Profile of Greg MacSweeney

Editorial Director Member Since: 5/8/2014
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Greg MacSweeney is editorial director of InformationWeek Financial Services, whose brands include Wall Street & Technology, Bank Systems & Technology, Advanced Trading, and Insurance & Technology.

2012 Salary Survey Shows IT Skills Remain In Short Supply On The Street

6/29/2012
Specialized IT skills remain in short supply and are demanding a premium in the marketplace. Here are 10 highlights from the 2012 Salary Survey.

Event-Based Traders Now Have Access to Macroeconomic Data

6/27/2012
Selerity expands global coverage of macroeconomic event data in both developed and emerging markets.

Bloomberg Ups Ante In Research Market, Launches Bloomberg Industries

6/26/2012
Bloomberg Industries is a real-time research platform with over 100 analysts covering as many markets.

Buy-Side Firms Struggle to Minimize Fee Leakage and Improve Accuracy, Says Survey

6/19/2012
Nearly 50 percent of respondents highlighted ‘minimizing fee leakage and improving accuracy' as the most difficult challenge for an organization to overcome, says survey results from Bonaire Software Solutions.

Interactive Data and Scivantage Develop Web-Based Wealth Management Workstation

6/19/2012
The new wealth management platform aims to automate key functions and improve workflow for financial advisors.

Low Latency Market Data Moves from Fiber to Microwave

6/18/2012
CFN Services and xCelor have partnered to provide low-latency data over microwave technology.

Growing Internal Talent Vital for Success

6/18/2012
CEOs need to do a better job of investing in career management for their company's employees, says HP's Meg Whitman.

Chief Data Officer's Role Growing in Importance

6/18/2012
GoldenSource client survey emphasizes importance of CDOs as firms aim to improve data governance through enterprise level data stewardship.

Retail Investors Flee, Lloyd's Work Ethic, Big Bodacious Data, and More

6/14/2012
A few weeks after the botched Facebook IPO, experts continue to question the offering's long-term impact on the market, while Lloyd Blankfein gets some love and big data continues to grow. Here is what people are talking about this week.

IBM Launches Portfolio Management and Performance Monitoring Products

6/14/2012
Services-delivered software products enable banks to transform their order and portfolio management systems for smarter investment decisions, according to IBM.

Facebook Slams IPO Door, Zombie Hedge Funds, Activist Investors Get Bold, Can't Lose Investments, and More

6/8/2012
The destruction of the IPO market by Facebook's botched public offering, the haunting of zombie hedge funds and Wall Street's struggles to attract new IT talent are just a few of the topics people on the Street were discussing this week.

Millennials Taking a Bad Rap, SEC Inept?, More Bank Layoffs, and More Quotes of the Week

6/1/2012
The buy side is starting to feel the commission squeeze, the SEC's incompetence, Volcker Rule scare tactics and hiring the best and the brightest are just a few of the this week's top quotes.