• 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 reports




• Perfect 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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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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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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