Global PC Sales Go From Bad to WorseApril 12, 2013PC sales have declined at a faster rate than expected throughout the world, according to a new Gartner report.
Follow The Money: Transform Your IT Supply ChainJanuary 30, 2013To avoid a future that repeats the past, organizations need to establish core tenets for how they approach contracts and manage the IT supply chain.
RBC Profit Rises 22 Percent on Strong Fixed-Income TradingNovember 29, 2012Royal Bank of Canada's
quarterly profit rose 22 percent on a sharp jump in fixed income
trading revenue and steady loan growth, suggesting the
long-awaited slowdown in Canadian consumer lending has yet to
materialize.
Apple Set to Unwrap Mini-iPad to Take on Amazon, GoogleOctober 23, 2012Apple Inc is expected
to make its biggest product move on Tuesday since debuting the
iPad two years ago, launching a smaller, cheaper tablet into a
market staked out by Amazon.com Inc and Google Inc
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Outdated Portfolio Accounting Systems Stifle Growth — PollOctober 03, 2012Buy side executives responding to a SimCorp poll feel that their portfolio accounting systems may not support the launch of new products or major asset classes.
Europe, Equities Bear Brunt of Nomura's $1 Billion Cost CutsSeptember 06, 2012Nomura Holdings Inc,
Japan's biggest brokerage, will make cuts in its equities and
investment banking businesses as it looks to chop $1 billion in
costs, with its loss-making European operations taking the
biggest hit.
Omgeo and Blackrock Push for T+O in TaiwanMay 22, 2012Omgeo is working with investment managers across Taiwan, including Blackrock, the world's largest money manager, to eliminate inefficiencies and trade fails through same day affirmation of trade details on T+0.
Bloomberg Tradebook Launches Commission RecaptureApril 17, 2012The agency broker teamed with financial tech company UAT to launch Boomerang, an algo that boosts trader productivity and enables commission savings for asset owners.
LCH.Clearnet to Launch OTC FX ClearingMarch 19, 2012In coming weeks, LCH.Clearnet's new service ForexClear will provide clearing for FX non-deliverable forwards in coming weeks, with support from 14 major market participants.
Smartleaf Launches Portal for Model VendorsMarch 15, 2012Along with the portal, Smartleaf is offering a Model Distribution Service (MDS), to create a marketplace for the sale and purchase of model portfolios.
Futures SROs Propose 4 Ways to Protect Customer Seg AccountsMarch 12, 2012In the wake of MF Global, the first proposal would require FCMs to file daily reports on segregated and secure accounts, enabling regulators to track fluctuations in the amount of customer funds maintained by the firm.
Buy Side Admits to Weaknesses in Current Accounting SystemsMarch 09, 2012More than 56 percent of buy-side repondents said they are not confident in their accounting systems, while recognizing that positiions should be centralized a single accounting system, according to a SimCorp poll.
MarkitServ Launches FX Gateway Connecting to CCPsMarch 05, 2012The middleware provider announced a single point of access for FX participants to route OTC derivatives trades to CCPs worldwide including CME, SGX and LCH.Clearnet.
Swaps Regs Up the Ante on Collateral ManagementFebruary 21, 2012To cope with new swaps regulations, Kempen Capital Management scrapped its Excel spreadsheets in favor of an iinhouse collateral management system.
