• IT Challenges Loom for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Morgan Stanley Smith Barney is already fighting a talent war while integrating two arch-rival brokerages. Now an even tougher test lies ahead -- putting more than 18,000 advisers on the same computer system.
• Examiner Sees Accounting Gimmicks in Lehman Demise
• BOX Moves to Equinix NY4 Data Center in Secaucus, New Jersey
• Post-Crisis, Banks Paying Close Attention to Vendor Risk When Choosing Tech Partners
• Eaton Vance Overcomes Document Management's User-Interface Shortcomings
• Direct Access Partners Enhances Multi-Prime Offering for Hedge Funds
• Steve Ballmer: Microsoft Is "Betting Our Company" On The Cloud
• CFTC, SEC Eye Clearinghouses Governance
• Integral Development Corp. Jumpstarts FX Algo Development
• Thomson Reuters Acquires Aegisoft to Expand DMA Offering
• Wall Street Firms, Hedge Funds, Recruit CIA, Ex-Military Intelligence

News

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  Larry Greenemeier
  Discover Or Else: New Rules On Electronic Evidence
  As of Dec. 1, companies and their IT departments must produce more kinds of information ea...
  
• New Tools Will Help SOA Soar In Businesses
• Investment Management Newsflashes: M.D. Sass Live on SunGard’s IM Power, and more
• Operations Newsflashes: Deutsche Borse Integrates EDI Reference Data, and more
• Trading Newsflashes: NYSE Group Acquires Crossing System Technology
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• Operations Newsflashes: Pacific Select Group Leverages Enterprise Data Management, and more
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Opinions

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• In Praise of Shorts and Financial Speculation
• Configurable 'Ticker Processors' Accelerate Automated Trading

Blog

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  Melanie Rodier
  TGIF: Hey Bernie!! Why Did You Do Me So Bad?
• Michael Lewis’ “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine”
• Wall Street Firms Focus On Vendor Risk (video)
• TGIF: Make It Rain -- The Credit Card Act
• Cloud Vendors: Are You Listening?

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