MiFID
White Papers Compliance with MiFID (the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) will mean major rework and enhancement of a variety of IT systems within many investment companies across the EU. It has therefore never been more important that affected...
[January 12, 2008, 0:01]
Barclays Capital readies systems for MiFID
News As the November MiFID deadline looms, investment firms in the City and across Europe are working hard on getting their systems ready for the new regulations. Speaking at a Securities & Investment Institute conference in London, Patrick Ludden...
[March 13, 2007, 9:49]
Compliance: Tech's 'uncomfortable' future
News The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) directive is expected to cost financial services organisations about $1bn ($600m) worldwide — with up to half that amount expected to be in IT costs.
[March 20, 2006, 12:50]
City opportunities beckon for IT workers
News One in four IT contractors now works in banking — and with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and more mergers on the way, there is likely to be continued demand this year. As well as investment in IT systems to cut the cost of...
[January 4, 2007, 8:08]
Low Latency 5 Nine's Trading: Sun's Value Proposition for Market Data
White Papers To achieve the low latency and optimized trading efficiencies required in the algorithm-driven, post-Reg NMS/MiFID trading environment, firms need the unbeatable combination of the newest trading and market data systems running on Sun's SPARC and...
[September 11, 2007, 1:00]
The environmental impact of compliance
News For many companies, adhering to the likes of Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II and MiFID often means a fundamental reorganisation of the way IT systems are run. The costs and disruption associated with complying with new legislation and regulation will be...
[June 30, 2006, 15:45]
Business Knowledge for IT in Investment Banking
Talkback This publication contains 12 chapters that cover topics such as business functions in full service and boutique investment banks, asset classes, systems used in investment banking and recent trends in investment banking sector such as MiFid and...
[January 15, 2007, 11:22]
LSE CIO: IT chiefs smashing management glass ceiling
News And he warned that banking in particular is being changed by regulation - such as MiFID - which means technology will have to play an even greater role. Ambitious technology executives can break through the "glass ceiling" and make it to the top of...
[June 20, 2006, 11:10]
Home-grown tech may hinder financial institutions
News The survey authors suggest that complying with regulations such as Itil, Basel II and MiFID may have caused these home-grown systems to have become over-complex. UK financial services organisations are being hit by downtime because of a reliance on...
[October 24, 2007, 9:39]
