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Content posted in November 2013
Trading & Risk: What's Your Favorite Risk Flavor?
Commentary  |  11/26/2013  | 
Market participants who master the convergence of trading, risk and market data will create a competitive advantage, as a Risk-as-a-Service (RaaS) model emerges.
Benchmarking and Maturity Asssements Can Position Data Management Projects for Success
Commentary  |  11/25/2013  | 
Taking a little time to perform self-assessments while benchmarking against peers garners major insights and helps to improve data management, according to Sapient's Sylvia Darwell and Gavin Kaimowiitz.
Capital Markets Regulatory Labyrinths Require Different Thinking
Commentary  |  11/25/2013  | 
Developing measurable and repeatable processes for regulatory compliance is a must for financial service compliance experts.
How Technology Can Uncork Content Bottlenecks for Asset Managers
Commentary  |  11/21/2013  | 
Asset managers are hurting relationships with clients by running inefficient and slow content creation procedures.
Can UX Deliver 1000% ROI?
Commentary  |  11/21/2013  | 
Investing and focusing on user experience can have substantial benefits for user adoption, as well as reduced development costs overall.
4 Practical Steps For Bank-Brokerage Integration
Commentary  |  11/20/2013  | 
Providing an integrated user bank-brokerage user experience is difficult. Here are 4 steps that can help keep an integration project focused and on task.
CIO Career Advice From The Future
Commentary  |  11/19/2013  | 
How to start a revolution at work by flattening the org, taking part in hackathons, and listening to rap music.
Making the Cloud Safe for Financial Services
Commentary  |  11/19/2013  | 
It is well known that financial services doesn't like the cloud, but advanced encryption methods could change the industry's attitude.
How To Effectively Integrate A Bank-Brokerage
Commentary  |  11/18/2013  | 
With the number of active self-directed investors and traders growing, banks and brokerages need to build a better model.
Top 10 Takeaways from Futures Industry Event
Commentary  |  11/14/2013  | 
FIA Expo proved to be a valuable learning and networking experience, writes Dan Hubscher of Object Trading. He offers a rundown on the key issues discussed including regulation for market safety, kill switches and new competition for futures exchanges.
Financial Markets: Shaken Not Stirred
Commentary  |  11/14/2013  | 
The financial markets escaped October -- the most feared month for investors -- with modest gains, but indicators are mixed for November.
Why Is ERM In Financial Services Stuck In A Reactive Mode?
Commentary  |  11/13/2013  | 
Five years after the financial crisis, firms still haven't created a holistic risk management approach.
Don't Risk Losing Millions To Cyberattacks
Commentary  |  11/13/2013  | 
Here's what every bank IT administrator needs to know about KVM switch device vulnerabilities and how to mitigate them.
Sentiment Analysis by Gut Feel: What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger
Commentary  |  11/12/2013  | 
The sentiment toward SEFs has gone fear, to uncertainty, to acceptance, to business opportunity.
Why is Russia Selling Gold?
Commentary  |  11/11/2013  | 
The world's largest buyer of precious metals was also on the wrong side of the natural gas trade, while its economy, not well diversified, has continued to stall throughout 2013.
Effective Enterprise Data Management Requires Commitment
Commentary  |  11/8/2013  | 
Building an enterprise data warehouse can encounter employee resistance to new technologies, writes Alessandro Ferrari of RIMES. He reports on lessons shared by the CTO of Fortress Investment Group.
2014: The Return Of Business Driven IT
Commentary  |  11/4/2013  | 
After a year of implementing technology just to respond to regulatory mandates, in 2014 capital markets firms will finally begin to focus on IT that can answer strategic business needs.


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