Whitepapers

In today's market, buy-side traders are looking for alternative sources of alpha. In many cases, this places demands on the sell side to provide multi-asset dealing platform to: - Enable baskets of trades in multiple asset classes. - Support cross-border trading involving FX legs. - Use derivatives to hedge or as an alternative source of alpha. ... read more

Whether it is smarter to build a trading system from scratch and therefore keep intellectual property in-house, or it is better to grab an off-the-shelf system and get started, is the dilemma that keeps techies awake at night. We created this build and buy decision guide based on what is relevant to consider when making important decisions. read more

If you are in the business of managing assets, you will presumably have heard the phrase “IBOR” and be aware that it is a common topic of conversation; in association with an Investment Book of Records requirement and why this is becoming an industry necessity. read more

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Does your business depend on understanding the intricacies of precious metals pricing? This Xignite white paper demystifies the process of metals pricing and explains the different options available for delivering this data. Questions addressed include: What are the sources of spot and futures pricing? What are the "fixings" and who sets the... read more

Cloud technology is revolutionizing market data management, marking a radical shift in the way wealth management firms consume data across the enterprise and communicate with clients. This Xignite white paper outlines how wealth managers can leverage the cloud to optimize market data integration, rein in costs, and increase agility. Learn how a... read more

One of the investment management industry’s most pressing issues is to better manage the ever-increasing deluge of market data. Key to this challenge is quickly and cost efficiently integrating market data into the growing number of end-user applications. A siloed approach where each department or group maintains its own market data solution is... read more

This paper provides an overview and, to some extent a prediction, of what life will be like for firms under the supervision of the new Financial Conduct Authority and will consider some of the key components of an effective approach to Conduct Risk. read more

Agile Steps: Start with a simple, zero implementation solution for eBAM Electronic Bank Account Management (eBAM) is already supported by major players like JPMorgan Chase and SWIFT. However, smaller banks that are also interested in offering eBAM can follow an "Agile eBAM" path to get up and running with eBAM very quickly. The new "Agile eBAM... read more