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Commentary from SunGard experts on news and events affecting the financial services industry.

8
Mar
2013

Cash Investment Settlements: Custody or Fully Disclosed?

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A Q&A with Vince Tolve, vice president of SunGard’s SGN brokerage business, focused on the SGN Short-Term Cash Management portal. Vince discusses the custody and fully disclosed models for settling cash investment trades.... read more

chief executive officer, SunGard Financial Systems

28
Mar
2011

Capitalize on Change

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Wherever you sit or whatever job you do, you’ve just witnessed the biggest change to the financial services industry in living memory. A wave of regulations , the growth of emerging markets, and revolutionary technologies are not only reshaping the financial services industry; the very pace of change has become quicker. It creates big challenges for organizations. But, with big challenges also come big opportunities. I personally find it to be a very exciting time. We’re helping our customers capitalize on the opportunities presented by change by helping them increase transparency and efficiency and better leverage networks. ... read more

deputy head of strategy, SunGard’s capital markets business

22
Mar
2011

A Daunting Task – Regulatory Readiness: The Data Management Challenge Webinar Recap

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I recently participated in a webinar with DerivSource that tackled the topic “Regulatory Readiness: The Data Management Challenge.” You can now hear the playback on the DerivSource website, and I thought I would provide a brief recap to highlight some of the key points I discussed with Anshuman Jaswal, senior analyst in the Securities and Investments Group at Celent, and Norman Brower, executive director at Morgan Stanley. ... read more

deputy head of strategy, SunGard’s capital markets business

10
Mar
2011

OTC Derivatives and the Question of When

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It had been a while since I participated in a Twitterview – a real-time interview via Twitter – so I was glad to have the opportunity to join TABB Group’s senior analyst Kevin McPartland in yesterday’s “DerivChat” conversation. SunGard’s own director of analyst relations, Alyssa Gilmore, moderated the discussion, which focused on OTC derivatives. If you didn’t see it happening in real time, you can read the interview here or in Twitter Search under #derivchat. And if you have your own answer to one of the questions or want to ask something new, leave a comment for us below. ... read more

deputy head of strategy, SunGard’s capital markets business

9
Feb
2011

A best practice approach to data and risk management

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In recent conversations about siloed data and risk management, I have heard the words, “mythical,” “cynical,” and “perils.” Not exactly a bright outlook on the topic. However, from what I have seen from our customers and the latest publication from the Senior Supervisors Group, skeptics may be changing their tune, because firms are taking steps in the right direction.... read more