Risk Management: Crisis Makes Interoperable Systems a Priority, Pointing to Need for Unified Field Theory of Risk. As the securities and investment industry braces for the challenges of recovering from the sub-prime mortgage crisis, a pathway to normalcy may lie in re-defining interactions between lines of business as well as developing systems interoperability.
Industry Alert: Survey Finds Lack of Trust Makes Transparency a Priority. Fallout from the current sub-prime credit crisis is likely to continue for another 12 to 18 months, according to an informal survey of about 1,500 financial services industry executives conducted April 22 by Deloitte LLP.
Business Strategies: IBM Positions for One-Stop-Shop Solution With InfoDyne. With IBM’s acquisition of high-speed transaction platform and data feed connections provider InfoDyne Corporation and its planned integration into IBM’s WebSphere technology suite, the technology giant is aiming to create a “one-stop shop” for low latency trading.
Spotlight: Timothy G. Trebilcock, Chief Operating Officer (Trading), Federated Investors. In a volatile market environment, Federated Investors is holding to its conservative and methodical approach in its investment business.
Research & Analytics: Norbury Links Lightens Research Burden for Managers. The Norbury Links research software solution allows analysts to collaborate and track internally generated research.
Trade Order Routing: BATS Augments Platform With Smart Order Routing Tool. BATS Trading Inc. has upgraded the smart order-routing technology in its broker-dealer community market center and moved routing of all orders to its new Smart Order Router.
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