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NetDecide Incorporates Forefield Data with its Wealth Management Software
NetDecide integrates financial planning information into its wealth management platform for enhanced decision-making process.
Emphasizing Education, Terra Nova Acquires Market Wise Securities
Seeking to enhance its direct-access trading offerings through educational devices, Terra Nova has acquired Market Wise Securities.
E-Commerce Update: A Special Report
Even in the wake of the recent market downturn, retail brokerage firms are continuing to spend money on e-business initiatives. WS&T Week editor Ivy Schmerken takes a close look at e-business financial services trends in a special report.
ELECTRONIC TRADING BRIEFS
Archipelago and Macgregor join forces to supply institutional customers with the ability to execute electronic orders; LIFFE releases Liffe Connect Release 5.1; Penn State University's Smeal College of Business installs TradeStation's trading software throughout its entire real-time trading room.
MARKET DATA BRIEFS
Symantec Corp. signs a contract with Reuters to protect its worldwide network from Internet security breaches; Anserity and Alpha Books team up to create a Personal Finance Answer Engine.
RISK MANAGEMENT BRIEFS
SunGard opens a new office in Seoul, Korea; Weather Risk Advisory launches a new weather derivative-pricing tool; Algorithmics to hold its annual Algorithmics Risk Conference May 8th -11th at The Banff Springs Hotel in Alberta, Canada.
It's On: Omgeo Granted SEC Exemption To Operate
Omgeo has just received approval to operate from the SEC, setting the stage for long awaited interoperability talks with the GSTPA.
GARP Survey Reveals Risk Salaries
First annual Financial Risk Management Salary Survey looks at risk compensation according to region and sector.
Bloomberg Tradebook and Belzberg Technologies Develop Trading Systems Interface
In support of their brokerage customers, Belzberg Technologies and Bloomberg Tradebook have linked their respective trading networks.
BUYSIDE BRIEFS
The Vanguard Group to offer a new suite of online personal financial management services on its website; BITA Plus to host a lunchtime seminar on "Managing Risk in Volatile Markets; Advent Software, Inc. announces that Madeleine Albright will serve as the keynote speaker at the company's annual Spring Conference.
ELECTRONIC TRADING BRIEFS
Charles Schwab Corp re-names CyBerCorp--its direct-access brokerage subsidiary--CyberTrader Inc.; ePIT names Scott Shedd its vice president of sales for North America; Blackwood Trading opens its new global technology headquarters in the Trump Building.
MARKET DATA BRIEFS
Raymond James & Associates signs a letter of intent to license Xcitek Solutions Plus; HyperFeed Technologies selected to supply real-time quotes to Nasdaqonline.
RISK MANAGEMENT BRIEFS
Bita Plus partnerss with Reuters to incorporate Bita Direct within Reuters Portfolio; Algorithmics to hold its annual Algorithmics Risk Conference May 8th -11th.
Bridge's Assets Set to Go to Auction
Bridge becomes a hot commodity as Reuters joins SunGard in bidding auction.
Bond Market Protocol Project Waits for RFP Responses
The Bond Market Association has protocols on its mind, and an RFP deadline in place for selecting which firm will get the job.
CHX and Global Crossing Sign Order Routing/Extranet Connectivity Pact
The Chicago Stock Exchange has signed a networking pact with Global Crossing that should expand the reach of its order-routing system.
ADP Looks To Attract Asset Managers' Back-Office Business
ADP is enhancing Trading Assistant in the hope that asset managers will be convinced outsourcing back-office operations means spending more time actually managing assets.
ELECTRONIC TRADING BRIEFS
The Chicago Board Options Exchange and the International Securities Exchange have agreed to link their respective markets via technology supplied by Interactive Brokers LLC; The Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Blackbird Holdings form an alliance; Cr edit Suisse First Boston names A. George Oomman its head of derivative strategy research.
RISK MANAGEMENT BRIEFS
InterMoney Energma S.A becomes an alliance partner with Financial Engineering Associates; Kamakura appoints George Holt to the position of managing director; Societe Generale Group licenses NetRisk's RiskOps software for measuring and managing enterprise-wide operational risk.
MARKET DATA BRIEFS
The Reuters' Investor/Media Offices have moved to the Americas Headquarters in Times Square; Standard & Poor's ComStock upgrades its Xstream Quotes with several new features; Wiesenberger and UpTick Data Technologies form a strategic alliance to create a new series of research reports.
BUY-SIDE BRIEFS
Rosemont Partners announces completion of an investment in Persimmon Research Partners, Inc.; RIXML.org holds an industry launch event to unveil version 1.0 of the RIXML specification; Wilco International signs an agreement with the Terence Chapman Group PLC for the acquisition of the business and products of TCA Synergo.
Blackwood Tabs Glimcher for Director of Operations Post
Blackwood Trading names Daniel Glimcher its director of operations.
SAS Pitches Separate Account Software to Fund Companies
Fund companies look to SAS for separate account software.
A Conversation With the Minds Behind the BOTCC
A trio of high-ranking executives from the Board of Trade Clearing Corp sit down with WS&T Senior Editor Robert Sales to divulge their thoughts on the firm's key technology and business initiatives.
Mobile Venture Tackles Quality of Service
Reuters spearheads a new mobile trading project.
SWIFT Lightens Load With Global Crossing
SWIFT chooses Global Crossing for network connectivity.
IRML: Getting To The Heart Of Documents
New XML-based standard being shaped by IRML.org.
LME Gets Approval to Roll Trading Platform in the U.S.
LCFTC gives LME green light for U.S. electronic trading launch.
ATS Morphs Limitrader into a Technology Seller
Limitrader changes its stripes.
Discount Brokers Leap Into Next-Generation Technology
Traditional online brokers are now forcing their way into the direct-access market.
Direct-Access Trading Making Inroads at Buy-Side Institutions
Buy-side firms now starting to get in on the once-exclusive playground of day traders.
Job Market Shrinking for IT Employees
Thanks to a post Y2K hangover, industry consolidation and a market downturn, job opportunities for full-time financial services IT staff have dwindled.
Middleware Vendors Hold the Key to Integration Strategies
There are many different technologies that play an important role in one's STP strategy, but above all middleware is the most crucial. In this feature, middleware is put under the microscope.
Kiodex to Provide Risk Reports for EnronOnline Users
Commodities traders using EnronOnline will soon be able to seamlessly access parts of Kiodex's Risk Workbench for risk analysis and reporting.
Computershare Snags Deal with Garban-Intercapital to Develop
To provide its clients with an additional mechanism for accessing its liquidity pools, Garban-Intercapital is working with Computershare to build an electronic interest rate swaps platform.
Global Investment Systems Speaks To Large & Small
Claremont Investment Partners has chosen MFACT from Global Investment Systems as the product that will allow the company to bring its mutual fund accounting in-house, thus reducing the chance for errors.
ELECTRONIC TRADING BRIEFS
The International Securities Exchange increased its average daily trading volume by 30% from February to March; Bridge Information Systems launches BridgeInvestor; Lucidity Trading Systems plans to roll out the Lucidity Trading System.
BUY-SIDE BRIEFS
Frank H. Lallos named the new Director of Product Development in ByAllAccounts; Bremer Associates, Inc. and PowerShare, Inc. co-sign a technology partnership; Wiesenberger, Thomson Financial Information and UpTick Data Technologies create a strategic alliance.
MARKET DATA BRIEFS
Bridge releases a customized suite of professional investor tools specifically for the individual investor; Factiva to launch Factiva Select; Market Information Services appoints Martin Johnson to sales manager.
RISK MANAGEMENT BRIEFS
Algorithmics to hold its annual Algorithmics Risk Conference; "Practical Considerations in Measuring Economic Capital" to be the theme for the next ERisk iConference.
Citigroup--Once The Deals Are Signed, Technology Must Create
Citigroup has converged banking, brokerage, and insurance into one financial services monolith but it is up to technology and integration to harvest the synergies that, on paper, seem so very ripe.
Technology Makes Convergence a Reality
Fasterthan you can say Gramm-Leach-Bliley, the fault lines separating banking, brokerage and insurance are being ruptured by tectonic shifts in technology.
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