on legislation for OTC derivatives reform, but there is still no agreement on mandatory clearing of standardized instruments or on how exotic instruments will be handled. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool June 23, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz |
The Weekly Walk of Shame: Wall Street Lobbyists and Your Money Wall Street has been spending an estimated $1.4 million per day lobbying to weaken rules that would limit the ability to imperil the economy, according to Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard professor charged with oversight of the TARP.program. |
BusinessWeek April 22, 2010 Phil Mattingly |
Are Wall Street Lobbyists Losing Clout in D.C.? A GOP senator's support for a tough derivatives bill suggests President Obama may have momentum for broader regulation overhaul. |
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. |
Wall Street & Technology July 19, 2006 |
Bank of America Moves Forward Vlad Torgovnik, managing director of corporate investment and corporate treasury technology, re-engineers from front-office margining and trading through middle-office and back-office operations. |
InternetNews March 17, 2011 |
Ubuntu Helps Debian Linux DEX From the blogs: Five years after the last effort to bring Debian Linux derivatives together, a new effort emerges. Why will this effort succeed? |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Will Financial Reform Slam the Derivatives Market? Will the freshly signed financial reform bill wreak havoc on the derivatives market? |
U.S. Banker March 2002 Man Yin Li |
Transfer That Risk! With more and more bankruptcies and defaults, many banks can protect themselves with credit derivatives. There are dangers in using them, but if used intelligently, they can be a boon to many banks... |
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. |
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. |
Salon.com February 5, 2002 Damien Cave |
Risky business How did Enron break into the elite Wall Street world of credit derivatives? |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Stop Demonizing Derivatives Derivatives didn't kill Wall Street; financial institutions did. |
Wall Street & Technology December 7, 2009 Greg MacSweeney |
2010 Technology Forecast Is Anyone's Best Guess Predicting how capital markets firms will spend their technology dollars is a difficult, though not impossible, task. |