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For IT managers and staff, the investment banking computer infrastructure represents a constantly growing challenge in a fast paced environment. Decisions are made in fractions of a second because a moment’s delay is the difference between winning and losing potentially millions of dollars. The typical investment banking IT environment is a tangled web of interconnected systems that must accept and execute orders, update internal finances, perform monetary transfers and retain a searchable record of each step for compliance reporting. The livelihood of capital markets is the IT transaction and the firm’s ability to execute quickly and accurately provides competitive differentiation.

The IT management challenge is further intensified by a basic flaw in most IT management solutions, which monitor individual technology elements or, at best, provide a trended view of overall application performance. The importance of the transaction is ignored, leaving many organizations vulnerable to dramatic IT failures such as outages and bad performance of critical functions.

OpTier is gaining strong momentum at capital market firms worldwide.]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST Thu, 4 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST
Last year, a number of considered reports analyzed many of the root causes of the problems. Most recognized the elements of interdependence between national financial systems and the need to better coordinate regulation, control and supervision globally.

More recently and perhaps goaded by the rapid return to profit of some banks and the reappearance of large bonus payments, politicians around the world have returned to the front foot and demanded more sweeping changes. Some of this is undoubtedly playing to the gallery of upcoming important elections; however, few doubt that the underlying trends will be toward more restrictions, regulation and supervision. What are the implications this year for compliance and risk managers, particularly for monitoring and surveillance? A return to business as usual just won’t do.

Find out how bankers are rethinking, rebuilding and redesigning in light of the themes emerging for 2010 and beyond.]]> Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST
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 needed to develop the green markets; a look at whether energy companies have the necessary tools and management structure to react to future market developments; and a look at credit and liquidity issues.

Download the PDF for the latest thinking on the most pertinent issues that will be affecting the market in the year ahead.]]> Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Thu, 1 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Thu, 1 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT Sat, 1 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT