This month’s top stories
Taming the beast
OTC derivatives market participants have known for some time that the days of dealing with nary a regulator in sight were numbered. However, the US Treasury Department recently issued its most concrete regulatory suggestion, even though many of the details at this stage remain unclear. Stewart Eisenhart reportsPerfect Partners
The hosted services model is not a new phenomenon to the financial services industry. But during these testing times it has become more relevant to buy side firms offering managers the benefits of fixed IT costs, reduced time to market for new applications, ease-of-maintenance and regular upgrades. But if the hosted services model is the way forward, why is it not more prevalent on the buy side?
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This month's free news stories
Spotlight
New York-based EXENET has tapped Credit Suisse veteran Gil Shaked to succeed Umit Cinali as chief executive. With 25 years’ experience in risk management and alternative investments, Shaked headed Credit Suisse’s Prime Services unit and oversaw the bank’s alternative investments technology efforts. He discusses his move to EXENET with Stewart Eisenhart
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Case study
When the time came for Austin-based Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company (TTSTC) to revamp its allocation process for alternative investments, a more robust risk management platform had to be part of the package. But rather than implementing a position-focused risk system, the manager opted for a platform able to provide a more general view of its risk exposures, and Riskdata’s FOFiX fit the bill. By Stewart Eisenhart
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Open platform
Buy-side firms are under increasing pressure to rationalise their technology infrastructures and staff compliments in an attempt to positively impact the bottom line. One way of doing this is by carrying out a total cost of ownership (TCO) exercise to establish the real costs of their in-house deployments. Kevin Houstoun explains
Product profile
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Special report
With efforts to set new regulatory structures in place for the financial services industry underway on multiple fronts, the impact on buy-side firms’ technologies and operations will be profound and long-lasting, says a recent TowerGroup report. By Stewart Eisenhart
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