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.

Digital Gold Book 2006: Barclays Global Investors' CTO Derek Stein Fosters Innovation

7/31/2006
Listen to this episode By Beth Stackpole, Contributing Editor CTO Derek Stein says that Barclays Global Investors is working to align business with technology to support growth, all while fostering innovation by implementing SOA applications to continually roll out new products. Stein also says there's an ongoing push at Barclay

Digital Gold Book 2006: AMEX CIO Antoine Shagoury Prepares the Exchange's Hybrid Trading System for Reg NMS

7/31/2006
Listen to this episode By Ivy Schmerken, Wall Street & Technology The AMEX will be introducing AEMI, it's new hybrid trading system for equities and ETFs later this year to be fully operational and compliant with Reg NMS, says AMEX CIO Antoine Shagoury. Also, Shagoury discusses his plans to consolidate multiple asset classes

Digital Gold Book 2006: Michael Bundy, CTO, Instinet

7/28/2006
Listen to this episode By Greg MacSweeney, Wall Street & Technology Mike Bundy's experiences earlier in his career have instilled an entrepreneurial spirit in his IT development philosophy and are helping to change the shape of the IT department of Instinet, where Bundy is CTO. Since joining the execution-only broker in August 2

Digital Gold Book 2006: Kevin Murray, AXA Equitable

7/26/2006
Listen to this episode By Cory Levine, Wall Street & Technology In last year's Gold Book AXA Equitable CIO Kevin Murray spoke about his initiative to Web-enable AXA's business applications and replace the administration of product, service and distribution rules. Wall Street & Technology's Cory Levine spoke with Kevin who conti

Digital Gold Book 2006: Gerry O'Connell, CIO, CBOE

7/25/2006
Listen to this episode By Ivy Schmerken, Wall Street & Technology After working extensively on its options match engine, CBOE is venturing into electronic stock trading, says the exchange's CIO, Gerry O'Connell. Also, O'Connell discusses how his exchange is planning to tap overseas labor markets like India to staff consulting

Digital Gold Book 2006: John H. Deane, CIO, AIM Management Group

7/24/2006
Listen to this episode By Beth Stackpole, Contributing Editor While AIM Management Group is a global company that's organized individually, the firm wants to install the same system and processes company-wide. It's an exercise in standardization while giving the businesses flexibility that's pertinent to their markets and functi

Welcome to the Digital Gold Book 2006

7/20/2006
By Greg MacSweeney, Wall Street & Technology Each August, Wall Street & Technology releases the Gold Book, a compilation of profiles from many of the industry's most influential and innovative technology leaders from firms of all sizes: buy-side firms, sell-side firms and even the exchanges. The 2006 Digital Gold Book has podcasts with 11 buy-side technology heads, including Janus Capital's Andrea Young and Mellon Financial's Kevin Shearan, and podcasts with 7 Exchange technology leaders, inclu

IT Matters

7/18/2006
Three years ago, Nicholas Carr created a firestorm when he hypothesized that information technology would become a commodity, like telephones, and that IT no longer would provide competitive advantage.