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Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2006	Get Yer Red-Hot Derivatives Here! The derivatives market is heating up, and IT spending on derivatives management will experience a steady increase over the next four years, according to a new study.
Wall Street & Technology April 15, 2008 Penny Crosman	What Is a Project Management Office? The basics of project management offices on Wall Street.
Wall Street & Technology March 17, 2008 Penny Crosman	Markit's Moving Fast Into Derivatives Processing London-based data provider Markit has bought Communicator, Swapswire and BOAT. What's next for this fast-moving derivatives player?
Wall Street & Technology June 18, 2007 Penny Crosman	Technology Upgrades Improve Derivatives Processing The DTCC, SwapsWire, major broker-dealers and custodians, such as State Street, all are upgrading their technology to bring derivatives processes into the 21st century.
Wall Street & Technology February 5, 2007 Ivy Schmerken	The Buy Side Jumps on Board the Push to Automate OTC Derivatives Now that traditional buy-side firms and hedge funds are increasingly investing in credit derivatives, the industry is focusing on automating post-trade processes to reduce operational risk.
Wall Street & Technology September 18, 2006 Cory Levine	Stephen Andress Hired by Northern Trust In the interest of expanding its presence in the derivatives space, Northern Trust Corp. has hired Stephen Andress to fill the newly created position of global head of derivatives operations.
Wall Street & Technology November 21, 2006	OTC Obstacles Eighty-five percent of respondents to a recent poll claim that data issues are the biggest obstacle to processing OTC derivatives.
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006 Cory Levine	DTCC Hires Derivatives Expert Derivatives processing authority Bill Stenning joined the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC) as VP of business development.
Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2006 Greg MacSweeney	Don't Reinvent the Wheel An interview with Philippe Bibi, senior managing director and CTO at Putnam Investments on his plans to add business value in 2006 by developing technology that can automate derivatives transactions and replacing some legacy systems with off-the-shelf solutions.
Wall Street & Technology April 22, 2008 Ivy Schmerken	Buy Side Seeks Independent Valuation Providers for OTC Derivatives After Credit Crisis With the credit markets in turmoil over OTC derivatives valuations, buy-side firms are tapping vendors to avoid the conflict of interest inherent in broker-determined prices.
Wall Street & Technology August 21, 2006 Tim Clark	Affirmative Action A flood of new solutions hits the credit derivatives space in an effort to stem the risk of backlogged paperwork.
Wall Street & Technology February 13, 2007 Ivy Schmerken	Asset Managers Push Custodians to Offer Independent Pricing Services for OTC Derivatives The exponential growth of OTC derivatives is forcing custodians to provide independent valuation services to their institutional clients.
Wall Street & Technology February 19, 2008 Cory Levine	Aite Reveals Top 10 Investment Trends The Boston-based research and advisory firm released its top ten securities, investments, and banking technology trends for 2008.
Wall Street & Technology April 11, 2008 Cory Levine	Hedge Funds Say Technology Is Critical to Business Hedge funds are focusing their technology efforts on improving automation around OTC derivatives, as well as adding collateral management technology and exerting better control over prime brokerage charges and rates, according to a new Aite survey.
CIO July 1, 2003 Megan Santosus	Office Discipline: Why You Need a Project Management Office Companies seeking more efficiency and tighter monitoring of IT projects are opening project management offices in growing numbers. But don't expect a quick fix, easy metrics or an immediate payback.
Wall Street & Technology April 15, 2008 Penny Crosman	CIOs Say Projects Are Late and Over Budget Harvey Nash/KPMG survey shows across-the-board difficulties in meeting schedules and sticking to budgets, but PMOs and other solutions offer hope.
Wall Street & Technology January 24, 2006 Paul Allen	Trading Gets Exotic As the search for higher returns and diversification has sparked a surge in alternative investments, financial firms are working to establish a technology infrastructure capable of managing an acceptable balance between risk and reward.
Wall Street & Technology November 23, 2009 Ivy Schmerken	Derivatives Clearing Gives Congress Fits Congress is working on legislation for OTC derivatives reform, but there is still no agreement on mandatory clearing of standardized instruments or on how exotic instruments will be handled.
Wall Street & Technology January 23, 2007 Matt Nelson	Ask The Expert: Trends Q: What business trend will have the biggest impact on asset managers in 2007, and how will it impact the IT department?... A: As we enter 2007, buy-side firms should be thinking about how they are positioned to support their clients' changing product needs...
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007	Finding Liquidity in Derivatives Instruments Is Traders' Biggest Challenge Despite substantial growth in derivatives trading in recent years, much of equity derivatives volume is concentrated in the most-liquid contracts.
Wall Street & Technology February 19, 2008 Cory Levine	Weather Derivatives Traders Get Starter Kit Three service providers have teamed together to create the Weather Derivatives Starter Kit, combining their offerings to provide derivatives traders with a suite of services designed to enhance weather trading operations.
Wall Street & Technology October 23, 2007 Greg MacSweeney	Fearless Investors Jump Into New Markets While too much fear can paralyze an investor's decision-making process, a healthy balance of fear and risk-taking just might help avoid the next market crisis.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2010 Ilan Moscovitz	Should the Government Stop Subsidizing Derivatives Trading? What do you think? A key part of the Senate financial reform bill known as section 716 would stop banks from using FDIC-insured deposits to run their swaps trading desks.
Financial Planning April 1, 2010 Paul Menchaca	Derivatives Return As much as derivative products have been shunned as 'weapons of mass destruction,' certain derivatives may become more important as investors discover their value as a way of potentially limiting or focusing risk exposure.
FDIC FYI March 26, 2003	Derivatives Risk in Commercial Banking Derivatives serve an essential role in the U.S. and world economies but also present certain risks to the deposit insurance funds. This article explains what these risks are and describes how they are managed within commercial banking.
Wall Street & Technology September 18, 2006 Cory Levine	JPMorgan's Kerry Williams Leaves for SwapsWire SwapsWire, the derivatives straight-through-processing system owned by a consortium of dealers, appointed Kerry Williams CTO as part of a recent expansion of its technology team.
Insurance & Technology July 27, 2005 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Investing Wisely Q: What are the key issues insurers face in terms of portfolio/investment management, and how are carriers addressing those issues?... Q: How can portfolio management systems and related technologies help insurers better manage, track and report on investments and financial performance?... etc.
U.S. Banker August 2001 John Hackett	Credit Derivatives Hit a Snag After years of booming growth, the market in these hedging tools dropped in the first quarter, but the consensus is that they're too good to keep down. Includes statistics on the biggest bank participants.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer	Will Financial Reform Slam the Derivatives Market? Will the freshly signed financial reform bill wreak havoc on the derivatives market?
BusinessWeek May 6, 2010 Dawn Kopecki	Why Wall Street Fears Derivatives Regulation A provision in the finance reform bill could force banks to exit a highly profitable business.
Insurance & Technology July 25, 2005 Anthony O'Donnell	The Critical Path to Excellence If there's a secret to insurers' effective technology project management, it's genuine alignment of the business and IT.
Wall Street & Technology July 17, 2006	Instinet CTO Michael Bundy Focuses On Smaller, More Agile IT Development Teams CTO Michael Bundy assigns small teams of IT developers to work on new algorithmic trading technology and to create new platforms for credit derivatives, futures and options products.
CIO June 23, 2008 Meridith Levinson	How to Create a Project Management Office and Select Project Management Software Phil Bertolini, the CIO of Oakland County, Mich., says having clear reasons for establishing a project management office will help IT leaders obtain executive sponsorship and buy-in from resistant IT staffers and business partners.
Knowledge@Wharton February 12, 2003	The Changing Use of Derivatives: More Hedging, Less Speculation High-risk gambles like those that torpedoed Orange County, Gibson and P&G are far less likely than conservative plays meant to hedge against loss in underlying markets such as energy, commodities or currencies.