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Commentary
Content posted in June 2011
The Incredible Shrinking Data Center
Commentary  |  6/30/2011  | 
Faced with cost pressures and a general decline in revenues, financial firms are turning to new technologies and strategies that are moving applications out of traditional data centers.
Wall Street Layoffs: Round 1 Begins
Commentary  |  6/30/2011  | 
The main culprits are weak markets, European debt worries and regulatory uncertainty.
Boutique Agency Broker Offers Lessons in Diversification
Commentary  |  6/28/2011  | 
Direct Access Trading Partners juggles multi-asset execution with alternative capital group, while complying with new trade reporting regs.
Cloud Computing: Just When You Thought It Was Safe
Commentary  |  6/27/2011  | 
While the business case for cloud computing is compelling, availability is a concern, and Wall Street firms are likely to keep to private clouds for transactional infrastructure, writes Larry Tabb.
Goldman Sachs, Citi, Recruit Iraq and Afghanistan Vets
Commentary  |  6/24/2011  | 
Citi and Goldman among other banks were recruiting at a job fair aboard the USS Intrepid.
Bulge Bracket Firms Take Lions Share of U.S. Equities Commissions
Commentary  |  6/22/2011  | 
Institutions are paying for essential services and squeezing other provid
Buy-Side Shifts Commissions to Pay for Research
Commentary  |  6/21/2011  | 
Why are U.S. institutions pulling back on e-trading and shifting more commissions to high touch sales traders?
Data Centers Are Heading To The Sea
Commentary  |  6/21/2011  | 
Data centers are turning to the sea and to the depths of the earth in the search for more efficient cooling.
SIFMA: The Incredible Shrinking Show
Commentary  |  6/20/2011  | 
Some die-hard SIFMA traditions have suddenly passed away without so much as an epitaph.
Private Equity Firms Face the Glare of Dodd-Frank
Commentary  |  6/17/2011  | 
Investors placing their money into private equity funds want the data to come from audited systems.
Wall Street: The Cuts Are Coming Back
Commentary  |  6/17/2011  | 
The Street hasn't seen as dark a job picture since 2009.
Migrating to the Cloud: Part II
Commentary  |  6/16/2011  | 
Portware offers automated trading infrastructure in a one-stop shop.
Data Consolidation Nudges Way Onto Center Stage at SIFMA
Commentary  |  6/16/2011  | 
One of the big themes floating around this year's SIFMA Financial Services Technology Expo has been the growing push for data consolidation throughout the buy-side.
Sifma Buzz: Migrating to the Cloud
Commentary  |  6/16/2011  | 
Low latency market data and high speed trading applications are being pitched to the buy side.
IMF: As If It Didn't Have Enough To Worry About, Now Suffers Huge Hack Attack
Commentary  |  6/13/2011  | 
After the Dominique Strauss Kahn scandal, the last thing the IMF needed was to once again be in the news for all the wrong reasons.
So You Really Think You're An Innovator?
Commentary  |  6/9/2011  | 
If you're in your 30s, 40s or 50s, it might not be too late to start now.
A Tale of Two Hedge Funds
Commentary  |  6/6/2011  | 
Steven Cohen's SAC Capital may be under federal investigation and a cloud of bad press, but new investments continue to pour into its coffers while its performance remains robust.
Could Cohen's SAC Be Facing a Wave of Redemption Requests?
Commentary  |  6/1/2011  | 
As if a federal insider trading probe and striking out in his bid to buy a stake in the New York Mets weren't enough, Cohen's SAC Capital is now hoping it's not on the brink of a wave of investor redemptions.


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