Special Report

SIA Technology Management Conference

Contents

Asset Manager Ixis Using Pyxis' mWholesaler

Wireless investment software specialist Pyxis Mobile has sold its mWholesaler system to Ixis Asset Management Advisors Group.

Vendors Combine Real-Time and Historical Analytics

Vendors at the SIA technology show will feature faster and more flexible processing of analytics using real-time and historical data.

Smart Searches Find Their Way to Wall Street

The more information sources available in electronic form, the more difficult it becomes to sort through and make them truly useful.

Platform's Latest Version Goes Real-Time

Platform Computing is announcing a new version of its Symphony grid computing software with real-time capabilities.

Bracing for MiFID

As firms scramble to keep up with the IT burdens of pending European best-execution rules, vendors on both sides of the Atlantic are gearing up for the challenge.

Intel: Wanting to Be Noticed--Up to a Point

Intel's Doyle says that because end users aren't writing checks to his company, it allows Intel to have a different kind of conversation with them--vendor-neutral.

Sybase: Can Breadth Trump Specialization?

Database giant Sybase's pitch to the financial marketplace, invoking the company's size and reputation as well as its product reach, is working, says Eric Johnson.

Business Is Looking Up, Vendors Act Accordingly

Major suppliers of technology to the Wall Street and capital markets crowd are descending on this week's SIA technology conference as if it's 2000.

Elsewhere in Town: Thain, Nazareth at the Big Board's Regulatory Show

On the cusp of the U.S. securities industry's premier annual technology conference, NYSE regulation holds its second annual conference.

SIA, BMA Quiet About Merger; Some Open Questions Remain

Three years after a failed attempt at a merger, the Securities Industry Association and Bond Market Association are giving it another shot.

Hedge Fund Asset-Class Demands Raise Stakes for Servicers

Hedge funds' demand for access to an ever-growing smorgasbord of asset classes is driving prime brokers to provide a host of new products and services

Market Data Needed--And Faster, Please

With e-trading increasingly the norm, volumes and data rates are soaring, and the demands for market data are changing.

Sell Side Pours Dollars Into Capacity, Connectivity

Over the last several years, a wave of electronic enhancements and innovations has swept across the trading cycle.

Matching People and Technology

Automation and market pressures have changed the personality and culture of the proprietary trading desk.