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Ivy Schmerken

Asset Managers and Hedge Funds Face Swaps Clearing Deadline

Buy side firms preparing for mandatory swaps clearing need to finalize selections of CCP and FCMs as well as onboard clients and test systems by...
Nathan Golia

Would You Insure a Flying Car?

At a time when the auto insurance industry is evaluating the potential impact of autonomous vehicles, there are actually "flying cars" being produced.
Ivy Schmerken

Welcome to the New Quants: Data Scientists

There's a lot of buzz around the role of the data scientist, which is wrapped up with Big Data and developing new approaches for analysis of...
Brendan P. Farrell- Jr.- SunGard’s XSP

Carrier Pigeon or Twitter Bird: The Evolution of Corporate Actions Messaging Efficiency

The next evolution of corporate actions processing is underway, with an end goal of providing straight-through processing for industry...
Paul Delbridge- Mark Purowitz- Punita Gandhi and Caitlin Marcoux- PwC

Information as a Game Changer: Actuarial Analytics — Score Keeping, or Trusted Advice?

There is a great opportunity to more effectively utilize actuaries’ advanced analytics and modelling expertise, and thereby change actuaries’ role...
Ivy Schmerken

Europe's MTS to Launch an E-Bond Platform for U.S. Institutions as Interest Heats Up

The European electronic fixed income marketplace will allow the buy side to directly access prices and execute European and U.S. government,...
Michael Krutikov- Symantec

Don’t Break the Bank: Back up Your Files

The loss of sensitive and confidential information, be it by theft, accident or natural disaster, can be devastating.
Nathan Golia

Another Case for Native Apps

Consumers want anytime, anywhere access to products including insurance, but don't want to waste space on their devices. Can insurers make the case?
Gail McGiffin- Ernst & Young LLP

Underwriting Technology Matures: The Birth and Rise

The next generation of underwriting talent will grow and thrive not by the oral history passed along from the prior generation, but by the ability...
Andrew Waxman

Bitcoin Joins the Academy of Other Financial Market Bubbles

While not as significant as bubbles in the housing market or Internet tech sector, the recent examples of bubbles in gold, Bitcoin and carbon are...
Gail McGiffin- Ernst & Young LLP

What Commercial Insurers Can Learn from Manufacturers

Advances in the manufacturing industry provide a model for insurers to build innovative products.
John Nerenberg- AlixPartners

Are Spreadsheets Lurking in Your Infrastructure?

Bank management teams should focus on correcting vulnerabilities within their own operations.
Nathan Golia

AXA's New Life HQ Places Premium on Innovation

The new headquarters for AXA Equitable's Life Operations is built around facilitating an innovative culture.
Ivy Schmerken

DTCC Sues CFTC Over Swap Data Repository Rules

The industry-owned utility is asking a federal court to overturn the CFTC's approval of rules allowing CME and ICE to run SDRs.
Anthony O'Donnell

Insurance CIOs Should Turn Conventional Transformational Wisdom on its Head

X by 2's Ram Sundaram says insurers pursuing IT transformation should do the opposite of five rules that represent conventional wisdom.
Dan Solak- Thomson Reuters

The HFT Debate: Looking for Consensus

Although supporters of HFT and its detractors will always clash, market participants agree that one thing has certainly changed: the role of...
Jennifer Liu- Capco

How Dark Are The European Pools?

Regulation of dark pool trading in Europe is still in progress, with equity investors closely watching actions by the European Commission,...
Sumant Gupta- Head of Corporate Development- iTB Holdings

5 Reasons a Limit Order Book is Good for Electronic Bond Trading

As the US fixed income markets adapt to the exchange-like limit order book (LOB) way of electronic trading, there are a number of ways...
Andrew Waxman

Where's the Next Bernie Madoff Hiding?

Wall Street isn't the only place the the next con man could be hiding; academia and other industries can also fall victim to data manipulation.
Anthony O'Donnell

Further Thoughts on Quindell’s iter8 Bet

The U.K.-based vendor's acquisition of a distribution technology leader gives it a strong foothold, but succeeding in both geographies won't be easy.
Stuart Rose- SAS

Signal to Noise: Nate Silver Offers Lesson on Controlling Big Data Complexity

Simply adding more variables can amplify meaningless feedback and add complexity. Profitable use of big data for improved pricing accuracy and...
Gavin Little-Gill

And The Buy-Side Trading Technology Advantage Goes To....?

In a world where trading alpha creates a competitive advantage, trading skills and acumen may be king, but trading tools are the great enabler and...
Sugata Ray

Differences Between Dark and Lit Trading

Distinguishing between "dark and lit" trading venues in strategy discussions must consider the order size because small trades parsed...
Ivy Schmerken

EBS's Plan to Slow Down HFT in FX Could Influence Other Regulators

The electronic FX platform trading platform has a proposal to reduce the speed advantage of HFT players because the technology arms race has...