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Content tagged with Trading Technology posted in February 2009
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Pipeline Trading Systems Launches PowerPlay, new Block and Algo Trading Product
News  |  2/27/2009  | 
Offers ContraTargeting encryption technology for buy-side to control information leakage
Dolphin Launches Low Latency Networking Solution
News  |  2/27/2009  | 
New solution said to combine 10 gigabits-per-second networking with 1.2-microsecond latency, using reflective memory.
Ballads of Bernie Madoff, Ben Bernanke and February
News  |  2/27/2009  | 
The Madoff scandal, Washington's efforts to fix the economy, and even the waning month of February have been a musical inspiration to some talented YouTubers. Ballad of Bernie Madoff Madoff plays the banjo and sings a catchy jingle about himself, in the style of a Free Credit Report.com commercial.
UBS Replaces CEO Rohner with Former Credit Suisse Exec
News  |  2/26/2009  | 
In a surprise move, UBS replaced its chief executive with the former chief executive of Credit Suisse, Oswald Grubel.
Adhesion’s New UMA Platform Emphasizes Transparency and Paperless workflow
News  |  2/26/2009  | 
Some advisors until now have resisted UMAs due to their inability to evaluate and report on the performance of individual managers, according to Adhesion.
Calypso Aquires Galapagos
News  |  2/26/2009  | 
Galapagos platform to bolster Calypso's front office analytics and risk management offerings
NYSE Liffe US Completes Upgrade to Liffe Connect Platform
News  |  2/26/2009  | 
U.S. electronic futures market also migrates to Chicago-based data center.
Man Group Manages Virtual Sprawl Using DynamicOps
News  |  2/26/2009  | 
Alternative investment firm using one software console to manage virtual machines from Citrix, VMWare, Microsoft, Linux and others.
Calypso Acquires Galapagos Portfolio Platform
News  |  2/26/2009  | 
Portfolio construction and management platform to bolster Calypso's front office analytics and risk management offerings.
Fidessa Grows Asia-Pacific Operations
News  |  2/25/2009  | 
Fidessa is beefing up its Asia-Pacific operations with new hires and the opening of a larger regional headquarters in Hong Kong.
Did One Math Formula Cause The Financial Crisis?
News  |  2/25/2009  | 
When math wizard David X. Li invented a formula to price collateral debt obligations, many on Wall Street adopted it. But now this formula is being blamed for the collapse of the financial sector.
Fidelity to Build New Midtown NY Trading Floor, Hiring
News  |  2/25/2009  | 
Fidelity Capital Markets is bucking the downsizing trend by hiring staff for a new trading floor.
Endace and Correlix Partner for Latency Monitoring
News  |  2/25/2009  | 
Joint solution said to provide end-to-end monitoring of complex multi-vendor trading infrastructures.
Markit Launches First Multi-Dealer Valuations Platform
News  |  2/25/2009  | 
Markit is launching the platform with six banks - Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and UBS - and expects to add additional participating banks over the coming months.
VMware, Intel Collaborating on Remote Virtual Desktop Management
News  |  2/24/2009  | 
Tools to let IT manage and fix virtual desktops and laptops remotely, even if they're turned off or have crashed, should be available in the second quarter of this year.
Seasons Capital Management Enhances Risk Management with Imagine Software
News  |  2/24/2009  | 
Calculating and analyzing intra-day risk considered important to Seasons Capital's success.
ClariFI Announces Availability of Barra Optimizer on ModelStation
News  |  2/24/2009  | 
This eliminates the need to manually move data between the two products, giving portfolio managers greater flexibility to research, test, and implement new investment strategies, according to ClariFI.
Mixit Connects to LeveL
News  |  2/24/2009  | 
Corvil to Provide BT with Network Latency Management within Global Capital Markets
News  |  2/23/2009  | 
Joint solution allows greater transparency of network latency challenges faced by financial institutions.
Retail Financial Services Firms Must Adapt to Changing Landscape
News  |  2/23/2009  | 
With investors' trust shaken, firms need new approaches to working with wealth management clients, says Accenture's Mark Halverson.
FirstRain Adds Fixed Income Research to Its Web Search/Report Offerings
News  |  2/23/2009  | 
Service searches the web for indicators of defaults and downgrade risks that can affect bond value.
Firms Must Prepare for GIPS To Become Mandatory Reporting Standard
News  |  2/23/2009  | 
For firms to be compliant, investment managers will need to ensure their systems are up to snuff, or invest in upgrades or new systems, Aite says in a new report.
U.S. Banks By Far Most Targeted in Global Phishing Attacks
News  |  2/20/2009  | 
Overall, phishing attacks rise 66% around the world in 2008, according to new RSA report.
https://www.ddj.com/go-parallel/blog/archives/2008/12/test_1.html
News  |  2/20/2009  | 
New service said to enable derivatives dealers to post only their net obligations, reducing their gross collateral requirements.
Fixnetix to Offer Low-Latency Data Feed to JSE
News  |  2/20/2009  | 
The low latency feed from Fixnetix will ensure access to market data from South Africa's only full service securities exchange.
TGIF: Credit Crunch Cereal; New Surprises on the Madoff Victim List
News  |  2/20/2009  | 
A breakfast cereal to beat the recession blues; new victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme come to light; alternative uses for cell phones. Credit Crunch Cereal To start your day off right with the crunchy goodness of Credit Crunch cereal.
SEC Appoints Robert Khuzami Its New Top Cop
News  |  2/19/2009  | 
Tough former New York Southern District prosecutor promises to "relentlessly pursue and bring to justice those whose misconduct infects our markets, corrodes investor confidence and has caused so much financial suffering."
London Investment House Finds Fringe Benefits to Fee Billing Software
News  |  2/19/2009  | 
Newton, a London-based part of BNY Mellon Asset Management, has found that by using standalone fee billing software, it can see exactly how much revenue each client brings in.
Bloomberg To Help Ex-Wall Street Execs Start New Firms
News  |  2/19/2009  | 
NYC's mayor has introduced 11 initiatives to revive New York City's capital markets and encourage entrepreneurship, including cheap office space and angel funds for start-ups.
Wikis and Wall Street: A Perfect Match?
News  |  2/19/2009  | 
The key to leveraging wikis on Wall Street is picking and choosing the business problems that wikis are well-suited to solve, and which skirt around the security and compliance issues that have hampered previous SaaS deployments.
FINRA Names Vet Reg Ketchum To Succeed Schapiro
News  |  2/19/2009  | 
Ketchum, now the chief executive of NYSE Regulation, previously worked for the SEC, including as head of market regulation.
Deutsche Bank’s Stealth Algorithm Executes in 30 Global Markets
News  |  2/19/2009  | 
Customized strategy enables buy-side to deal with huge volatility, dispersed liquidity and widening spreads.
Sycomore Asset Management Selects Panopticon to Monitor Risk
News  |  2/19/2009  | 
Sycomore Asset Management will use Panopticon's Heatmaps, Treemaps and other information visualizations to monitor risk, performance and other parameters for its funds.
Newedge Appoints Stephen Davy New CIO
News  |  2/19/2009  | 
Former head of technology for capital markets and trading at Barclays Capital will oversee development of Newedge's overall technology platform.
Solace, Gigaspaces Support Low Latency Over A WAN
News  |  2/18/2009  | 
"Space bridge" uses messaging hardware and a data grid to speed up data delivery over a wide area network.
Risk Management Evolves for Risky Times
News  |  2/18/2009  | 
Real-time risk management systems and a culture of accountability are necessary to help financial firms avoid the pitfalls that caused the financial crisis in the first place.
What Millionaires Want From Brokerage Websites
News  |  2/18/2009  | 
Forrester survey finds wealthy investors seek online collaboration tools and those that like their broker's website invest $2 million more on average than those who don't.
Nomura Picks TradingScreen to Roll out ModelEx for European Electronic Trading
News  |  2/18/2009  | 
TradingScreen to become key distributor for Nomura's global buy-side client base following its 2008 acquisition of Lehman.
Firms Need to Urgently Eliminate Singe-Points-of-Failures
News  |  2/18/2009  | 
A TABB Group study cites one partner of a firm deciding to invest with Madoff Securities as an example of a single-point-of-failure that can have disastrous and multiple consequences for a firm.
Canaccord Capital Expands Canadian Markets Access Through Fidessa
News  |  2/18/2009  | 
Canadian Broker Canaccord Capital joins Fidessa's global connectivity network to provide access to Canadian markets for global investors.
Oracle New Release Helps Firms Comply With Basel II
News  |  2/17/2009  | 
The solution addresses all major components of ICAAP, including risk assessment, risk monitoring, modeling, stress testing, risk aggregation and allocation as well as regulatory reporting, according to Oracle.
Behavioral Finance Helps Fund Managers Spot Losers
News  |  2/17/2009  | 
All fund managers rely on gut instincts in their pursuit of superior returns. Cabot Research uses behavioral finance to help them identify persistent bad tendencies when buying and selling stocks.
Thomson Reuters Launches Point in Time Data Feed for Historical Analysis
News  |  2/17/2009  | 
Data feed lets fund managers, quants look back at the information investors had when they drove stock price changes.
Hedge Funds Posted Their Worst Performance In 2008
News  |  2/17/2009  | 
arned positive returns.
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