In a sponsored interview, Tata Consultancy Services’ Vivekanand Ramgopal shares his views about how the move to a shorter settlement cycle results in higher liquidity, lower risks and other benefits.
Some Good Things about Summer 2014
For many in Ops, the last days of summer can be a chance to escape on vacation and evaluate the past eight months in quiet moments. Was it a productive time, frustrating or a complete loss? Will the last four months of the year be a chance to truly shine? If things weren’t stellar, is… Read More >>
Readers Pick FATCA as Top Story for 2013
Three of the top news stories for 2013 among FTF News readers dealt with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The adoption of the Volcker Rule by regulators was the second most popular story while the FIX protocol’s advances into post-trade processing also attracted lots of attention. SAC Capital’s admission of guilt also garnered… Read More >>
Remembering Lost Lives and Triumphs
As the media reported on the many moving events yesterday commemorating the thousands we lost on 9/11, I was reminded that you can always stop and just remember them in your own way whenever you choose. This suits me because Sept. 11, 2001 is a day that is present forever even a dozen years later.Like… Read More >>
Time to Download Our New Issue
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 >>
The 2013 Sifma Wrap
Cloud computing has quietly permeated a wide range of financial technology offerings as evidenced by the SEC’s cloud-based, industry-wide market data analysis system, and third-party product news at the Sifma Tech 2013 technology conference, which took place this week in New York. Vendors say the greater acceptance of the cloud among buy-side firms, which were… Read More >>
FTF News Endorses Fun & Games at the Sifma Show
All seriousness aside, we at FTF News are doing our part to have fun at next week’s Sifma Tech show, June 18-19, in New York. The good times begin at our Sifma booth, No. 1301, where we have created a customized, five foot, parody of a popular, old school electronic game, something we’re calling the… Read More >>
The New Rules of Operational Data Management
Pardon my shameless self-promotion but FTF News is very happy to announce that we will have a booth at the SIFMA Tech 2013, June 18-19, in New York. At booth # 1301, you will see printed editions of our latest magazine, also available in a digital format, that focus on the new rules for what… 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 >>
FTF News Prediction #1 for 2013: A Major Recs Revival Gets Underway
(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… Read More >>
