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Investment Firm Overhauls Front Office
Harris Investment Management scraps obsolete technologies in favor of Indata's TOM and Portfolio-Modeling Solutions.
Investment Technology Briefs
Northern Trust has selected a customized version of Morningstar's online investment planning system; Rorer Asset Management recently announces its creation of Advantage Outsourcing; A new performance-analysis system has been released by Barra.
CornerCap Ousts Fund-accounting Provider
Investment firm switches to Global Investment Systems for enhanced productivity and efficiency.
Investment Technology Briefs
AXA Advisors, LLC has chosen a Web-based financial-planning platform by NaviPlan to be rolled out throughout this year; JBWere, an Australian investment house, is implementing a
portfolio-management system from Misys Asset Management Systems; Credit Lyonnais Asset Management has replaced SmartStream Technologies' Corona reconciliation system with Smatch from Monro Business Softwares (Monrosoft).
OMS Vendors Revamp Offerings to Meet Demands
When it comes to buy-side order-management-system vendors, the market features a range of players, catering to all firms from small hedge funds to large investment managers.
The Buy Side is Buying into OMS Tech
It goes without saying that in a volatile market, traders must be on their toes and ready for anything. One way that firms are keeping pace with rapidly changing markets is by deploying the latest in order-management-system technology.
A Season of Change
In a tough economy, being complacent about technology is not an option. To that end, buy-side firms are taking a closer look at key applications in an effort to ensure they are getting the most bang for their buck.
Advisers See Value in Performance Reporting
Buy-side firms are learning how to beat out competition and increase return on investment with advanced reporting technologies.
Investment Firm Beefs Up Feeds
MJSK enhances market data with help from Thomson Financial.
Service Provider Uses IT Monitoring Tech to Sleep Better
Effron's Performer Division has selected Appilog's PathFinder suite of IT monitoring tools.
ELECTRONIC TRADING BRIEFS
* Pershing LLC is offering its customers access to Dene International's Dene Gate Software.
* NYFIX Transaction Services received approval to become an Electronic Access Member of the International Securities Exchange.
* Swapstream reached an agreement to interface with SwapsWire, an integrated, electronic- processing-network for derivatives.
* TradeWeb reports an 80 percent increase in trading of fixed-income securities during the first quarter of 2003.
MARKET DATA BRIEFS
* Merrill Lynch has signed a six-year agreement with Dow Jones Newswires to provide a suite of real-time news and information products.
* Charles Schwab and CyberTrader announced that their active trader clients will be able to access a new direct streaming real-time quotation service.
* Telekurs and Financial Technologies International are combining products to create StreetReference with Telekurs.
* SunGard Market Data Services announced that it has entered into an agreement with Comtex News N
RISK-MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY
* Issues surrounding Basel II topped the list of key issues facing risk professionals, according to a survey conducted by The Professional Risk Managers' International Association and Reuters.
* Algorithmics struck an alliance with Cicada Corporation and Investors Guaranty of Zurich to develop a suite of reference data and managed-risk-solutions for compliance with Basel II and other regulations.
* NYFIX Transaction Services received approval to become an Electronic Access Member of the Internat
INVESTMENT-MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY BRIEFS
* Insight Investment has introduced a front-office suite from LatentZero to service its entire operation.
* Stanlib Asset and Wealth Management recently implemented technology from DST International to consolidate its front- and back-office operations.
* Financial Models Company has released a fixed-income attribution module for FMCSylvan.
OPERATIONS BRIEFS
* Fidelity Investments announced it has reached agreement to acquire
Correspondent Services Corporation from UBS PaineWebber.
* The Board of Trade Clearing Corporation announced that it will
expand the security classes to include municipal bonds, corporate
bonds, commercial paper and certain additional government-agency
securities.
* JPMorgan Investor Services JPMIS) announced that it has been
appointed as global custodian by TKP Pensioen BV of the Netherlands.
* Dennis J. Dirks, chief operati
Can Operational Efficiencies Increase ROI?
Buy-side investment managers examine ways to improve their bottom lines with strategic technology spending
Investment Management Tech Briefs
Gerber Capital Management selects a trading-analytics solution from Powerllel.
; Merrill Lynch's Consults Diversified Portfolios announces using portfolio functionality from CheckFree Investment Services' APL platform.
; Mellon European Fund Services chooses a correspondence-management system from U.K.-based Oceanus Group.
; Deutsche Bank AG in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Japan certifies for FIX connectivity with Charles River Development.
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