The Forrester Wave™: Complex Event Processing (CEP) Platforms, Q3 2009 [ Source: Progress Software ]
September 2009 -
Forrester Research, Inc. has named the Progress® Apama® complex event processing (CEP) platform as a standout leader in "The Forrester Wave™: Complex Event Processing Platforms, Q3 2009"(August 2009) Report. In this detailed review of products, the Apama platform received the top score in current offering and market presence.
According to the report: "Progress Apama earned high marks for its event processing features, its development tools, and its business end-user tools, propelling it into its ....
Solace's Unified Messaging Platform [ Source: Solace Systems ]
June 2009 - Solace's Unified Messaging Platform is the first solution that handles all the major types of enterprise messaging in a single purpose-built hardware platform, with a single API and detailed management and monitoring. The Unified Messaging Platform simplifies the messaging infrastructure, improves performance, reduces time to market for new applications and slashes operational complexity and expense. Solace's Unified Messaging Platform supports ultra-low latency data distribution, high volume fanout, persistent message queuing and WAN-optimized messaging, all ....
Lower Project Costs and Time of Technology Rollouts [ Source: Concert Technologies ]
September 2008 - The rapid deployment of nationwide technology rollouts requires well-defined processes, robust management skills, and a unique understanding of how to get the job done. Without a proven Technology Rollout System, you run a high risk of project complications that result in increased costs, missed deadlines, and an overwhelming burden on internal resources. This paper explains what a Technology Rollout System is, how it lowers costs and saves time without compromising quality, and provides essential ....
TS-3000i TimeSync Web-based Clock [ Source: Amano Cincinnati, Inc. ]
May 2009 - Amano�s innovative TS-3000i turn-key web based clock provides users with automatic time synchronization for validated time. This clock will run on its own by employing easy-to-use resident time synchronization schedules with a back-up system that sends e-mail notification and SNMP trap alerts. It also generates time sync reports on events for a potential audit. The TS-3000i will provide the end user with savings in time, effort and money! Time synching clocks are used by ....
Structured Products Gain Traction in Eastern Europe [ Source: Orc Software ]
December 2008 - Eastern European financial markets are increasingly looking beyond equities and other “plain vanilla” investment products. As markets mature, a move to more sophisticated investment products follows naturally. The current economic unrest has accelerated this trend. Trading in warrants, certificates and other structured products is now growing rapidly across Continental and Eastern Europe. From this follows an increasing need for technology to support “financial engineering.”
Liquidity Risk Management - Good Practices for Broker Dealers [ Source: Tata Consultancy Services Ltd ]
February 2009 - The paper deals with criticality of adherence to good liquidity management practices by broker dealers. Liquidity is essential to the viability of broker dealer firms. Any risk posed to the timely and cost-effective supply of liquidity can be disruptive in many ways. Therefore, it is crucial for broker dealers to devise and implement appropriate liquidity risk management practices and strive to create a risk sensitive culture across their organization.
Multi Symbol Spread Trading White Paper [ Source: Aegisoft, LLC ]
June 2008 - This whitepaper explains what multi-symbol spread trading is an how it works.
Hedge Fund Portfolio Pricing Best Practices [ Source: Paladyne Systems ]
May 2008 - Hedge fund pricing has always been, at best, a highly inconsistent and unreliable process. The hedge fund industry has never been required to adopt a standard policy for valuing securities, especially the private, illiquid, and over-the-counter asset classes. However, recent market volatility and mounting pressure from institutional investors has forced hedge fund managers to focus on the adoption of a standardized pricing and valuation methodology. More recently, the issue of pricing ....
THE NEXT GENERATION PRIME BROKER [ Source: Paladyne Systems ]
October 2007 - As the hedge fund industry continues its rapid growth and assets pour in at record levels amid rising institutional allocations, industry dynamics are changing significantly. Recent high-profile blow-ups have led to calls for increased operational scrutiny and transparency of investment processes. Managers have been forced to upgrade their operations and accounting infrastructures amidst intense cost pressures. Competition for investors has moved managers away from traditional investments into emerging markets and over-the-counter products which has created ....
The Need for Multi-Prime Brokers [ Source: Paladyne Systems ]
October 2006 - In the fast changing and demanding world of hedge funds, managers continue to chase opportunities by expanding into strategies that promise higher returns, while managing their operating costs. At the heart of any hedge fund’s operations is its dependency on the prime broker—or as is the case in most leading funds, dependency on multiple prime brokers. For smaller managers the structural challenges of adding a second or third prime can be prohibitive and many prefer ....
Hedge Funds Catch the Outsourcing Wave [ Source: Paladyne Systems ]
March 2006 - In the fast paced world of hedge funds, managers face a myriad of new trading and operational challenges. There is increased pressure from investors and regulators for more transparency. Competition for investors continues to heat up. Investment products are becoming increasingly complex, and new markets are creating greater investment risk. Managers are struggling to maintain high and consistent performance results. Traders have shifted their focus into complex derivatives and non-traditional assets which require multiple prime ....
Investing in Risk: The Enduring Legacy of the Subprime Meltdown [ Source: Diamond Management & Technology Consultants ]
February 2008 - Developing an effective firmwide risk management strategy requires a shift in mindset on several fronts. First and foremost, it requires an immediate and enduring shift in corporate culture to enforce accountability at the highest levels for understanding and managing firm exposures. Second, effective firmwide risk management requires executive-level willingness and commitment to invest in the requisite infrastructure to accurately measure firm exposures, including how the firmwide portfolio will react to a variety of ....
Derivatives Portfolio Reconciliation: Deliver transparency, efficiency, and lower risk with industry standards and MarkLogic Server [ Source: Mark Logic Corporation ]
January 2008 -
This paper describes an approach for the storage, processing, and analysis of derivatives trades. An XML content platform that leverages derivatives trading information encoded in XML format, such as the FpML schema, can benefit investment banks in the following ways:
- Visibility for all positions across all trading systems
- Transparency for counterparties, auditors, and fund administrators
- Reducing the time for trade confirmations and full documentation completion, thus lowering risk ....
Financial Insights - Why Video is Strategic in Financial Services - Today [ Source: TANDBERG ]
June 2007 - IN THIS SPECIAL REPORT Financial Services Relationships and Communications Will Change Significantly Over the Next five years. There is compelling evidence that there is a communications technology shift in financial services that will have a significant impact on how relationships are built and maintained. This effect will be analogous to the introduction of email. Just as email completely changed the way Financial Institutions communicate with their customers, their partners, and within their ....