Profile of Ivan Schneider

Blog Posts: 16

It Won't Work: Central Counterparty Clearing for OTC Derivatives

9/20/2013
CCP for OTC derivatives is misguided, ill-executed and damaging, says panelist at Sibos conference.

Top 10 Cloud Computing Complaints

8/23/2010
Leading industry experts respond to gripes that IT professionals have about the security, cost, and portability of cloud computing in the enterprise.

Royalblue Breaks Into Algo Trading

8/7/2006
Royalblue/Fidessa (London) is launching Fidessa BlueBox, an algorithmic trading system for sell-side firms seeking to offer their own automated trading strategies.

The Devil in the Details: Complying With the PATRIOT Act

2/7/2006
Financial institutions opening correspondent accounts or private banking accounts will have to do their homework, and technology can help -- to an extent.

SWIFT Strategist Plots Course for MiFID

1/3/2006
Implications are profound for global banks and financial markets

Dissidents Propose Spinoff of Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Business

5/12/2005
The proposal would essentially reverse Dean Witter & Co.'s 1997 takeover of Morgan Stanley.

Industry Requires ’Macro’ Risk Management, BIS Exec Says

10/28/2004
Transformations within the financial industry have led to transformations in the risks faced by the industry, and bankers and regulators have to develop better methods for measuring systemic risk.

IBM’s SWIFT Specialist Describes Industry Transformation

9/23/2004
SWIFT's Alec Nacamuli speaks about two strategic transformations in the financial industry: the bank/corporate relationship and the consolidation of back offices at European banks.

What’s So Great About Grid?

6/22/2004
You wouldn't allow your employees to remain idle 70 percent of the time. And you shouldn't stand for it with your lazy computers, either.

Balance of Power: Capital One’s Split-Focus IT Team

5/27/2004
Capital One structures tech department to overcome internal conflicts and ensure projects, like grid computing, are a success.

Dreyfus Considers SAS for Reporting

5/13/2004
IT exec at asset management firm moves SAS from capacity planning to analytics, and now, potentially to reporting as well.

UNX Translates for the Buy Side

1/5/2004
With constant changes in U.S. equity market-structure and numerous protocols evolving, UNX has introduced a universal-language translator for buy-side institutional traders.

RBC Financial Connects with Vitria

12/18/2003
Vitria has been adopted as a standard for RBC Financial for business- process management, enterprise-application integration, and workflow management.

The Race Belongs to the SWIFT

7/17/2003
By establishing a private network, SWIFTNet is poised to outdistance the World Wide Web as the primary carrier of bank-to-bank financial messaging.

Banks Need To Upgrade OFAC Procedures in Wake of Attacks

9/27/2001
Although U.S. Treasury Office provides list of those with terrorist ties, smaller banks may have difficulty implementing the systems to use it.

Analysts Reassured by Resilience of Financial Services' IT

9/20/2001
Despite the devastating loss of life in the September 11 attack on America, technology helped the financial services industry weather the storm intact.