Content posted in May 2012
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Can Brokers Evolve to Avoid Extinction?
In a "A Night At The Museum" Fidessa's Steve Grob explores how brokers must adapt to keep the Buy Side up and running.
Betting on a Further Facebook Fall
The options markets do not have high hopes for the social media giant. Next stop: $10 a Share.
Big Data's Role in Meeting Compliance and Regulatory Challenges
Responding to the changes in the financial industry with yesterday's data capabilities will place financial institutions at a disadvantage. Utilizing big data technologies can help firms meet financial reporting requirements, says DataArt's Oleg Komissarov.
Meet the Hedge Fund Manager on the Other Side of the JPMorgan Bet
His name is Boaz Weinstein and he turned Jamie Dimon's lemon of a bet into sweet lemonade.
Why Do Retail Investors Always Seem to Get the Shaft?
Facebook's botched IPO is the latest example of how small investors often get a raw deal in today's marketplace.
Quant Looks for Human Touch
The man who brought quantitative trading to Goldman Sachs is starting a new fund with greater oversight of the process - by real people.
What, Me Worry? Alfred E. Neuman & Dodd-Frank
Hiding your head in the sand is not an option with the most complex financial law in 70 years.
Millennials May Be the Cure for the IT Talent Shortage in Financial Services
CIOs need to learn what makes Millennials tick, or risk missing out on the tech-savvy skills the ME Generation brings to the table.
Facebook & Grexit Fallout: What's Next?
An overblown IPO and a blown out European economy are bringing nothing but bad news to the US as we struggle to emerge out of a nearly four year-old recession.
Clearing as a Catalyst: FX Forwards, NDFs and FX Swaps Join the Modern Age
The more-robust capturing, reporting and clearing of FX forwards, NDFs and swaps should be counted as one of the more positive aspects created by the Dodd-Frank process, says Tabb Group CEO Larry Tabb.
Streamlining the Program Execution Path Is the Shortest Distance to Faster Trades
While capital markets firms obsess over their proximity to exchange matching engines in order to reduce latency, reducing the program execution path may be a better way to slash milliseconds off of executions.
Facebook's IPO Fail: What Went Wrong on the Nasdaq
As Nasdaq deals with the fallout of Facebook's IPO flop, Bloomberg's Matt Miller tried to get some answers from Cuttone & Company's Keith Bliss
Even Facebook Can't Get Investors to 'Like' the Markets
The historic debut of the social networking giant on the Nasdaq was unable to help investors forget what ails the global markets.
Wall Street's Top 3 Operational Concerns: Regulation, Cost Pressure, IT Talent
Roundtable of Wall Street c-level executives say that increasing cost pressures, a heavy regulatory burden and managing IT talent are three areas that leaders are focusing on as the industry pulls itself out of the financial crisis.
Secure Your Docs, But the User Should Always Come First
Users have no patience for clunky document management systems, so it was refreshing to discover that Rosenblatt Securities and Blackstone Group are using Watchdox, a user-friendly way to secure documents.
The Making of a Quant
Today, quants are Wall Street's hottest commodity, and competition for their services is fierce. To fill the quant pipeline, Wall Street's top firms often turn to elite graduate programs from the nation's top universities.
Morgan Stanley Annual Meeting Disrupted by OWS Offshoot
The "99% Spring" managed to drown out Morgan Stanley's shareholder vote count, but without a strategy aimed at steering elections, they won't force any meaningful policy changes.
Financial Firms Can't Ignore iPad and Android Tablet Apps
Brokerage firms are developing apps for the iPad and other Android-alternative tablets, but they should take advantage of the larger screen display and compute power to offer more than what's on a smartphone.
What If Goldman Sachs Lost a $2 Billion Bet?
Wall Street golden boy Jamie Dimon is in a PR nightmare - usually the realm of Goldman Sachs. What would the reaction be if the CEO in the penalty box were Lloyd Blankfein?
Dimon's $2 Billion Bet Proves the Volcker Rule
As Wall Street firms were making a case against Dodd-Frank and The Volcker Rule, JPMorgan loses big on a prop trading bet that blew up in their face.
Hedge Funds Must Search for Alpha Compliance, Too
Hedge funds must alter their approach to compliance as they face a new level of scrutiny from both regulators and investors, says NICE Actimize's Stephen Anikewich.
The Tea Party Remains Strong As Occupy Wall Street Sputters
As one movement continues to exert its political power, the other sputters.
Forget the Flash Crash. Could a 'Splash Crash' Be On the Horizon?
Progress Software's John Bates says that with more instruments beyond equities becoming electronic and interlinked, the markets are vulnerable to a multi-asset flash event.
Flash Crash Anniversary Sees More Oversight
Since the market's loss of nearly 1,000 points two years ago, circuit breakers have been activated with greater frequency.
Facebook IPO Watch: $35 a Share?!
The much-anticipated IPO has a low, low price but you'll be lucky to get a piece of the action. Is that fair to the people who made Facebook into the Social Media Giant it is?
Wall Street Firms Are Not Prepared for Big Data
New data sources, including social media and mobile devices, can provide valuable information and insights into customer tendencies and trends. But firms do not have the infrastructure or skills to handle the deluge of unstructured data.
Why Hedge Funds Flock to the Private Cloud
As a sign of hedge fund adoption of cloud-based IT services, Eze Castle Integrationhas more than 2,000 users at 600 hedge funds on its private cloud, surpassing over a pedabyte of data.
With Wealth Management Industry In Turmoil, Online Brokerages Seek New Avenues
A Celent survey highlights what should be the primary focus for online brokerages.
How to Make Big Data Consumable
The key to better consumption of big data starts with improving how it is organized.
BlackBerry Claws At Comeback With New Phone, But It's Not Looking Good
At RIM’s annual conference, attendees caught a glimpse of what the new BlackBerry will look like. But response was tepid at best.
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