Well, we’ve done it again. We pooled our vast editorial resources and put together another digital magazine for you. This time, the Summer/Fall 2013 edition takes on information challenges in a new way by focusing on the “New Rules of Operational Data Management.” We want to help you cope with emerging and ongoing data challenges… Read More >>
Case Study: GoldenTree Builds an ‘Essential’ Data Warehouse
Centralizing operational data in a warehouse “in some shape or form” is essential if a hedge fund or a small asset manager wants to grow and be profitable, argues Bill Christian, chief operating officer for hedge fund GoldenTree Asset Management. This is especially true in the current climate of tight margins, regulatory pressures and increasing… Read More >>
FTF News Prediction # 2: New EDM Projects Give Firms a Handle on Data
(Editor’s Note: This story is running in our first-ever FTF News Winter/Spring digital issue that features our top five predictions on industry trends that are likely to be the focus for many securities operations and technology professionals throughout 2013. We will be running our prediction stories from the digital issue throughout the Spring.The digital issue… Read More >>
XSP Builds App for DTCC’s New Messages as CFTC Suffers Big Data Nightmare
XSP Readies App for DTCC’s Reengineered Services Corporate actions processing provider XSP is working on “another product purely focused on the capture and display of ISO 20022 messages from the DTCC,” says Daniel E. Retzer, chief technology officer (CTO), managing director for SunGard’s XSP.The product, likely to come later this year, is intended to help… Read More >>
Taking Control of the Risk Factors
The impetus for analytics and data management vendor Xenomorph’s new Risk Factor Management module for the TimeScape data management platform started with an asset management arm of a global reinsurance company. The unit was using manual processes based on data held in spreadsheets for monthly risk and performance measurement reports.The staff at the asset management… Read More >>
Another Ally in the War on Data Silos
Another shot across the bow is coming for data silos. Recently, I noted that FATCA compliance and automated reconciliation could eliminate some data silos or cause firms to find ways to access previously unavailable data. The New Age of Collateral Management is clearly another ally—maybe the strongest one—in the war against data silos.Data management issues… Read More >>
A New IT Backbone for J.P. Morgan’s WSS, Part Two
A key component of the new IT infrastructure behind J.P. Morgan’s Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) is an enterprise-wide data management infrastructure that will help WSS better use the data that is the lifeblood of its offerings, says Richard Anfang, managing director, chief information officer (CIO) for J.P. Morgan’s WSS group. The WSS group is a… Read More >>
