Profile of Zarna Patel

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Zarna Patel is a staff writer for InformationWeek's Financial Services brands, which include Bank Systems & Technology, Insurance & Technology and Wall Street & Technology. She received her B.A. in English and journalism from Rutgers University College of Arts and Sciences in Newark. While at Rutgers-Newark, she worked as executive editor for The Observer.

Plazma Includes Fixed Income Commission Aggregation

11/21/2013
Plazma now includes capabilities for provider ratings and allows commission aggregation for fixed income through a solution called T*Share.

AxiomSL Meets Basel III Liquidity Requirements

11/20/2013
AxiomSL, a reporting platform, meets Basel III liquidity requirements including liquidity coverage ratio.

Waking Shark II Shakes Firms in London

11/13/2013
Financial institutions in London participated in Waking Shark II, a five-and-a-half-hour cyber exercise.

WEX Launches App For Hedging Options

11/12/2013
WEX offers traders an application designed to assist in hedging options.

TT Connects to Nasdaq OMX eSpeed

11/6/2013
Trading Technologies will connect to eSpeed to enable e-trading in U.S. Treasuries.

CorvilNet Releases New IT Monitoring Solutions

11/4/2013
CorvilNet now includes BVD, auto-detection and configuration, and enhanced GUI.

Citicom Assure To Capture And Analyze Data For Compliance

10/25/2013
Citicom Solutions launches software that captures and analyzes data from mobile and fixed-voice recordings, IM, emails, and text messages to help banks comply.

Northern Trust Launches Wealth Management Suite iPad App

10/24/2013
Northern Trust launches an iPad app for the its wealth management suite, Private Passport.

Are Firms Suffering From Inefficiencies Due To Multiple Reconciliation Processes?

10/23/2013
Over half of the firms surveyed use over 10 different systems to perform reconciliation, causing inefficiencies from fragmentation.

Faster HFTs: Trading Under a Microsecond

10/22/2013
Exablaze produces a network interface card with low-latency capabilities, clocked at under a microsecond.

Quantum Dawn 2: Where To Improve

10/21/2013
SIFMA says financial services crisis management procedures should be improved, following Quantum Dawn 2.

Custom House To Offer Compliance Portal

10/16/2013
Custom House Global Fund offers regulatory and compliance portal for alternative investment funds.

Distrust In Global Financial Institutions Remains High In The U.S.

10/15/2013
Trust in global financial institutions increases in Europe, but remains flat in Asian and the U.S.

Real-Time Monitoring Solution Gives More Control For HFT

10/14/2013
Electronic trading businesses may gain more control on trading systems with Corvil's real-time operation risk and compliance monitoring solution.

Morgan Stanley Turns To Wire Data

10/11/2013
Using wire data to solve IT problems is more effective says Morgan Stanley.

6 Trends Shaping Commodities Trading

10/9/2013
SunGard pinpoints 6 trends that will shape commodities trading over the next year and a half.

DTCC Acquires Omgeo

10/2/2013
DTCC believes the integration of Omgeo’s international buy-side clients with DTCC’s community of clients will create new opportunities for growth.

Small Asset Management Firms In Danger

9/27/2013
Small asset management firms maybe in danger due to regulatory pressures.

Hedge Funds Increase Use of Cloud

9/24/2013
Hedge funds and investment management firms are increasing the use and spending of cloud technology.

Sapient Evaluates Current State of Data Management

9/23/2013
Sapient Global Markets offers sentiment-based data management maturity assessment.

Steel City Success Story

9/23/2013
BNY Mellon's Michael Keslar has turned down opportunities in other locations in order to remain in his hometown. And it has paid off.

HSBC and Morgan Stanley Scope Out Client Onboarding Product

9/16/2013
HSBC and Morgan Stanley are working with Genpact and Markit to design a client onboarding product that provides banks with data for the 'know your customer' (KYC) rule.

Societe Generale Adds Bond Data to Thomson Reuters Bond Trading Platform

9/11/2013
Societe Generale adds bond prices to Thomson Reuters platform for fixed income trading.

Finovate Fall 2013: A Few FinTech Providers for Capital Markets

9/10/2013
A couple of innovative asset and data management products were showcased during Finovate Fall 2013.

Trading Algo Patents: Will Firms Seek More Protection?

9/9/2013
Patenting a trading algo can be a long and painful process, but many firms pursue the protections for their inventions.

Sapient Global Turns to Cloud

9/6/2013
Sapient Global Markets makes their compliance management and reporting systems available on a cloud-hosted version.

SAP Names Global Head Of Financial Services

9/5/2013
SAP has appointed a new global head of financial services industries that will focus on the banking, insurance and capital markets industries.

New Derivatives Exchange Targets Regulation

8/13/2013
Co-founded by Hirander Misra and Vj Angelo, the new exchange, GMEX, will focus on taking advantage of tougher regulation and compliance.

Compliance Technology Spending Continues To Increase

8/1/2013
Compliance technology spending to increase by 35%, predicts Aite Group.

Scivantage Maxit Reconciles Data Using Broadridge

7/29/2013
Scivantage extends partnership, with Maxit adding data reconciliation through Broadridge.

DTCC Buys Omgeo From Thomson Reuters

7/26/2013
Omgeo will continue to focus on improving the post-trade process for clients.

Thomson Reuters Adds 65 Global Futures Connections

7/24/2013
In partnership with CQG, Thomson Reuters expands access to futures markets liquidity.

Quantum Dawn 2: The Aftermath

7/21/2013
With cyber attacks being one of the biggest threats to financial institutions, cyber exercises like Quantum Dawn 2 and other security measures become imperative.

ACTIV Financial Expands In Asia

7/21/2013
ACTIV’s coverage expands to 10 markets across Asia.

Super Nodes Allow CFN Services’ TradingHUB To Offer Faster Connections, Lower Rates

7/16/2013
CFN Services is using super nodes for TradingHUB to provides more secure and faster connection with a cheaper rate.

Woodfield Uses Smonik’s RECON For Faster Reconciliation

7/12/2013
Woodfield Fund Administration selects Smonik RECON for automatic reconciliation.

Sterling Trader Offers Nasdaq OMX Surveillance Solution to Buy-Side Customers

7/12/2013
A service bureau offering its infrastructure and DMA platforms to broker-dealers offers surveillance technology to monitor order traffic.

Investment Executives Optimistic On Hiring, IT Spending

7/10/2013
KMPG's 2013 Investment Management Business Outlook Survey shows executive are more optimistic this year about revenues and hiring.

Data Mining Efficiency: eClerx Releases New Compliance Tool

7/9/2013
A new solution by eClerx enables financial institutions to extract data from ISDA CSAs that will help them better manage legal and credit risks.

NasdaqOMX Wins on Trading Tech Sale to Borsa Istanbul

7/3/2013
Turkish exchange purchases technology suite from Nasdaq OMX to transform itself into a regional hub and boost its presence on the international trading scene.

Available Financial IT Jobs Decrease

6/27/2013
According to trends seen on eFinancialCareers, available technology related jobs in finance have dropped since last year, while confidence in the industry increases.

Bloomberg Tradebook Goes Self-Clearing

6/26/2013
Bloomberg Tradebook chooses Broadridge Financial Solutions to minimize costs for clients.

First Allied Uses Visualization Tools for Financial Recommendations

6/26/2013
Visual analytics helps financial advisors and portfolio managers make better decisions.

SIFMA Sets New Date for Quantum Dawn 2

6/24/2013
Heavy interest from financial industry participants forced the delay of simulated cyber security exercise.

SIFMA May Delay Quantum Dawn Cyber Attack Simulation

6/19/2013
Due to increased interest from banking industry participants, SIFMA may delay its planned June 28 cyberattack exercise.

Data Visualization Provider Panopticon Acquired By Datawatch

6/17/2013
Panopticon, a data visualization provider with many clients in financial services, has been acquired by Datawatch.

DataArt Offers OPERA Risk Suite For Smaller Investment Banks

6/17/2013
A partnership between DataArt and MongoDB will allow DataArt to develop and distribute a risk reporting suite designed for smaller investment banks.

Deutsche Bank Launches Autobahn Mobile

6/12/2013
The bank's sales, trading and research apps will be accessible to corporate and institutional clients via the new mobile platform.