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By Beth Stackpole, Contributing Editor

CTO Derek Stein says that Barclays Global Investors is working to align business with technology to support growth, all while fostering innovation by implementing SOA applications to continually roll out new products. Stein also says there's an ongoing push at Barclays Global Investors to step up recruiting for technology positions in order to get the right domain knowledge and breadth into the organization.

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By Ivy Schmerken, Wall Street & Technology

The AMEX will be introducing AEMI, it's new hybrid trading system for equities and ETFs later this year to be fully operational and compliant with Reg NMS, says AMEX CIO Antoine Shagoury. Also, Shagoury discusses his plans to consolidate multiple asset classes on a single trading platform. While tapping offshore development, Shagoury explains why he's embarking on a strategy of selective insourcing to bring transaction processing inhouse.

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By Greg MacSweeney, Wall Street & Technology

Mike Bundy’s experiences earlier in his career have instilled an entrepreneurial spirit in his IT development philosophy and are helping to change the shape of the IT department of Instinet, where Bundy is CTO. Since joining the execution-only broker in August 2005, Bundy has small teams of specialized and highly capable developers working on Instinet’s core technology platform, a system that will carry the broker ahead over the next decade. Bundy also discusses his top challenges and goals at Instinet and what he plans to do during the next year for the 2006 Digital Gold Book.

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By Cory Levine, Wall Street & Technology

In last year’s Gold Book AXA Equitable CIO Kevin Murray spoke about his initiative to Web-enable AXA's business applications and replace the administration of product, service and distribution rules. Wall Street & Technology's Cory Levine spoke with Kevin who continues to work toward these goals and maintains that these technology strategies are essential to the future success of his business. He also shares his experience entering and rising to the top the technology field. Murray speaks to Wall Street & Technology about this corporate initiative and other projects for the 2006 Digital Gold Book.

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By Ivy Schmerken, Wall Street & Technology

After working extensively on its options match engine, CBOE is venturing into electronic stock trading, says the exchange's CIO, Gerry O'Connell. Also, O'Connell discusses how his exchange is planning to tap overseas labor markets like India to staff consulting projects in off-hours, while preparing for the expansion of algorithmic trading to move from stocks into options and futures. O'Connell speaks to Wall Street & Technology about this corporate initiative and other projects for the 2006 Digital Gold Book.

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By Beth Stackpole, Contributing Editor

While AIM Management Group is a global company that’s organized individually, the firm wants to install the same system and processes company-wide. It’s an exercise in standardization while giving the businesses flexibility that’s pertinent to their markets and functions, according to John H. Deane, senior vice president and chief technology officer of AIM Management Group. Deane speaks to Wall Street & Technology about this corporate initiative and other projects for the 2006 Digital Gold Book.

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By Cory Levine, Wall Street & Technology

Tom Sanzone, corporate CIO for Credit Suisse, is in the midst of the three year OneBank integration program, which will bring together the firm’s investment banking, private banking and asset management divisions to tap into cross-business opportunities. He speaks to Wall Street & Technology about this corporate initiative and other projects for the 2006 Digital Gold Book.

By Greg MacSweeney, Wall Street & Technology

Each August, Wall Street & Technology releases the Gold Book, a compilation of profiles from many of the industry's most influential and innovative technology leaders from firms of all sizes: buy-side firms, sell-side firms and even the exchanges. The 2006 Digital Gold Book has podcasts with 11 buy-side technology heads, including Janus Capital's Andrea Young and Mellon Financial's Kevin Shearan, and podcasts with 7 Exchange technology leaders, including Anna Ewing from NASDAQ and Steve Rubinow of the NYSE Group. Each podcast will give you a unique look into the technology priorities and strategies that these organizations are relying on to provide a competitive advantage. Each day, from July 21 through August 22, subscribers to WS&T Radio will receive a free Podcast with one of this year's Gold Book honorees. Happy listening.

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By Ivy Schmerken, Wall Street & Technology

In case you didn't notice, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted 5-0 yesterday to preserve soft dollars.

The SEC agreed to uphold and implement its "interpretive guidance" on asset managers using commission dollars to pay for brokerage and research services under 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The SEC released the interpretive guidance for public comment last October.

Commenting on the vote, Michael Mayhew, CEO of Integrity Research, wrote in his blog, "SEC Votes to Keep Soft Dollars In Place" yesterday, "In short, the commission expressed its support for continuing to allow money managers to use soft dollars to pay for proprietary and third-party research services, clarifying months of uncertainty in the marketplace whether soft dollars would continue to be used as the primary currency to purchase investment research."

In an interview today, Mayhew says the SEC basically voted on implementing the interpretive guidance as rule. "That's effectively what's happened there wasn't any change to their interpretive guidance."

By Cory Levine, Wall Street & Technology

European internal market and services commissioner Charlie McCreevy again urged the European Union to repair the onerous and costly cross-border clearing and settlement processes that underpin the European markets in a meeting of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on Tuesday. In doing so, McCreevy laid out deadlines for improvements, but indicated a reluctance to impose an official regulation.

McCreevy issued what he termed a “code of conduct” to the European financial services industry under which he placed deadlines beginning at the end of 2006 and continuing into 2007 on the various improvements he deems necessary to bring clearing and settlement in the EU up to snuff. The areas on which McCreevy focused were price transparency, interoperability, separate accounting of the main clearing and settlement activities, and service price unbundling.

However, despite the stalwart verbiage of McCreevy’s rhetoric and his promise that his agenda “will be backed up by a strong procedure for verification and external auditing” he was openly hesitant over the possibility of putting forth a regulation mandating the improvement of clearing and settlement, renouncing the possibility to his audience.

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