Buy-side firms once reluctant to embrace cloud computing are apparently changing course as two-thirds of those responding to a recent survey intend to use the services of public cloud providers over the next five years. The survey and research from Boston-based Sapient Consulting also focuses on other emerging technologies that are disrupting how the buy… Read More >>
Cloud Computing Gets a Second Chance
Cloud computing is hitting paydirt among buy- and sell-side firms in capital markets as firms face increasing cost pressures, compelling them to rethink the unthinkable. The cloud has been rapidly gaining ground over the last year to 18 months, according to research and advisory firm Celent, a division of Oliver Wyman, in its new report,… Read More >>
Bank of England Blesses ICE Clear Europe as a CCP via EMIR
ESMA Also Blesses ICE Clear Europe The Bank of England (BofE) has just updated its list of U.K. authorized central counterparty clearinghouses (CCPs) to include the authorization of ICE Clear Europe Ltd., officials say. Part of the Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., ICE Clear Europe provides central counterparty clearing and risk management services for interest rate, equity… Read More >>
