This month’s top stories
The Naked Truth
The 60-day feedback period allocated by the SEC to its proposed changes to the practice of sponsored access is almost up, and by the time this issue hits desks, ‘unfiltered’ access may be a thing of the past. But the real issue here is how brokers implement technologies allowing them to manage and monitor their clients’ orders in real time.Many moving parts
The number of compliance issues facing the buy side has little precedent in recent history, just as managers are grappling with shifting market and risk conditions in a post-recession world. The way forward is no less challenging – the obstacle is not the technology itself but rather the need to address multiple requirements without a single platform to meet those needs cost-effectively.
This month's free news stories
Spotlight on Gil Shaked
Gil Shaked, former chief executive at EXENET and managing director of Credit Suisse’s Prime Services and Alternative Investments business, is no stranger to buy-side managers’ concerns about latency. Now chief executive at latency management technology developer Correlix, Shaked plans to tackle the issue head-on.
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Big interview
In an exclusive interview with BST’s sister magazine Credit, Pimco’s Bill Gross comments on the high and low points of the past decade, the current dispensation – which he describes as the new ‘normal’ – and whether market participants have taken onboard the lessons learned in the wake of the financial crisis. Interview by Rob Davies
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Special report
Opportunities and efficiencies
This month’s analyst research focuses on three subjects – centralised clearing of OTC instruments; the rise in popularity of commission-sharing agreements; and the development and implementation of high-performance database systems. All three areas are particularly topical as firms seek to tighten up their efficiencies while simultaneously looking to technology to support new trading strategies.
This month’s analyst research focuses on three subjects – centralised clearing of OTC instruments; the rise in popularity of commission-sharing agreements; and the development and implementation of high-performance database systems. All three areas are particularly topical as firms seek to tighten up their efficiencies while simultaneously looking to technology to support new trading strategies.
Open platform
Risk tech reviewed
Following the market collapse of 2008, 2009 was a year when asset managers regrouped in terms of portfolio performance and operational margins, which now stand at about 15%, on average, across Europe. But what will happen in the sector this year? Where will asset managers invest their funds, and more pertinently, what market opportunities are there for the more adventurous buy-side firms? By Sebastien Roussotte
Following the market collapse of 2008, 2009 was a year when asset managers regrouped in terms of portfolio performance and operational margins, which now stand at about 15%, on average, across Europe. But what will happen in the sector this year? Where will asset managers invest their funds, and more pertinently, what market opportunities are there for the more adventurous buy-side firms? By Sebastien Roussotte
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