Content tagged with Data Management posted in April 2012
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SuperDerivatives Hires Morgan Stanley Quant
The company appointed former Morgan Stanley derivatives expert Raphael Juston to jumpstart the growth of its commodity and energy derivatives solutions.
US Mortgage Funds Emerge As Housing Sways
The U.S housing market may still be in the doldrums, but funds that are betting on big gains in mortgage-related investments are a hot ticket this year on Wall Street.
Lazard Profit Drops, Still Beats Street
Lazard Ltd's first-quarter earnings dropped sharply because of higher costs, but the boutique investment bank beat analyst expectations by a wide margin when excluding a previously announced charge related to severance packages.
Goldman Sachs CEO: We Are Not "Anti-Client."
In a rare interview, embattled Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein defends his firm after a public relations nightmare.
LCH.Clearnet In Talks to Buy IDCG From Nasdaq OMX
The European clearinghouse operator said the move will help it to better serve the buy side, while expanding its footprint in the U.S.
Thomson Reuters Brings Elektron to Fast-Growing Brazilian Market
The move comes as a growing number of domestic and international firms adopt algorithmic trading in Brazil.
BATS Software Bug Stings Strategy
The market's confidence in financial institutions is low enough without being exacerbated by completely avoidable mistakes.
BTIG's Commissions for Charity Day Raises $4.5M
The brokerage's 10th Annual money drive will support research for Parkinson's, autism and several children's hospitals.
Why Data Visualization For Your Emails Can Boost Your Search For Alpha
New research from the UK suggests data visualization should move beyond the trading desk to your inbox.
Eyeing the SEC, Hedge Funds Shore Up IT
According to an Omgeo survey, hedge funds are addressing the demands of the SEC and other regulators.
Global Hedge Fund Assets Surge But Smaller Funds Wobble
The industry's total assets surged to record levels during the first quarter, with most of that money going to established firms managing at least $5 billion.
DTCC and EFETnet Launch 1st Global Commodity Swaps Repository
Submission testing for Dodd-Frank Swap Data Repository (SDR) requirements will begin May 14.
Turning Big Data into a Dashboard for Investment Managers
The rise of data aggregators pulling information from various cloud-based sources, fueling front-end analytics, will make Big Data more usable for investment managers, contends StatPro North America's Andrew Peddar.
CME Floor Traders Took a Page from Occupy Wall Street
The battle between floor brokers and the CME heated up again when ex-chairman Leo Melamed defended the exchange's policies, suggesting that blocks will continue to be matched in the dark.
BrokerTec Says New Trading Platform Boosts Order Volume Tenfold
The firm said it built the high-speed trading system with a modified version of Nasdaq OMX's Genium INET system.
Hedge Funds Face Make or Break Year: Allstate
Large institutional investors
who have ploughed tens of billions of dollars into hedge funds
may rethink their allocations if the industry performs poorly
yet again this year, one large U.S.-based investor said.
State Street's Q1 Profit Crimped by Expenses
State Street Corp. said Tuesday that first-quarter profit fell 11 percent as compensation and other employee benefits surged at nearly three times the pace of operating revenue growth.
UBS, Goldman Win Formula One IPO
Private equity firm CVC
Capital Partners has hired UBS and Goldman Sachs to lead an
expected $2 billion initial public offering of motor racing
business Formula One in Singapore, sources with direct knowledge
of the matter said on Monday.
5 Tips For The Best Social Media Strategy On Wall Street
The biggest factor in the success or failure of any social strategy is content, but here is a look at what you should and shouldn't do.
Formula 1 IPO Pitch Ends Friday
CVC Capital Partners has set
a Friday deadline for banks hoping to play a role in Formula
One's Singapore IPO, sources told Reuters on Tuesday, in a sign
that the process for the roughly $1.5 billion IPO is formally
under way, with plans for a July listing.
Dataminr Analyzes Tweets for Actionable Signals
With its real time analytics engine hooked into the Twitter firehose, Dataminr provides an early warning system for micro-trends geared to enterprise clients in finance and government.
Hedge Funds See Best Q1 Since 2006, Though Concerns Mount
Hedge funds may be off to their best start in six years, but the industry is on high alert with Europe likely in a recession while the U.S. struggles to hang on, according to Hennessee Group.
Forex Fine Print Haunts BNY Mellon, State Street
State Street has unveiled a new twist in its legal defense against charges of foreign exchange fraud: We're not like Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Wall St Week Ahead: Will Earnings Spark Further Stock Declines?
Since October, estimates for
first-quarter earnings growth have tumbled while the S&P 500 has
surged. With the earnings season starting next week, the outlook
is not as sunny as in previous quarters.
The Top 12 Hedge Funds of 2012
Although hedge funds badly lagged the stock market's first quarter rally, a dozen standouts managed to outperform.
Prominent US Hedge Funds Enjoyed Strong 1st Quarter
A handful of prominent
hedge fund managers reported strong first quarter results after
the industry recorded dismal returns in 2011, but only a few
managed to top the performance of the rallying U.S. stock
markets.
J.P. Morgan Launches Mobile App For Depositary Receipt Clients
Issuer clients will have access, among other things, to the latest price performance data and graphs.
How to Prepare for Fragmentation in the Brazilian Marketplace
Economic indicators suggest that South America's hottest market will soon join the global trend and embrace a multi-market structure with liquidity fragmented across different venues.
Wall Street Scratches Its Head Over Big Data Challenge
With IT budgets growing less than 1%, firms are scrambling to deal with a huge challenge.
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