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Q&A: Bruce Tolley of Solarflare Communications on Network Performance and Precision Timing
In ultra low-latency trading systems, the application to network interface is one cause of significant latency and jitter. Companies like Solarflare have advanced network adaptors designed to overcome those issues. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com got the scoop from Solarflare’s vice president of solutions Bruce Tolley. Q: Firstly, by way of introduction, what are your main products that are...
Bloomberg Tradebook Boosts Independent Research Offering
Bloomberg Tradebook, a leading global agency broker, announced today that six new independent research providers have been selected to join its research services offering. Bloomberg Tradebook clients now have access to premium market research from 15 independent research firms that provide an informed perspective on the markets they cover. The Analyst, H&M Consulting Group (HMCG),...
IRM Appoints José Morago as Director
The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) is pleased to announce the appointment of José Morago to its board of directors with immediate effect. José is the European Enterprise Risk Director for Aviva, where he is responsible for risk oversight, governance and capital management of Aviva’s European operations in 12 countries. He is also responsible for...
IOSCO’s Commodities Market Proposals Highlight Need for Internationally Consistent Data Standards and Classifications
In addition to its recent trade repositories paper, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a paper urging regulators to consider bolstering their oversight of the commodities markets, which includes recommendations to introduce international data standards and classification schemes. As part of its series of proposals to improve post-trade surveillance methods, it suggests...
Former Performance Measurement & Reporting Director at Russel Joins BI-SAM
BI-SAM, the company behind B-One, the global award winning data management, performance and risk attribution, GIPS composites administration and client reporting solution, announced the appointment of Frédéric Lalande as Deputy Managing Director. Frédéric has more than 20 years experience in asset management and more specifically in performance measurement and reporting. After ten years in Paris,...
SIX Telekurs Launches New On-Demand Services for the Rapid Delivery of High Quality Data
SIX Telekurs has released new delivery services for the most up-to-date financial information from its comprehensive securities database, Valordata Feed. These innovations meet growing market needs for on-demand prices, reference data and corporate actions. VDF Pulse delivers push-delta updates of reference data and time-critical corporate actions every 15 minutes. These intervals reduce manual entry work...
Prominent German Pension Fund Selects SimCorp Dimension
A renowned German occupational pension fund with more than EUR 6bn under management has selected SimCorp Dimension as its future investment management system. SimCorp Dimension will be used as a seamlessly integrated solution, from portfolio management to accounting, for the firm’s entire range of investments. Critical to the pension fund’s choice of SimCorp Dimension was...
Asset Control’s New AC Plus Module is Aimed at Efficiency Gains and Increased Interactivity, Says Lynch
Last week EDM solution vendor Asset Control launched a new module for its AC Plus data management platform that is aimed at automating the securities set up process). Phil Lynch, president and CEO of the vendor, explains that by providing an automated process right from the outset to collect the required instrument data, firms can...
Oracle’s Kumar Talks up a Consolidated Approach to Finance and Risk Data, Exadata’s Capabilities
Oracle has long been championing the capabilities of its Exadata Database Machine, which forms the foundation of a number of its other offerings such as the Financial Services Data Warehouse that was launched in January this year. Senthil Kumar, group vice president and head of global business development for financial services at Oracle, speaks to Reference...
The Investment Fund Industry Should be Preparing for FATCA Already
Multifonds, a leader in flexible, multi-jurisdictional, single-platform fund administration software, says that while in some cases FATCA’s implications remain unclear, on other points asset managers, administrators and vendors can make progress now. The US’s Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which will come into effect on January 1 2013, has far-reaching implications for the investment...