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Greg MacSweeney
Editorial DirectorGreg MacSweeney is editorial director of InformationWeek Financial Services, whose brands include Wall Street & Technology, Bank Systems & Technology, Advanced Trading, and Insurance & Technology.

Articles by Greg MacSweeney

• Fidelity NetBenefits App Provides Mobile Access to Benefits and Retirement Accounts
  May 17, 2013
  New mobile app provides a look into Fidelity workplace and personal accounts.
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• Bloomberg Spygate Lights Up Twitter
  May 17, 2013
  News that Bloomberg allowed its reporters to access certain Bloomberg Terminal client data sent the Twitter world on fire. Then, news broke that Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan had contacted Bloomberg asking for an explanation, which fanned the flames. Here are some of the most interesting Tweets about the Bloomberg snooping scandal.
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  May 14, 2013
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• Financial Conduct Authority Selects Nasdaq OMX SMARTS Integrity for Market Surveillance
  May 14, 2013
  FCA will use market surveillance technology to monitor financial transactions across asset classes.
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• Big Data Could Transform Global Financial Markets
  May 10, 2013
  Analytics unlocked by big data technology could change the way that financial services firms do everything from asset allocation to customer service, according to a report from BNY Mellon.
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• OpUSA Cyber Attacks: More Bark Than Bite
  May 08, 2013
  Hundreds of smaller sites hacked or defaced, but financial institutions, government agencies and companies reported little disruption.
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• Nasdaq OMX Now Offers Packet Capture Trading Data Through QView Latency Optics
  May 08, 2013
  Users can now see minimum, maximum and average packet capture (PCAP) latency data for trade orders on Nasdaq OMX QView Latency Optics product.
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• Financial Services Trust Index Debuts
  May 07, 2013
  New quarterly TRust Index leverages proprietary data, analytics, news and social media sentiment to help determine confidence in the world's financial institutions.
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• Cloud Adoption Rapidly Gaining Speed in Financial Services
  April 29, 2013
  Many banks no longer want to run, support and maintain technology and prefer the speed and flexibility of cloud solutions.
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• Industry Inertia Hampers E-Trading
  April 29, 2013
  Institutional traders see some value in fixed income electronic trading, but a lack of a regulatory push and the desire to maintain existing business models is causing inertia in the move to electronic trading methods.
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• American Century Names New Head of Quantitative Research
  April 26, 2013
  American Century names former BlackRock/BGI exec Vinod Chandrashekaran as head of quantitative research.
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• ConvergEx Names 30-Year Industry Veteran as CEO of UK Broker-Dealer Unit
  April 23, 2013
  Joseph Cangemi, who is a member of SIFMA's Equity Markets and Trading Committee, will head ConvergEx Limited in London.
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• Linear Investments Selects TradingScreen’s TradePrime EMS/OMS
  April 17, 2013
  London-based investment management firm selects TradingScreen’s buy side front-office solution including EMS, OMS and risk functionality.
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• Nasdaq OMX FinQloud R3 Meets SEC/CFTC Regulatory Requirements, Say Consultants
  April 15, 2013
  Two separate studies of FinQloud's record keeping and record retrieval solution say the technology will meet stringent regulatory demands.
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• Explosive Data Growth Has Financial Firms Seeking Data Center Efficiencies
  April 12, 2013
  With 50% annual growth rates in data, financial services organizations are struggling to handle the volume. Some firms are turning to flash memory to improve efficiency and lower costs.
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• UBS appoints Oliver Bussmann as Group CIO
  April 12, 2013
  Former SAP and Allianz executive named as group CIO of UBS.
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• Financial Services Specific Cloud Offerings Continue to Increase
  April 10, 2013
  More service providers are offering cloud solutions tailored for financial firms, as costs drop and regulatory concerns are addressed.
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• New Applications for Commercial Lending May Help Banks Increase Profitability
  April 08, 2013
  Misys is the latest technology provider to offer improved functionality for commercial lending institutions.
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• Isn't HFT Getting A Little ... Nuts?
  March 29, 2013
  In the HFT game, the number of big-time players seems to be thinning. What can firms do to capture a piece of the shrinking HFT pie?
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• Omgeo adds Goldman, State Street and DTCC Executives to Board
  March 27, 2013
  Edward Hazel of Goldman Sachs, Richard Taggart of State Street Investment Management Services and Susan Cosgrove of DTCC Join Omgeo Board of Managers.
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• Mobile First Development Changing Trading Platforms in Forex Market
  March 26, 2013
  OANDA's newest mobile app responds to demands from mobile traders for functionality that matches or exceeds traditional desktop capabilities.
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• Inside the World's Largest High Rise Data Center
  March 22, 2013
  A new 1 million square foot high-rise data center in an old Verizon switching building at 375 Pearl Street opened this week. Here is a view of some of its features -- in pictures.
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• World's Largest High-Rise Data Center Opens in Downtown New York City
  March 21, 2013
  At 1 million square feet, Sabey Corp.'s data center at 375 Pearl Street will provide data infrastructure services to New York's growing high-tech sector.
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• Shorter Settlement Cycles Coming to US?
  March 20, 2013
  The EU's move to T+2 will force the US markets to a shortened settlement cycle (SSC).
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• Regulators Not Prepared for Financial Services Cloud and Mobile Adoption
  March 19, 2013
  Panelists at ISITC forum discuss the role of social and mobile in the financial enterprise, but lament regulators' lack of guidance.
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