(Editor’s note: Jaswal, who works in Celent’s Securities and Investments division, has developed an expertise in derivatives, electronic trading, market infrastructure and regulation, and commodity markets. Before joining Celent, Jaswal worked in corporate banking at UTI Bank, research and consulting for AC Nielsen ORG-Marg, and insurance at ICICI Prudential Life Insurance. Financial Technologies Forum will… Read More >>
Tech Spotlight: FIX and Post-Trade Ops – Part I
(Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part series about the FIX electronic trading and messaging protocol and the FIX Protocol Ltd.’s efforts to expand the reach of FIX into the realm of post-trade processing. FTF News recently spoke to Scott Sullivan, Senior Analyst, Securities & Investments Group, for market research firm Celent about… Read More >>
State Street and OTC Processing
State Street is spreading the word about its end-to-end package for processing over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives—which includes middle and back office services—just as OTC reforms are likely to cause buy-side firms to choose between a best of breed or an integrated suite approach for the operational tapestry to come for executed and cleared OTC instruments. As… Read More >>
Q&A: Are You Ready for Hedge Fund Registration?
Hedge funds with assets under management (AUM) of $150 million or more have to register with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by March 30 because of a key regulatory reform stemming from the Great Recession. In a Q&A duet of sorts, FTF News has asked two industry veterans—Carol Beckett (CB) from Wolters Kluwer… Read More >>
Time to Disrupt Your AML System?
Anti-money laundering (AML) for financial services firms is evolving as they broaden their usage of the behavior detection at the heart of AML and begin to consolidate AML and anti-fraud platforms. Firms may also see their governments refine AML and related policies as a result of the latest recommendations of a standards body urging countries… Read More >>
