10/07/2013
Race For Speed Intensifies as HFT Goes Global
Trading firms need to upgrade their technology as often as every three months or face getting left behind by the pace of competition,
FinTech
10/03/2013
Making the Case for Moving from a Legacy System
This technology is what is described as “legacy IT systems
10/03/2013
Survey shows uptick in IT budget growth expectations
Expectations of IT budgets of European companies rose by .1% to 3.7%, amid recovering macro economic environment.
10/02/2013
WMSI Acquires S&P Capital IQ Financial Communications
Wealth Management Systems Inc. today announced that it has acquired S&P Capital IQ’s Financial Communications business.
10/02/2013
Capgemini launches new Insurance Connect platform for P&C market
Leveraging modern technology and core processing efficiency, Insurance Connect offers end-to-end integration of "best in class" claims
10/01/2013
Brown Brothers Harriman to abandon desktops and go mobile
US investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman expects to abandon desktops within two years in favor of a more mobile structure
09/30/2013
Brown Brothers Harriman to ditch traditional desktops as workers go mobile
US investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman expects to have abandoned traditional desktop computing within two years as employees move to mobile working, says CIO and partner Christopher Remondi.
09/29/2013
Rule Financial expands into Costa Rica
By choosing Costa Rica as its newest nearshore location, Rule Financial will be able to offer the benefits of time-zone alignment when delivering large projects for clients based in the United States and Canada.
09/26/2013
SunGard in talks to sell data unit to Apax -sources
The price Apax was willing to pay for the unit, which helps clients safeguard their data, could not be learned.
09/24/2013
Betareturn Launches New Service to Monitor Financial Advisor Performance
Investors are demanding increased accountability and transparency from their financial advisors
09/23/2013
Advent unveils new logo at its annual San Francisco conference -- after discarding one that failed to elicit a sense of the progressive from RIAs
Advent has arguably been doing nothing but reinventing itself for the last three years.
09/23/2013
Banks’ Payments Businesses Facing Severe Disruptions
As Onerous Regulatory Constraints, Intensifying Competition, and Changing Customer Preferences Continue to Limit Growth, Banks Must Take Action to Strengthen Payments Revenues, Says Report by The Boston Consulting Group
09/22/2013
DST’S Anova performance named "Best in Class" by independent research group
DST Global Solutions announced that Anova Performance was named “Best-In-Class” by CEB TowerGroup
09/22/2013
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc's 2,300 advisers are rebooting
Oppenheimer is the latest major wealth management firm to adopt the six-year-old service.
09/18/2013
Envestnet Tamarac Adds Powerful Business Intelligence Reporting Tools To Advisor Xi(R) Practice Management Platform
Envestnet Tamarac, part of Envestnet, Inc., a leading provider of integrated, web-based portfolio and client management software for independent advisors and wealth managers, has released an enhanced set of proprietary business intelligence re
09/17/2013
DST Global Solutions upgrades Anova
Anova's latest enhancements address the burdens placed on investment managers by upcoming regulation
09/12/2013
Industry Leader to lead DST Business Development for North America
He comes to DST Global Solutions from Eagle Investment Systems
09/11/2013
One Quarter of Global Investment Management Firms Rely on Outdated Technology - RESEARCH
SimCorp StrategyLab, a private research institution sponsored by SimCorp, today released a new study titled, “Legacy Systems: The inconvenient truth and the cost of doing nothing.”
09/10/2013
Gleeson Financial Group Selects Maximizer CRM for Wealth Management Solution
Moving forward with Maximizer CRM came as a result of closing evaluating their unique business requirements and selecting a CRM partner that was the best possible fit for a financial services provider.
09/08/2013
Temenos signs first US customers for T24 deployed as Software-as-a-Service
The rationale was to combine Temenos' market-leading solutions for core banking.