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  Tim Lind- Thomson Reuters

  The Future of Corporate Actions Standards

  Setting standards on transaction processing and how to communicate the status of financial events between banks and their customers is firmly...
  

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  Greg MacSweeney

  Valuable Assets: Skimping on IT Training Is Costly

  Employees need career development, training and more, but most companies fail to deliver adequate training once they’ve made the hire.
  

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  Nathan Golia

  IASA Trend Watch: Mobile

  Product launches reveal that insurers are demanding mobility solutions above all else from the vendor community.
  

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  Kathy Burger

  Is Big Data Insurers' Savior — Or Destroyer?

  Industry experts are warning that if insurance companies don’t master analytics and big data, someone else will — presenting a devastating...
  

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  Sean Owens- Woodbine Associates

  Structural Change In The Credit Markets

  An 80-ton boulder that has only started to roll.
  

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  Sean O'Dowd

  Capital Markets: Managing Intelligence Optimization vs. Big, Diverse Data

  The dialogue on big, diverse data has been changing in capital markets during the last few months, and for the better. Now firms are engaged in a...
  

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  Ivy Schmerken

  Mobility Meets BYOD: Trade U.S. Equity Options on Your iPhone or iPad

  Eyeing U.S. options traders who need speed, startup iVerit is offering real-time mobile data and professional analytics to consumers of Apple...
  

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  Susannah Hammond- Thomson Reuters

  Five Key Risks for Firms in 2013

  While the detailed risks run by firms are unique, there are a series of high-level risks which all financial services firms, no matter what their...
  

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  Candyce Edelen

  Making the Case for Automated FIX Certification

  Manual certification of FIX connections is no longer an option as exchanges are phasing in automated processes to improve testing ahead of new...
  

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  Cathy Moore- Sageworks

  Stress Testing and Data Collection

  Exactly what kind of data do banks need for bottom-up stress testing?
  

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  Ivy Schmerken

  Bloomberg's Chat-Based FX Trading Tool Attracts Citi, As Banks Reportedly Seek Chat Alternatives

  Bloomberg announced IB Dealing, a new chat-based FX trading tool for subscribers with Citigroup as a client, amid reports that Citi and other Wall...
  

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  Mitch Ludwig- Accenture Software.

  4 Key Benefits of SaaS Automated Systems for Life Insurers

  The potential benefits of automated systems for new business and underwriting – in terms of speed, accuracy, cost reduction and improved service –...
  

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  Tom Clayton- HP Exstream

  3 Reasons Insurance Carriers Should Bet on Mobile Technology

  In order to remain profitable, productive and competitive, insurers have seen the need to develop mobile capabilities to meet rapidly changing...
  

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  David M. Wallace- SAS

  Predicting Success In Banking & Politics: It's All About The Analytics

  At the recent SAS Financial Services Executive Summit, bankers gained insights into how to address the challenge of aligning technology and...
  

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  Nathan Golia

  Can Electric Toothbrushes Yield Insurance-Relevant Data? One Company Thinks So

  Per AdAge, at least one insurance company has partnered with an electric toothbrush manufacturer to share brushing data.
  

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  Ivy Schmerken

  Regulators Compromise on Swaps RFQ Rule, So Are the Banks Winning?

  CFTC commissioners compromised on key rules that now require asset managers to contact two banks for prices on derivatives, rather than five,...
  

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  Ivy Schmerken

  Is it Time to Tweak, Keep or Scrap Reg NMS?

  The emphasis on speed, order protection, and technology that Regulation NMS brought to U.S. equities is analyzed in an indepth report by Tabb...
  

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  Kristen Hambelton- Neolane

  4 Steps to Incorporate Big Data Into Insurance Marketing

  While insurance marketers have long used data to segment and target customers, analyzing and acting on this data offers even more.
  

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  James Ruotolo- SAS

  Big Data for Fraud Detection

  Insurers have lots of data, and they are finding new ways to leverage it. High-performance analytics technology is inspiring a whole new set of...
  

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  Bryan Yurcan

  Q&A: Banks Must Take a Holistic Approach to Cybersecurity

  As cybercrime becomes more prevalent, due to the widespread access to technology that criminals now have, banks must remain eternally vigilant,...
  

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  Ivy Schmerken

  Bloomberg Snooping Scandal Prompts Reaction from Goldman

  Wall Street firms like Goldman Sachs could look to reduce their reliance on the dominant data and analytics terminal in response to the firms'...
  

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  Anthony O'Donnell

  5 Market Forces Driving Change in Insurance Carriers' Strategy — Deloitte

  Gary Shaw, Deloitte's new insurance industry lead, talks about major market forces that the consulting firm's clients face.
  

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  Andrew Waxman

  Code Red: Implement Controls to Protect Firm Twitter Accounts

  As we move headlong into a world driven by instantaneous news cycles, firms should take a step back to evaluate risks and set controls to prevent...
  

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  Marcus Holland- FinancialTrading.com

  Culture Clash: Transparency Versus Proprietary Data at Bloomberg

  The news media requires transparency and openness, while trading on Wall Street thrives on minimizing information leakage and protecting...