Bob McDowall on IT-Analysis.com

Chasing the Holy Grail: the Algorithmic Arms Race

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 06:55:00 +0100

The hunt for the next great algorithmic innovation is never ending [Read More...]

SWIFT's data dispute

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Swift's dilemma in complying with U.S. Treasury Department subpoenas for customer and transactional data is but a forerunner of a major area of dispute [Read More...]

Speculation on the financial services sector for 2007

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:00:00 +0100

No year is complete without providing a view of the next year - my top 5 thoughts for the financial services sector in 2007 [Read More...]

IT presence in UK faces extinction as students shun sector

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Could the UK computer industry go the way of the UK car industry unless more are attracted to the discipline [Read More...]

Hedge Fund Cloning Systems

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Goldman Sachs is the first to announce the launch of a hedge fund cloning platform. Many are expected to follow [Read More...]

MiFID: its cost benefit analysis and systems implications

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:00:00 +0100

The FSAs recently published cost benefit analysis of MiFID provides some interesting insight into where firms will spend the money. [Read More...]

Outsourcing of "innovation, industrialization and intimacy with clients"

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Outsourcers continue to build their resources especially in India but innovation, industrialization and intimacy with clients is a new and distinct business [Read More...]

European Payments Trends

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 07:00:00 +0100

First Data Internationals recent strategy forum provided an insightful view of the current European Payments Trends [Read More...]

The technology challenges in building new exchanges

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 07:00:00 +0100

What are the major technology challenges facing the consortium which announced that it would build a rival to the major European Stock Exchanges? [Read More...]

The real time reporting utopia?

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:00:00 +0100

The International Accounting Professions call for real time reporting with radical overhaul of reporting corporate performance remains a long term objective. What are the IT opportunities? [Read More...]

Does IBM have a new slant on outsourcing?

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:00:00 +0100

IBM recently announced how its Infrastructure Access Services would be responding in light of the changing demands of business [Read More...]

SEPA: weaknesses of the Euro-system will heighten systemic risk issues

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 07:00:00 +0100

SEPA presents a timely opportunity to address some of the weaknesses of the Euro-system [Read More...]

Technology: sell side push or buy side pull?

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Will brokers really look more like technology providers as they continue to facilitate direct access and algorithmic trading for their clients? [Read More...]

Rating exchanges and clearing houses

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Standard and Poors, one of the major rating agencies, does factor in the deployment and commercialisation of technology when rating exchanges and clearing houses [Read More...]

Regulatory scrutiny of outsourcing

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Should there be concern at the impending extension of regulation over outsourcing in the securities industry from within these jurisdictions? [Read More...]

Aspects of risk management in the financial sector

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:00:00 +0100

The losses at the Aramanth Hedge Fund is but the latest example of too much reliance placed on computer generated mathematical models for risk management purposes [Read More...]

Instant messaging is gaining traction on Wall Street

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:00:00 +0100

IM within the Capital Markets is a new and expanding business opportunity for the IT and Communications sectors. How much is hype? How much is real? [Read More...]

LAB49 focuses on innovation and agility...

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:00:00 +0100

LAB49 is newly arrived in London and creates advanced software applications for global financial institutions with a definite focus on innovation and agility [Read More...]

FortuneNET: Bringing transparency & embedding process into hedgefund management

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Fortune Asset Management has developed a proprietorial relational database to contribute to the management of hedge funds [Read More...]

Alpha Capture Systems in the Capital Markets Sector

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:00:00 +0100

The FSA, the UK Financial regulator, has recently given approval in principle to these electronic systems [Read More...]

MiFID and the Trade Data Monitors (TDMs)

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Under MiFID, competition for and fragmentation in use of, financial trade data will produce a new species - The Trade Data Monitor [Read More...]

The IT sector and SRI

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Many financial institutions - not only ethical funds - now run SRI criteria against their investment opportunities. How does the IT sector stack up? [Read More...]

A targeted stand by the UK Anti Money Laundering Regime (AML)

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Common sense appears to be permeating the thoughts and comments of the UK Financial Regulators, perhaps evidencing a more appropriate and realistic approach to the subject? [Read More...]

SEPA: an EU political mission with few short-term corporate benefits?

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:00:00 +0100

The EU Commission is pursuing an aggressive implementation timetable for SEPA but will it result in rapid corporate migration? [Read More...]

Upgrading operations as hedge funds mature

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:00:00 +0100

A recent article on this subject highlights the growing institutionalisation of the industry and its impact on the operational and technology relationship/dependency on the prime broker [Read More...]

Using computers to speed-write news stories

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Thomson Financial, the US business information group, is contributing to the commoditisation of speed information delivery to financial markets. [Read More...]

Computer generated profits from financial markets

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Does the continued growth in quantitative investment place increased reliance on computer generated models to make trading decisions? [Read More...]

Political censorship of search engines

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Are Western Governments really concerned about political censorship of search engines? [Read More...]

Commoditisation of 'transparency' and 'speed' in Capital Markets

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Technology providers should be aware of impact of commoditisation of 'speed' and 'transparency' in Capital Markets [Read More...]

Will the US revert to a more simplified approach to Basel II?

rss@it-analysis.com (Bob McDowall, IE4C) — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 07:00:00 +0100

Basel II continues its tortuous and protracted path to implementation in the USA [Read More...]