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Fortune Telling for the Buy-Side
TowerGroup looks into the crystal ball to predict the future of OMS solutions.
Investment Technology Briefs
- Trade Manage LLC, a N.J.-based order-management-solution provider, has selected SunGard FIX engine; Spear, Leeds & Kellogg has combined its electronic-execution services with Eze Castle, Software's order-management system; PFPC has named Albert Marazza as a vice president for sales of the firm's fund start-up services.
Investment Technology Briefs
Value Line Asset Management recently went live on SunGard Investment Management Systems' IMpower; Man Capital Foreign Exchange has implemented OrderTrac Global Order Management System from PFS TraderTools; Macgregor announced that the Macgregor FIX Network has certified 162 new broker FIX connections in April.
MFS a Match for Morningstar
Investment manager outfits advisers with Web-based planning system.
Lava Trading Sees the Upside in Separate Accounts
Lava Trading led a financing round for Upstream Technologies, a supplier of asset management technology to buy side firms that run separate accounts. Lava plans to link its direct access trading tools to Upstream's order-generation platform.
Investment Technology Briefs
PowellJohnson Private Asset Management agrees to select Advisorport to provide the firm with advisory tools; Reuters and Barra announce a partnership to assist investment managers in managing risk in their portfolios using the same module that they would watch the market from; Singer & Friedlander Investment Management's London, Leeds and Birmingham offices subscribes to Knowledge Technology Solution's QuoteTerminal.
A Conversation with American Century’s Bob Sauvageau
Leading a large buy-side firm through today's economy takes business and tech savvy. American Century's CTO says doing more with less is now just part of the job.
Megamergers Shake Up Correspondent-Clearing Space
In a depressed economy, some correspondent-clearing firms are practicing the art of acquisition to grow their businesses.
A Model for Success
Portfolio modeling may help keep investment firms safe, sound and profitable in uncertain times, but some say even the most advanced technology can't replace the human touch.
Uncertainty Slows Preparation for Basel II
A lack of clear direction by regulators is causing some to adopt a wait-and-see approach to preparing for Basel II.
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Retail financial-services firms are betting on a risk-based approach to wealth management. While some are now running complex Monte Carlo simulations on the desktop, the bigger challenge could be changing brokers into risk advisers.
Investment Technology Briefs
Ark Asset Management goes live with Eagle Investment Systems for portfolio management and investment accounting; Ruffer Investment Management selects SunGard's ASP-based accounting and reporting service; Advent Software announces a new solution for hedge fund managers.
Instinet Sharpens Tool to Slice into NYSE Market Share
Seeking to capitalize on the NYSE's investigation of specialists, Instinet plans to roll out a tool to increase the ECN's market share in listed-stocks.
Investment Technology Briefs
Discovery Capital Management, a hedge fund, recently went live on the latest version of Finance Kit, Trema's solution for automation of the investment process; Irish Life Investment Managers, an Ireland-based investment manager with assets over $14 billion, recently selected FMCPages, a Financial Models Company product, to perform its client-reporting requirements; Citisoft has launched a Risk and Performance Service aimed at assisting managers in delivering cost-effective solutions required for
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