Data Visualization Tools Help Traders Achieve Best Execution in Today’s Ultra-Fast Moving Markets [ Source: Panopticon Software ]
May 2008- Security traders today face two major challenges: the markets in which they operate have become highly complex and ultra-fast, while at the same time the fiduciary duty of best execution is viewed more seriously than ever. Wayne Wagner explains how data visualization applications help traders achieve best execution by informing them of developing situations quickly enough to prevent sub-standard executions. Advanced data visualization software platforms have emerged in recent years as solutions to the “needle ...

How's Your Data Health? [ Source: GoldenSource ]
April 2008- Using the analogy of a health check to determine the good working order of the body, this paper discusses how data metrics can play a key role in raising awareness among senior executives of the direct correlation between poor quality data and data processes and the financial performance. Understanding the detrimental impact of data helps ensure that the momentum for data management projects is maintained and sustained.

7 Critical Questions for Financial Services Firms [ Source: CAPCO ]
April 2012- Despite uncertainty over the ultimate form and scope of the rules, smart financial services companies are moving ahead to prepare. Dodd-Frank is law, and many key provisions will be implemented regardless of how the next months' proceedings play out and political winds blow. The Volcker Rule will alter how banks trade and invest. The Collins Amendment will intensify capital requirements. The Lincoln Amendment will require some banks to spin off their swap desks. <br&...

Voice of the Customer Solutions in Insurance [ Source: Attensity ]
August 2010- As markets for property and casualty, life, and healthcare insurance become more competitive, customer service and customer experience are becoming key ways for firms to differentiate themselves and gain new business. Satisfied customers, or brand advocates, have a dramatic impact on business performance. Advocates reduce new-customer acquisition costs through referrals, enhance a company’s ability to successfully introduce new products, and provide a basis for immeasurable goodwill during slow business times or difficult economic conditions.

Advent Custodial Data Interface [ Source: Advent Software ]
August 2010- Advent Software strives to achieve high standards of security and privacy safeguards for customer records and other confidential information that Advent receives. Procedures and processes are designed to conform to generally accepted industry protection objectives and safeguards such as those described in the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLB)1 and various state data protection regulations.

Bluffview Improves Efficiency and Accuracy with Advent [ Source: Advent Software ]
June 2010- Everything changed when Bluffview migrated to Advent Portfolio Exchange, the fully integrated, highly scalable solution for portfolio management. Better, faster reporting: “The primary thing we were looking for in APX was performance report generation for clients and as-needed management reports. We spent a lot of time up front getting each package customized to the particular client, but once that was done we’ve been able to generate reports on the third or fourth day after ...

Energy Risk: Consultant’s Outlook 2010 [ Source: SunGard Consulting Services ]
January 2010- Energy Risk provides the 2010 outlook of five major consultancies and experts in the energy trading and risk management arena.

Representatives from Ernst & Young, MRE Consulting, Sapient, The Structure Group and SunGard Consulting Services convened to address some of the key questions that will be affecting the markets in 2010. Topics covered include: the future of over-the-counter regulation – some of the experts are concerned about it and some less so; a discussion of the incentives ...