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	<title>SunGard Transparency, Efficiency and Networks (TEN) - Capitalize on Change &#187; Transparency</title>
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		<title>Why Public Opinion Matters, Even for System Testers</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/why-public-opinion-matters-even-for-system-testers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen O'Reilly - senior manager, SunGard Consulting Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>soreilly</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s no getting away from regulations in the financial services industry.  Therefore, it’s perhaps no surprise that they were identified as one of the key drivers of System Testing by the survey SunGard Consulting Services conducted into the sector.  What was interesting was the type of regulation highlighted as the main focus for System Testing.]]></description>
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		<title>Will Only the Strongest Hedge Funds Survive?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/will-only-the-strongest-hedge-funds-survive/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/will-only-the-strongest-hedge-funds-survive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Alintoff - </dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>salintoff</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If the markets are harder to play than ever, where better for investment managers to talk tactics than a gambling capital of the world? At May’s Skybridge Alternatives (SALT) Conference in Las Vegas, more than 100 speakers, ranging from Nicholas Sarkozy to Al Pacino, joined the great and the good of the alternative investments world to grapple with weighty macro-economic and geo-political issues. And over the conference’s three days it became clear that the global economy is a mass of contradictions and contrasts, with only the fittest surviving.]]></description>
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		<title>SunGard Viewpoint: Cash Management Tools &amp; Strategies for Credit Risk Analysis</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/sungard-viewpoint-cash-management-tools-strategies-for-credit-risk-analysis/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/sungard-viewpoint-cash-management-tools-strategies-for-credit-risk-analysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SunGard Viewpoint - Commentary from SunGard experts on news and events affecting the financial services industry.</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>viewpoint</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Brokerage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate treasury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counterparty risk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vince Tolve, vice president of SunGard's brokerage business, focused on the SGN Short Term Cash Management solution, shares his thoughts on how cash management tools and strategies can enhance credit risk analysis and reporting for treasurers.]]></description>
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		<title>Risk Management: Making Sure the Tail Doesn’t Wag the Dog</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/risk-management-making-sure-the-tail-doesnt-wag-the-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/risk-management-making-sure-the-tail-doesnt-wag-the-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Cree - vice president, risk solutions, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mcree</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adaptiv]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marcus Cree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mastering risk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post originally appeared on TabbFORUM.

Risk can and should be seen as the core of a financial institution. The management of risk has become an industry in itself, led in turn by regulatory drivers, technological advancement, trading floor developments and quantitative research. In this blur of evolution, it is easy to lose sight of exactly what is required of the risk department, and it is worth taking a step back to refocus on what is important.]]></description>
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		<title>Dusting Off the Crystal Ball</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/dusting-off-the-crystal-ball/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/dusting-off-the-crystal-ball/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Zdechlik - cpa, iWorks, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dzdechlik</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2013 predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Zdechlik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal cliff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obamacare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=3362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve spent much of the past month reading dozens of “Predictions for 2013” articles, including those on what the stock market will do, business intelligence trends,  social media predictions, even forecasts for the sports world. After all this reading, I’ve come to one conclusion: no one really has a clue what’s going to happen in 2013, just like no one could have predicted the biggest events of 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Beware the Ides of March: A Warning about Central Clearing from 44 BC</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/beware-the-ides-of-march-a-warning-about-central-clearing-from-44-bc/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/beware-the-ides-of-march-a-warning-about-central-clearing-from-44-bc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Cree - vice president, risk solutions, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mcree</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adaptiv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[central clearing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clearing risk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post was originally published by DerivSource.

In March of 44 BC, Gaius Julius Caesar was killed on the steps of the Forum of Rome – before his ambition to centralize power in the Republic, removing the checks and balances of Roman politics, could be fully realized. It is striking that the date for mandatory clearing is set for mid-March 2013, and there are clear parallels to March 15, 44 BC, better known as the Ides of March.]]></description>
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		<title>For a Competitive Advantage, Firms Require Integrated Compliance and Surveillance Systems</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/for-a-competitive-advantage-firms-require-integrated-compliance-and-surveillance-systems/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/for-a-competitive-advantage-firms-require-integrated-compliance-and-surveillance-systems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magnus Almqvist - senior product specialist, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>malmqvist</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[AsieTrading]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong compliance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Magnus Almqvist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market abuse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[social media surveillance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=3350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of a long series of high-profile international failings in market conduct and outright fraud, the Hong Kong capital markets are today under increased scrutiny to ensure trading in the region remains fair, transparent and orderly. The key overarching objective in Hong Kong – and around the world – is to ensure investor trust remains high.

Clearly, there is now a business case for actors within capital markets to invest in efficient surveillance systems.]]></description>
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		<title>Why the EU’s Rejection of EMIR is an Explicit Endorsement of Dodd-Frank</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/why-the-eu%e2%80%99s-rejection-of-emir-is-an-explicit-endorsement-of-dodd-frank/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/why-the-eu%e2%80%99s-rejection-of-emir-is-an-explicit-endorsement-of-dodd-frank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Parker - vice president, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dparker</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Parker]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post was originally published on FOW.

The EU rejection of EMIR on February 5, 2013 is specifically directed at non-financial companies, such as airlines, agriculture firms and other corporates that use derivatives to hedge against commercial activities. The ruling likely provides much-deserved relief to non-financial hedgers by modifying, reducing or potentially eliminating a threshold-based clearing obligation.]]></description>
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		<title>Are Your Collateral Management and Hypothecation Methods Ready for Prime Time?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/are-your-collateral-management-and-hypothecation-methods-ready-for-prime-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Parker - vice president, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dparker</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apex Collateral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collateral hypothecation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=3305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This blog post was originally published on TabbFORUM.

For many sell-side capital markets participants, collateral management has emerged as the most profound business requirement of 2013. For the buy-side, and depending on the final rules and participants’ functional capabilities, collateral optimization may be one of the most prolific revenue opportunities presented in years.]]></description>
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		<title>2013 Agenda: Central Clearing, Collateral Optimization, Initial Margins</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/2013-agenda-central-clearing-collateral-optimization-initial-margins/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/2013-agenda-central-clearing-collateral-optimization-initial-margins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Allen - vice president, collateral management, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>tallen</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[central clearing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=3219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know that the regulatory tsunami of Dodd Frank, EMIR and Basel III is causing a fundamental change in the financial industry and to both buy-side and sell-side business models. With many of these changes coming into effect in 2013, great strain will be put on people, processes and balance sheets. Now is the time for a comprehensive look at how firms are adapting to this new reality and what their main priorities are for driving change and investment.]]></description>
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		<title>The Dodd-Frank Stress Test Rule is Stressing Out U.S. Banks</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-dodd-frank-stress-test-rule-is-stressing-out-u-s-banks-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Parker - vice president, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dparker</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trading]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post was originally covered by Advanced Trading.

Another day, another regulatory rule. And this one seems to be causing stress for risk and compliance managers at U.S. banks.

Under the newly imposed stress test rule required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act (DFA), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) stipulates that covered financial institutions, including all U.S. banks with consolidated assets between $10 billion and $50 billion, are required to conduct annual stress tests calculated under a multi-scenario analysis. A “stress test” is generally described as the process to assess the potential impact on the consolidated earnings, losses, and capital of a covered financial institution over the planning horizon; considering the risks, exposures, strategies, and activities.]]></description>
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		<title>European Equity Trading: Research and Regulation Collide</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/european-equity-trading-research-and-regulation-collide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Morgan - trading and client connectivity, SunGard’s global trading business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dmorgan</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tabb Group’s new report, “European Equity Trading 2012/2013: Changing the Rules of Engagement,” highlights some issues that we must hope politicians will note during their review of the MiFID regulations.

It’s no exaggeration to say that Tabb’s research profiles an equity market in crisis ─ arguably one that is dysfunctional in some important respects. “Lit book” trading volumes have again fallen sharply in 2012, and there has not been a correspondingly large increase in dark pool trading. So the predicament, as it appears to most buy-side firms, is one of vanishing liquidity. And the buy-side’s primary concern – as reported to Tabb – is how and where to find what liquidity is left.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Banks: Hello to 2013, Goodbye to Basel III?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/u-s-banks-hello-to-2013-goodbye-to-basel-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/u-s-banks-hello-to-2013-goodbye-to-basel-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Parker - vice president, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dparker</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post was originally published in Wall Street Letter.

Industry participants that oppose the onerous and complicated requirements of Basel III may succeed in permanently eliminating a U.S. implementation. Although it is likely that enhanced capital and risk standards, as mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act (“DFA”) will be implemented, they may however, depending on certain pending initiatives, be prescribed through government and industry collaboration.

In response to a request by industry participants, the U.S. federal banking agencies, on November 9, 2012, released a joint release indefinitely delaying the January 1, 2013 U.S. implementation of Basel III.]]></description>
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		<title>Detecting Market Abuse in the Physical Gas and Power Markets – Are Market Participants Ready for REMIT?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/detecting-market-abuse-in-the-physical-gas-and-power-markets-%e2%80%93-are-market-participants-ready-for-remit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviv Handler - partner, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ahandler</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week’s allegations about the rigging of the UK gas market has finally moved the market abuse spotlight onto the energy markets.  The public, angry at rising home energy costs being justified by a rise in the wholesale gas price, have not taken kindly to the alleged market manipulation. The situation seems similar to the recent LIBOR fixing episode, where public outcry at alleged manipulation brought a previously little-known area under intense scrutiny. So what effect will this latest instance of market abuse have on the energy industry?]]></description>
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		<title>Prime Services: Is Your Business Ready for 2013?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/prime-services-is-your-business-ready-for-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/prime-services-is-your-business-ready-for-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Milner - solution specialist, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jmilner</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of the global credit crisis, hedge funds and their investors began to concentrate on counterparty risk and their exposure to service providers. Many hedge funds, if large enough, began to spread their positions across multiple prime brokers. At the same time, the larger firms’ appetite for offering prime brokerage services to small hedge funds was diminishing. This presented opportunities for some of the smaller firms and created an opening for new prime services entrants to the market.]]></description>
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		<title>Risk Management: Yippee Ki Yay, Rogue Traders</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/risk-management-yippee-ki-yay-rogue-traders/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/risk-management-yippee-ki-yay-rogue-traders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Cree - vice president, risk solutions, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mcree</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The holiday season is upon us, and with it comes a slew of reruns of classic holiday films along with the annual financial reporting season and its attendant analysis of institutions’ risk management capabilities. Seemingly unrelated? Actually, the two are inextricably linked via one of the greatest holiday season films of all time: Die Hard.]]></description>
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		<title>Separating the Rough from the Smooth in Rare Earth Elements</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/separating-the-rough-from-the-smooth-in-rare-earth-elements/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/separating-the-rough-from-the-smooth-in-rare-earth-elements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karl Loomes - market analyst, Astec Analytics, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>kloomes</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better than expected earnings results are usually the cause for celebration. It is par for the course surely, that to one extent or another, a share price should tick-up if the numbers are good? Yet since rare earth elements (REE) producer Molycorp (MCP) reported its numbers this week, which were generally seen as strong in most areas, the share price has only gone one way – down! Of course it is no mystery why this is; the day after posting these buoyant figures Molycorp disclosed to investors that it was undergoing a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation pertaining to the accuracy of its public disclosures. Ouch. Nobody gets happy over good results if you are suspicious they may not be accurate in the first place.]]></description>
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		<title>Surveillance and Monitoring in the Looking Glass</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/surveillance-and-monitoring-in-the-looking-glass/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/surveillance-and-monitoring-in-the-looking-glass/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magnus Almqvist - senior product specialist, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>malmqvist</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post originally appeared on Wall Street &#38; Technology and Advanced Trading.

The ESMA guidelines on automated trading (2012/122) – dictating that anyone using and/or providing direct market access (DMA) needs automated controls and surveillance in place, coupled with the buy side’s increased interest in execution, has resulted in the buy side looking at more sophisticated, and in some cases automated, surveillance and monitoring solutions. Spot checks will not be adequate to meet regulator expectations in 2013.]]></description>
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		<title>Risk Management: Conferences, Convergence and Catastrophe</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/risk-management-conferences-convergence-and-catastrophe/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/risk-management-conferences-convergence-and-catastrophe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Cree - vice president, risk solutions, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mcree</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post was originally published on TabbFORUM.

Late October 2012 saw an RMA conference on risk management in Dallas, the annual FIA conference in Chicago, and a catastrophic natural disaster in and around New York. While these were separate events with very different impact levels, all three were connected by the complexity of modern risk management, what it means, and how its outputs can be understood and used.]]></description>
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		<title>Why DMA Makes Sense for Southeast Asia</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/why-dma-makes-sense-for-southeast-asia/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/why-dma-makes-sense-for-southeast-asia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul McCartan - director, business development, Asia-Pacific, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>pmccartan</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Direct Market Access (DMA) trading has become increasingly prevalent worldwide as more buy-side traders take advantage of available technology to execute their own orders. As many markets in Asia-Pacific are currently outpacing developed markets in terms of volumes, investment and overall growth, they are primed to take advantage of this new mode of international trading.]]></description>
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		<title>The New Regulatory Regime – Solvency Modernization Initiative</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/the-new-regulatory-regime-%e2%80%93-solvency-modernization-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/the-new-regulatory-regime-%e2%80%93-solvency-modernization-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Zdechlik - cpa, iWorks, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dzdechlik</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the recent iWorks Summit client event at the Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, it occurred to me that our thought leadership efforts are resonating with clients. Thanks in part to our work in webinars, in regulatory review sessions, and in thought leadership articles and blogs, our clients are becoming keenly aware of the Solvency Modernization Initiative (SMI) and the impact it may have on their businesses. What they might not know is how the SMI came to be, and the specific actions the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is reviewing.]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Charts: Request Once, Use Many</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/medical-charts-request-once-use-many/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/medical-charts-request-once-use-many/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Freas - industry solutions specialist, iWorks, SunGard&#039;s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>tfreas</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re all familiar with the adage “create once, use many” -- for example, reusing information, processes or tools instead of building from scratch each and every time.  The target result:  reduced costs, less waste and happier constituents.  The acquisition of medical charts and related documentation is no exception.]]></description>
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		<title>Cage Goes in the Water. You Go in the Water. Shark’s in the Water.</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/cage-goes-in-the-water-you-go-in-the-water-shark%e2%80%99s-in-the-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Cree - vice president, risk solutions, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mcree</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post originally appeared on TabbFORUM. In the 1975 summer smash Jaws, a rogue shark terrorizes a summer town. In addition to being responsible for more aquaphobia and galeophobia (the fear of sharks) than any other film in history, it does highlight different responses to a problem. Much of the film is set on<a href="http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/cage-goes-in-the-water-you-go-in-the-water-shark%e2%80%99s-in-the-water/" class="read_more">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Can Bank Dealers Win the Swaps Collateral Optimization Race?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/can-bank-dealers-win-the-swaps-collateral-optimization-race/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/can-bank-dealers-win-the-swaps-collateral-optimization-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Parker - vice president, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dparker</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the $270 billion of annual revenue that over-the-counter (OTC) securities and derivatives dealers collect from trading will likely fall by at least 20 percent once mandatory clearing becomes effective, new revenues driven by collateral optimization services for non-cleared swaps are likely to backfill that lost revenue.

Collateral optimization will allow dealers supervised by U.S. banking regulators – which we’ll call “bank dealers” – to operate under specific margin collection rules to collateralize non-cleared swaps, including segregation, calculation, and netting. ]]></description>
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		<title>Regulatory Alphabet Soup: ESMA, UCITS and ETFs</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/regulatory-alphabet-soup-esma-ucits-and-etfs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Lewis - senior vice president, Astec Analytics, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dlewis</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A certain excitement spread through the securities lending market during August 2012. A new set of guidelines from ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority) that govern securities lending for UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investments in Transferable Securities) and ETFs (Exchange-Traded Funds) were published. These guidelines, due to come into force in February 2013, had the laudable objective of strengthening and harmonizing regulatory practices, but one particular aspect was jumped on and, unfortunately, misinterpreted.]]></description>
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		<title>Consolidated Audit Trail: More than One Way to Skin this CAT</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/consolidated-audit-trail-more-than-one-way-to-skin-this-cat/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/consolidated-audit-trail-more-than-one-way-to-skin-this-cat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Becker - product manager, Valdi, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>abecker</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This  blog post originally appeared on Advanced Trading.

The Securities Exchange Commission voted in July 2012 to require exchanges and broker oversight groups to have a single system to monitor and analyze trading activity across U.S. equity and options trading venues. This Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) will be designed to help enhance the surveillance of the equities markets by establishing a centralized database that can track and store order information throughout its entire lifecycle, including every trade order, execution and cancellation.]]></description>
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		<title>3 Key Facets of Market Monitoring and Surveillance</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/3-key-facets-of-market-monitoring-and-surveillance/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/3-key-facets-of-market-monitoring-and-surveillance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magnus Almqvist - senior product specialist, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>malmqvist</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re now experiencing a new technology shift...

It’s no wonder, then, that there is an increased focus from regulators on market monitoring and surveillance tools, and their use among market participants. These can roughly be divided into three areas: pre-trade checks, real-time monitoring, and post-trade surveillance.]]></description>
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		<title>How Should Broker-Dealers Leverage FINRA Rule 2111?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/how-should-broker-dealers-leverage-finra-rule-2111/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/how-should-broker-dealers-leverage-finra-rule-2111/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Parker - vice president, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dparker</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post originally appeared on TabbFORUM.

Regulatory changes are among the most challenging events taking place in the financial industry today.

The Dodd-Frank Act, as statutory authority, continues to demand a significant data process and collection re-engineering effort. For example, the newly adopted FINRA Rule 2111 which governs customer suitability for brokerage customers is applicable to all ...]]></description>
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		<title>The New Role of the Compliance Officer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-new-role-of-the-compliance-officer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magnus Almqvist - senior product specialist, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>malmqvist</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the unprecedented rate of change in the financial markets, and with regulators across the board stepping up the enforcement of existing regulation, one can’t help but wonder: what does this mean for the compliance officer?]]></description>
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		<title>Ready or Not, Change is Coming for Insurance Investment Rules</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/ready-or-not-change-is-coming-for-insurance-investment-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/ready-or-not-change-is-coming-for-insurance-investment-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Lebar - </dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dlebar</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post was originally published on Insurance &#38; Technology.

Insurers ought to prepare today for a wave of new compliance edicts from state regulators, according to our sources on the ground. The investment landscape has changed dramatically in the decade and a half since the laws were originally written, but state regulations have failed to keep up. Now, state insurance commissions are taking notice and stepping up their rule-making, meaning insurers need to prepare today to review and revise their internal compliance rules and adjust their investment portfolio as necessary.]]></description>
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		<title>The Road to Dodd-Frank Compliance: Get Ready, Swap End-Users</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-road-to-dodd-frank-compliance-get-ready-swap-end-users/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-road-to-dodd-frank-compliance-get-ready-swap-end-users/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sid Jacobson - partner, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>sjacobson</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post originally appeared on DerivSource.

On Monday August 12, 2012 when the CFTC entered the definition of a swap, the clock started ticking for all energy and commodities market participants to be prepared for forthcoming compliance dates. There are only 60-240 days to achieve compliance depending on the rule and the company’s role in the swaps market.

For producers, marketers, traders or commodity end-users, the Dodd-Frank Act will ...]]></description>
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		<title>Playing in the Sandbox: Why Insurers Need a Staging Environment to Better Manage Actuarial Data</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/playing-in-the-sandbox-why-insurers-need-a-staging-environment-to-better-manage-actuarial-data/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/playing-in-the-sandbox-why-insurers-need-a-staging-environment-to-better-manage-actuarial-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Winter - director of product management, iWorks, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jwinter</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today’s regulatory environment, insurers are under pressure to demonstrate greater visibility and risk control across their organizations. Increasingly, actuarial teams must produce more accurate results more quickly, and be able to demonstrate clear audit trails from inputs to results.  Now, more than ever, it has become critical to implement robust environments to handle the crucial data output from actuarial models.]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Playing for Manchester United?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/are-you-playing-for-manchester-united/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/are-you-playing-for-manchester-united/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Lewis - senior vice president, Astec Analytics, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dlewis</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adding Robin van Persie to the team at Manchester United (MANU) was intended to hail a turnaround for the club’s performance. The much anticipated debut for the £22m player ended in a 1-0 loss to Everton. Van Persie is not the only big name to join the bench at Manchester United. George Soros has just purchased 3.1 million shares or 1.9% of the club (about $40m worth at Monday’s closing price). Can his presence turn the club’s financial fortunes around?]]></description>
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		<title>Pension Funds Becoming More “Active” in Risk Management</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/pension-funds-becoming-more-%e2%80%9cactive%e2%80%9d-in-risk-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Cree - vice president, risk solutions, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mcree</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right now, there is a noticeable change occurring in the approach to risk management on the buy side, particularly within the pension fund area.

Traditionally, pension funds have been measured against a few core metrics... but market changes are challenging the traditional approach.]]></description>
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		<title>I Saw a Werewolf with a Chinese Menu in His Hand</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/i-saw-a-werewolf-with-a-chinese-menu-in-his-hand/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/i-saw-a-werewolf-with-a-chinese-menu-in-his-hand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Cree - vice president, risk solutions, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mcree</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post originally appeared on GARP – Global Association of Risk Professionals.

The late, great Warren Zevon sang about werewolves living it up in his sardonic 1978 classic “Werewolves of London.” It seems there may be more metaphorical truth to this song than meets the eye.

In his recently published book, The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust (Penguin Press), John Coates brilliantly explains how physiological reactions to success, stress, threat and opportunity may be at the heart of the excesses that accompany, and can even define, the tail ends of financial peaks and troughs. A former Wall Street trader, Coates has some fascinating ideas for how a working understanding of this intersection of neuroscience and finance could benefit the risk management of investment banks, as well as the health of the risk takers themselves.]]></description>
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		<title>No “Silly Season” for Securities Lending</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/no-%e2%80%9csilly-season%e2%80%9d-for-securities-lending/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Lewis - senior vice president, Astec Analytics, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dlewis</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The time known as the “Silly Season” is upon us. An annual tradition, the Silly Season marks that time in the year where nothing of note is happening. As a result, our newspapers usually contain bizarre stories that would never normally get any airtime and people realize that as our politicians are all on holiday, no one is actually running the country. This year is different of course; with the Queen’s Jubilee and the Olympics in London, there is no shortage of activity.

Similarly, securities lending has much going on...]]></description>
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		<title>On Your Marks (&amp; Spencer), Get Set, Bid</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/on-your-marks-spencer-get-set-bid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Lewis - senior vice president, Astec Analytics, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dlewis</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a torrid first half of sales performance, shares in Marks and Spencer had fallen from this year’s high of £3.89 to a low of £3.12 on July 12, triggering speculation that a takeover bid may be in prospect. Rumors of a bid have boosted the share price almost 10 percent in the last 10 days, but not everyone agrees that this will occur...]]></description>
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		<title>Capital Markets Regulatory Compliance: An Olympian Task</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/capital-markets-regulatory-compliance-an-olympian-task/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/capital-markets-regulatory-compliance-an-olympian-task/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magnus Almqvist - senior product specialist, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>malmqvist</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the London Olympics in full swing, one can’t help but think of the state of our industry and the challenges ahead. When it comes to regulation and compliance for the capital markets, we certainly face an Olympian task...]]></description>
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		<title>Is pursuing the Dodd-Frank end-user clearing exception worth the trouble?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/is-pursuing-the-dodd-frank-end-user-clearing-exception-worth-the-trouble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alun Green - general manager, Stream GMI, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>agreen</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities Exchange Commission, (SEC) in a much anticipated ruling, have approved the final definitions of “swap” and “security-based swap.” In addition, the so-called “end-user” exceptions have been finalized.]]></description>
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		<title>The road to Dodd-Frank compliance: how will the energy derivatives landscape change?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-road-to-dodd-frank-compliance-how-will-the-energy-derivatives-landscape-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Nimmo - senior manager, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the CFTC releases each new Dodd-Frank (DFA) rule, the agency starts with an overview describing the rule’s purpose. To paint the picture, here is a snippet of the CFTC’s overview summarizing the reasoning behind the DFA in its entirety:

“The legislation was enacted to reduce risk, increase transparency, and promote market integrity within the financial system by, among other things: (1) Providing for the registration and comprehensive regulation of swap dealers and major swap participants; (2) imposing clearing and trade execution requirements on standardized derivatives products; (3) creating robust recordkeeping and real-time reporting regimes; and (4) enhancing the Commission’s rulemaking and enforcement authorities with respect to, among others, all registered entities and intermediaries subject to the Commission’s oversight.”]]></description>
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		<title>CFTC definition of a swap: for the energy industry, it&#8217;s game on!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/cftc-definition-of-a-swap-for-the-energy-industry-its-game-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sid Jacobson - partner, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>sjacobson</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 10, the CFTC passed final rules that greatly accelerate energy market participants' path to Dodd-Frank Act compliance. The announcement includes the final rule on end-user exception to the clearing requirement for swaps ("end-user clearing exception") and final rules and interpretations i) further defining "swap," "security-based swap," and "security-based swap agreement"; ii) regarding "mixed swaps"; and iii) governing books and record for security-based swap agreements ("definition of a swap").]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: How is big data transforming financial services?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/qa-how-is-big-data-transforming-financial-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Palmer - partner, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>npalmer</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve just crossed the half-year mark, and inarguably, one of the biggest buzzwords of 2012 so far has been “big data.” Several trends are beginning to emerge around big data that are poised to transform financial services. Much of this stems from our ability to now move beyond the traditional relational database models and unlock value in data like never before. Where firms may have discarded semi-structured or unstructured data in the past, today we can find new ways to utilize it – it’s all-encompassing.]]></description>
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		<title>Survey says: volatility risk a major headache for financial firms</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/survey-says-volatility-risk-a-major-headache-for-financial-firms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Cree - vice president, risk solutions, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mcree</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When considering current industry views on volatility risk, it should be noted that traditionally, profitability of trading and investment banking fed on volatility. The terms “volatility” and “risk” can almost be used interchangeably; good risk management could be defined as effectively managing the varying levels of uncertainty from an expected outcome. The greater the uncertainty<a href="http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/survey-says-volatility-risk-a-major-headache-for-financial-firms/" class="read_more">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Full steam ahead to a new beginning</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mat Newman - head of product management, Adaptiv, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mnewman</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post originally appeared on FOW. The rapid response to the financial crisis initiated by the G20 has led to a plethora of new regulations which sometimes seem like a never-ending series of sticky plasters trying to patch up a leaky hull. No sooner has one leak been fixed (think Stressed VaR or Incremental<a href="http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/full-steam-ahead-to-a-new-beginning/" class="read_more">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How real-time can risk management be?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/how-real-time-can-risk-management-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 14:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Morgan - trading and client connectivity, SunGard’s global trading business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dmorgan</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The regulatory push towards real-time trading risk management was addressed in a panel session at the 2012 SunGard Industry Seminar in London. The discussion pulled together of a lot of useful information for participants, but ultimately didn’t generate too much controversy. It seems that the regulators are for the most part pushing at an open door with their demands for tighter pre-trade risk controls. Stories abound, we’re told, of risk management teams now able to pursue projects they had long thought important or even necessary, but had historically lost out to other competing priorities.

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		<title>Central clearing of complex OTC derivatives: Trying to put a square peg in a round hole</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/central-clearing-of-complex-otc-derivatives-trying-to-put-a-square-peg-in-a-round-hole/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin Lee - Gavin Lee, chief operating officer, FastVal, SunGard’s asset management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>glee</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Asset Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of centrally clearing all OTC derivatives - both standardized and complex derivatives - is flawed. The current regulatory expectation for institutional investors is to go through a central clearing party for an expanded range of products. Compounding this requirement is that derivatives will need to be reported through trade repositories. This means that derivative products have to be cleared through a central counterparty, but not every derivative instrument fits this model.]]></description>
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		<title>Dodd-frank Title VII swap rules finalization – extended again!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/dodd-frank-title-vii-swap-rules-finalization-%e2%80%93-extended-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan Yeager - senior manager - consulting, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>nathanyeager</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 10th, the CFTC approved a proposal to further extend the temporary exemptive relief provided in the July 14, 2011 order from July 16, 2012 to December 31, 2012. 

This grants energy market participants relief from two primary categories of regulation:

Those that require no rulemaking, but are dependent on a definition that does - i.e. "swap", and;
Those that remove prior exemptions from regulation such as agricultural commodities.
Market participants should not expect relief from compliance dates for those rules already finalized with no further dependencies.  For example, the Large Trader Reporting for Physical Commodity Swaps rule has already been finalized and is not dependent on any further definitions.  As such, market participants should continue their efforts to meet established compliance dates.]]></description>
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		<title>A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy VaR, VaR Away…</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/a-long-time-ago-in-a-galaxy-var-var-away%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Cree - vice president, risk solutions, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mcree</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent months, there has been an interesting twist in the story of VaR, the central measure of market risk, capital requirements, and one of the targets of criticism in the aftermath of the credit crisis. Not much comment has been made of it, but VaR has been adopted as a key plank in the central clearing of derivatives, precisely because of its ability to produce a meaningful single number. This is ironic given that it was this single number, and its attendant lack of insight into the deeper tailed risks, that led to much debate about VaR’s suitability as the key metric, and the role it played in risk management leading to the crisis. And coincidentally, it seems the story of VaR is paralleled well by the journey of young Anakin Skywalker in George Lucas’s prescient epic Star Wars.]]></description>
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		<title>Credit professionals from various industries discuss best practices in receivables</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/credit-professionals-from-various-industries-discuss-best-practices-in-receivables/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Hernandez - vice president, product management, AvantGard, SunGard&#039;s corporate liquidity business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ahernandez</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the opportunity to moderate a panel discussion on increasing cash flow through standardization &#038; automation and I thought I would share a few insights that I took away from that discussion. The panelists included credit professionals from three different industries – wireless/telecom, manufacturing and pharmaceuticals. All had automated their accounts receivables processes at their current companies but also at previous companies. An industry consultant from The Hackett Group was also on the panel.
]]></description>
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		<title>Added pressure: ECJ on French withholding tax</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/added-pressure-ecj-on-french-withholding-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/added-pressure-ecj-on-french-withholding-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Lewis - senior vice president, Astec Analytics, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dlewis</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has now ruled as of May 10, 2012, on the tax discrimination alleged by nine institutions over withholding tax levied on foreign investors in French equities compared with domestic funds which are exempt. Withholding tax is levied at up to 25% on dividends paid out to investors by equity issuers, but where investors from different countries are not taxed at the same level, it is considered to be contrary to the Free Movement of Capital across the European Union.
]]></description>
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		<title>Then and now: 10 key themes for 30 years of securities finance</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/then-and-now-10-key-themes-for-30-years-of-securities-finance/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/then-and-now-10-key-themes-for-30-years-of-securities-finance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Smith - executive vice president, Astec Analytics, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>tsmith</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Securities financing has evolved over the last 30 years from a quasi-back office activity to a high-profile business in its own right. The main causes and results of this evolution can be grouped into 10 major themes.

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		<title>Cost basis reporting for taxes: should fund companies and their transfer agents be concerned?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/cost-basis-reporting-for-taxes-should-fund-companies-and-their-transfer-agents-be-concerned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Naylor - vice president, product services, SunGard’s institutional asset management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jnaylor</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Investments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Collecting cost basis data on equities and ETFs for broker-dealers, and reporting it to shareholders on tax forms, has been a significant challenge. Many broker-dealers have struggled with compiling all of the data including books and records, cost basis reporting systems and tax reporting systems together for the 1099-B IRS form. This form is issued<a href="http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/cost-basis-reporting-for-taxes-should-fund-companies-and-their-transfer-agents-be-concerned/" class="read_more">read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fragmentation, regulation and globalization drive new demands for compliance processes and workflow</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/fragmentation-regulation-and-globalization-drive-new-demands-for-compliance-processes-and-workflow/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/fragmentation-regulation-and-globalization-drive-new-demands-for-compliance-processes-and-workflow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Sabin - chief operating officer, Protegent, SunGard’s capital market business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ssabin</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compliance is complex and expensive—but not as expensive as non-compliance. Fragmentation, continued regulatory changes, and globalization of regulation are among the top concerns for most securities firms today.]]></description>
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		<title>Making sense of MiFID 2</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/making-sense-of-mifid-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/making-sense-of-mifid-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Morgan - trading and client connectivity, SunGard’s global trading business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dmorgan</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Algorithms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interested parties have now had time to digest the European Commission’s October MiFID 2/MiFIR proposals, and major questions have been raised by a wide range of people. Looking briefly at the main areas of debate:

Transparency is clearly the Commission’s central watchword in seeking to protect the interests of retail investors, but the big question is whether overly prescriptive regulation of dark pools may damage the ability of asset management firms to trade optimally on behalf of their (ultimately retail) clients.]]></description>
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		<title>Are Latin American markets moving mainstream?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/are-latin-american-markets-moving-mainstream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philippe Carré - global head of connectivity, SunGard’s global trading business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>pcarre</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When people speak about Latin American markets, we know they tend to <a href="http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/efficiency/emerging-markets-in-latin-america-more-than-brazil/">think of Brazil first</a>. Of course, Brazil has opened the door to trading activity in the region and has been developing at a tremendous pace over the past few years, so that’s a natural response. However, as the region continues to boom, investors have been looking around, seeing many more opportunities across Latin America. <a href="http://tabbforum.com/videos/more-than-brazil">Beyond Brazil</a>, eyes are on <a href="http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/latin-america-more-than-brazil-taking-the-first-steps/">Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Argentina</a> – Latin American countries with surging economies that I believe will become much more mainstream within a few years.]]></description>
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		<title>System focus – Does it matter for equipment leasing &amp; asset finance companies?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/system-focus-%e2%80%93-does-it-matter-for-equipment-leasing-asset-finance-companies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Dawson - senior consultant, SunGard&#039;s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>tdawson</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some time now there has been an ongoing discussion of what should be the “focus” of a system designed to support equipment leasing and asset finance companies. For years these systems were built as “lease-centric”, that is they started with a contract/lease amount and prorated portions of that amount down to the various assets.]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping an open architecture DC investment platform ‘open’</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/keeping-an-open-architecture-dc-investment-platform-%e2%80%98open%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Vogel - senior vice president, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mvogel</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investment trends in the $4.5 Trillion Defined Contribution (DC) market are stretching the definition of an ‘open architecture’ investment platform.  Historically, open architecture meant you or your partner offered a significant number of mutual funds from a variety of managers.  While mutual funds still hold a significant amount of DC assets, alternative investments are taking hold and growing.  Recent research from Celent predicts growth in non-mutual fund options, including Collective investment trusts, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), separate accounts and retirement income products.  If an investment platform wants to remain truly ‘open,’ it will need to consider extending its mutual fund platforms to include these alternatives and the technology and operational challenges that go with them.]]></description>
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		<title>10 trends in OTC derivatives</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/10-trends-in-otc-derivatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Banham - global head of strategy, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>pbanham</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is clear that regulatory changes are transforming the OTC derivatives space, from execution to settlement. There are many challenges at play here. As we head into 2012, market participants will need to manage large volumes of data in order to clear and process trades, and we will see new pressures on the cost and the more effective use of capital. In response to this industry transformation, my team and I have identified 10 key trends shaping OTC derivatives today.]]></description>
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		<title>10 Trends in regulatory risk</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/10-trends-in-regulatory-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Scianna - deputy head of strategy, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ascianna</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite continuing uncertainty around global rules implementation, firms should be taking an adaptable approach to data management in order to minimize regulatory risk. This means looking at how 2011 budgets have or have not been used, assessing the flexibility of data management technology, achieving an enterprise-wide view of activities and exposures, and more.  With this in mind, I have identified 10 key trends involving regulatory risk that touch upontransparency, efficiency, and networks.]]></description>
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		<title>The department of labor, individual retirement accounts and mass confusion</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-department-of-labor-individual-retirement-accounts-and-mass-confusion/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-department-of-labor-individual-retirement-accounts-and-mass-confusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Cunniff - senior vice president, advisor and investment solutions, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>scunniff</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sean Cunniff]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On October 25, 2011, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its final rules related to the provision of Investment Advice under the Pension Protection Act (PPA) of …wait, here it comes… 2006, that pre-financial-crisis, almost-forgotten law.  So, why should financial advisors care about a DOL ruling when the DOL regulates advice in retirement plans that fall under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)?  Well, the reason is because the DOL also happens to regulate “prohibited transactions" on Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs).]]></description>
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		<title>eBAM: All the hype, again</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/ebam-all-the-hype-again/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/ebam-all-the-hype-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Bosacco - vp, treasury solutions, AvantGard, SunGard&#039;s corporate liquidity business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mbosacco</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Corporations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1911</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Electronic bank account management (eBAM) , an automated approach to the opening, closing and management of bank accounts seems simple, right? So simple in fact, that when the idea was first introduced a few years ago, corporates were just clamoring for the technology. But, was it a pipe dream? Or just the wrong timing? Why didn’t it gain the traction first expected? And why is there all the hype again?
]]></description>
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		<title>Latin America: More than Brazil, taking the first steps</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/latin-america-more-than-brazil-taking-the-first-steps/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/latin-america-more-than-brazil-taking-the-first-steps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philippe Carré - global head of connectivity, SunGard’s global trading business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>pcarre</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Global Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beyond mature markets, investors and trading firms looking for opportunities should keep in mind the potential an emerging market offers. By that benchmark, then, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Argentina should be high on peoples’ shopping lists as these countries have come a long way in improving their infrastructures and thus their links—both electronically and culturally—to the global investment community.

After decades of (relative) financial discipline coupled with steady advances toward democracy and market capitalism, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Argentina have emerged with strong economies and fairly youthful populations with rising incomes. Each country has a burgeoning middle class with a keen financial awareness. It’s telling that these four nations are becoming known for their growing strengths rather than old stereotypes.]]></description>
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		<title>Agility in emerging markets technology</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/agility-in-emerging-markets-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Chapman - managing partner, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dchapman</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With emerging markets growing rapidly, investment in technology is the key to an organization’s success. In an environment with constantly changing requirements, time-to-market is crucial, and requires effective project control, discipline and successful delivery to quickly meet business demands.  At the same time, achieving return on investment and keeping IT costs under control will be mandatory.]]></description>
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		<title>The common global implementation – ISO20022 goes mainstream</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-common-global-implementation-%e2%80%93-iso20022-goes-mainstream/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-common-global-implementation-%e2%80%93-iso20022-goes-mainstream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owens - SVP enterprise payments, SunGard’s corporate liquidity business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>aowens</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1842</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the corporate payments space there are acronyms or phrases that we hear again and again.  SWIFT, eBAM, ISO20022, SEPA, and SCORE are some obvious examples and another that has muscled in over the last year is CGI, which stands for Common Global Implementation.

So just what is CGI and why should you be interested?  Well, certainly if you work for a global corporate that’s multi-banked, dealing with multiple payment types across different geographies, CGI is an interesting proposition.]]></description>
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		<title>Exchanges have a lot to be thankful for</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/exchanges-have-a-lot-to-be-thankful-for/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/exchanges-have-a-lot-to-be-thankful-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Chrusciel - head of Valdi Options US, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rchrusciel</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BRICS exchanges]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1884</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s hard for me to believe that Thanksgiving has come and gone—the kick-off to the holiday season of 2011.  Thanksgiving often gets trampled or left behind in retailers’ race to get to the lucrative finish line of Christmas.    However, I think we should reflect on this past Thanksgiving, and take time to stop and take inventory of the many blessings we have as individuals and as a nation.   Let’s look at some of the key exchanges across the globe – and lay out what each of these exchanges can be thankful.]]></description>
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		<title>The biggest loser</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-biggest-loser/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-biggest-loser/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Cree - vice president, risk solutions, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mcree</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1844</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every week, millions tune in to see the reality TV battle that is The Biggest Loser. Each episode sees much sweating and panting during an extremely focused exercise and diet boot camp.

Interestingly, the first few pounds are lost with relative ease, but the winners only go on losing weight when they recognize and confront the underlying causes for their obesity, and they only maintain their new slim shapes when they make and maintain lifestyle changes.]]></description>
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		<title>Statistical data and systemic risk – A view from the European Central Bank</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/statistical-data-and-systemic-risk-%e2%80%93-a-view-from-the-european-central-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/statistical-data-and-systemic-risk-%e2%80%93-a-view-from-the-european-central-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oliver Muhr - senior vice president, SunGard’s MarketMap</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>omuhr</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it possible to predict future crises based on economic indicators from the past?

Two ECB leaders, Andreas Hake, head of division, statistical information services, and Jean-Marc Israel, head of division, monetary and financial statistics, joined SunGard’s MarketMap for a webinar.]]></description>
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		<title>The changing face of financial regulation</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-changing-face-of-financial-regulation/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-changing-face-of-financial-regulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Renz - director, risk advisory, SunGard’s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>drenz</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In banking, the negative externality, i.e. the external cost of a bank failure to society, is enormous because of the interconnectedness of the banking industry and the reliance of both companies and individuals on banks. This externality comes from two distinctive features (i.e. term transformation and high leverage) and makes banking potentially very dangerous. It is thus imperative that regulators maintain control over the practices of banks.]]></description>
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		<title>Improving operational efficiency in FX</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/improving-operational-efficiency-in-fx/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Dennelly - senior vice president, Sierra, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jdennelly</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is becoming crystal clear that operational efficiency in the lifecycle of an FX trade needs to improve. No matter what happens in the regulatory framework and rules, we know there will be more reporting requirements, which means FX transaction data will have to be centralized and transparent.]]></description>
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		<title>FINRA notice 11-39: Interpreting the new US social media guidelines for securities firms</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/finra-notice-11-39-interpreting-the-new-us-social-media-guidelines-for-securities-firms/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/finra-notice-11-39-interpreting-the-new-us-social-media-guidelines-for-securities-firms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suman Garhwal - vice president, business integration, Protegent, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>sgarhwal</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In mid August, FINRA issued a much awaited follow up to its notice 10-06 regarding securities firms use of social media.  This guidance was issued in the form of notice 11-39 (FINRA Notice 11-39) which is an effort to provide additional direction on how firms can use social media as part of their business strategy. A large part of such a strategy is the use of social media by the field. Since FINRA issued notice 10-06 (FINRA Notice 10-06) about 18 months ago, there have been a lot of questions in the industry regarding its interpretation, causing firms to hesitant when opening up with their strategy on social media.]]></description>
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		<title>Financial regulation q&amp;a with Larry Thompson, DTCC</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/financial-regulation-qa-with-larry-thompson-dtcc/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/financial-regulation-qa-with-larry-thompson-dtcc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Scianna - deputy head of strategy, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ascianna</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank implementation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global harmonization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I took a few minutes to ask Larry Thompson, managing director and general counsel at The Depository Trust &#38; Clearing Corporation, what he is thinking these days regarding financial regulation. I gave Larry a handful of questions to answer, touching on Dodd-Frank implementation, regulatory uncertainty, preparedness, global harmonization, and market volatility. Take a look at his responses and use the comments section to ask your own questions. What do you want to ask DTCC?]]></description>
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		<title>Know your customer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/know-your-customer/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/know-your-customer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rickard - insurance partner, SunGard Global Services, Asia Pacific</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>arickard</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asia pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[client information]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[data management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In markets across Asia Pacific, the convergence of technology is placing more and more power in the hands of consumers.  The modern insurance buyer now has ready access to product data from multiple companies, qualitative information about company reputations, and the ability to easily make comparisons.  As a result, the consumers that insurers now service are better informed and tend to be more actively involved in their purchasing decision.]]></description>
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		<title>In securities finance, transparency is in the eye of the beholder</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/in-securities-finance-transparency-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/in-securities-finance-transparency-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Smith - executive vice president, Astec Analytics, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>tsmith</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1785</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you asked 10 different securities finance experts to define the word transparency, you would likely receive 10 different answers. While the current drive for transparency has stemmed from regulators, the perception of what transparency really means varies from group to group, region to region, participant to participant.]]></description>
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		<title>TABB Group&#8217;s Kevin McPartland on regulatory reform [Podcast]</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/tabb-groups-kevin-mcpartland-on-regulatory-reform-podcast/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/tabb-groups-kevin-mcpartland-on-regulatory-reform-podcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Banham - global head of strategy, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>pbanham</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[data management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently recorded several podcasts with industry analysts to discuss current trends and challenges facing the capital markets. One was with Kevin McPartland, principal and director of fixed income research at TABB Group, who spoke about regulatory reform and its impact on capital markets.]]></description>
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		<title>Market data: Pain points and game changers</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/market-data-pain-points-and-game-changers/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/market-data-pain-points-and-game-changers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oliver Muhr - senior vice president, SunGard’s MarketMap</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>omuhr</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Algorithms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market data]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every two years the market data community (consumers, exchanges and vendors) convenes at the World Financial Information Conference (WFIC) to discuss the trends and issues impacting the industry.  This year’s conference, attended by over 600 international delegates, was held in San Francisco in October.]]></description>
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		<title>Enterprise collateral management: It is time to act</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/enterprise-collateral-management-it-is-time-to-act/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/enterprise-collateral-management-it-is-time-to-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Anderson - partner, SunGard&#039;s global services business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>sanderson</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enterprise collateral management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[margin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are like me, you read everything you can, listen to the smart people around you, and talk to people about collateral management and the sea change that is coming.  Consistently, I hear that collateral management is a BIG deal, a significant concern, and must be attacked from an enterprise-wide perspective.

The discussion usually includes topics like regulation, timing, complexities, netting, huge capital demands, and “it is certainly going to impact our organization.”  And, other words and phrases are sprinkled into the conversation, such as: “waiting for the rules”, uncertainty, “just don’t know”, waiting, waiting, waiting…  My colleagues and I use these words, too.]]></description>
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		<title>Market abuse surveillance: Redefining the approach for an effective program</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/market-abuse-surveillance-redefining-the-approach-for-an-effective-program/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/market-abuse-surveillance-redefining-the-approach-for-an-effective-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rex Gooch - head of product management, Protegent, SunGard’s global trading business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rgooch</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Frequency Trading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Compliance professionals face a huge challenge in selecting a suitable system for market abuse surveillance. Regulators are policing their markets with an unprecedented zeal and issuing the severest of sanctions to any firms that engage in market abuse.]]></description>
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		<title>Providing greater ERM visibility throughout the organization</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/providing-greater-erm-visibility-throughout-the-organization/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/providing-greater-erm-visibility-throughout-the-organization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Canning - vice president, strategic analysts, SunGard&#039;s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dcanning</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enterprise risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ERM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Key Risk Indicators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KRI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Process]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we enter the post economic crisis era the insurance industry continues to face ever increasing competition and more stringent regulatory requirements, which is driving carriers to seek greater enterprise risk management (ERM) visibility and control across their organizations.]]></description>
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		<title>Serving the mass affluent market with technology</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/serving-the-mass-affluent-market-with-technology-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/serving-the-mass-affluent-market-with-technology-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Cunniff - senior vice president, advisor and investment solutions, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>scunniff</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wealth Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advisor and investment solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mass affluent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Cunniff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senior vice president]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard’s wealth management business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1738</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Historically, the financial planning and advice industry focuses on advisor-centric offerings targeted at higher net-worth clients. The delivery has varied across many types of firms, but the essential program has remained the same — a very skilled (and highly compensated) advisor, serving a small number of relatively wealthy clients. The most prevalent model consists of the advisor having a series of face-to-face meetings with the client to gather information about goals and objectives, assets and liabilities. The advisor then formulates a financial and/or investment plan and again meets face-to-face with the client to deliver the plan.]]></description>
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		<title>How rich is your wealth management technology?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/how-rich-is-your-wealth-management-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/how-rich-is-your-wealth-management-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Gialo - senior manager, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mgialo</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wealth Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial advisors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial planning]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1725</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The success of any firm’s wealth management business depends in large part on the capabilities of the technology that is employed.

When evaluating your wealth management technology or evaluating a vendor offering, consider these critical needs:]]></description>
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		<title>Who wins with SEPA?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/who-wins-with-sepa/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/who-wins-with-sepa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luc Belpaire - product director, SunGard’s corporate liquidity business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>lbelpaire</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[accounts payable]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reconciliation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much has been said about SEPA (Single European Payments Area), the initiative to harmonizse Euro denominated payments in Europe. So far, SEPA has not been the success that some expected it to be.  With SEPA credit transfers now at 20.5% of all credit transfers and SEPA direct debits at a mere .13% of all direct debits (source: European Central Bank, June 2011), there is still a long way to go. Compare this to the initial planning of the European Payments Council which was to have everything migrated by the end of 2010.]]></description>
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		<title>Same old song and dance</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/same-old-song-and-dance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Wilkins - product specialist, Valdi, SunGard’s global trading business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mwilkins</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commodities trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exchange-traded derivatives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two hot topics which dominate the conversation among the trading industry these days; the brave new post Dodd-Frank landscape and the never-ending debate over the evils and virtues of high-frequency trading. Nowhere was this more evident than at the Futures Industry Association’s Futures and Options Expo in Chicago this past week.  Of the 27 sessions, over half of them were devoted to one of these two topics.]]></description>
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		<title>4 Risk management questions to ask now (webinar)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/4-risk-management-questions-to-ask-now-webinar/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/4-risk-management-questions-to-ask-now-webinar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Cree - vice president, risk solutions, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mcree</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the regulatory reform book Regulating Wall Street: The Dodd-Frank Act and the New Architecture of Global Finance, by NYU Stern faculty, there is a focus on four pillars of an effective regulatory regime. The book maintains that a good regulatory framework should:]]></description>
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		<title>What can NYSE and Deutsche Boerse live with?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/what-can-nyse-and-deutsche-boerse-live-with/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/what-can-nyse-and-deutsche-boerse-live-with/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Chrusciel - head of Valdi Options US, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rchrusciel</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last couple of days, the European Commission has sent its list of objections to the NYSE and Deutsche Boerse around their anticipated merger.  So how does the merger process advance from here?

To me, this is where the true "fun" begins.  Fun in the sense that we get to see how the European Commission views this deal right now, and even more importantly, we'll get to see what kind of concessions NYSE and DB will ultimately make in order to get the final merger approved.]]></description>
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		<title>Trends and challenges in post–trade securities – A video interview</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/trends-and-challenges-in-post-%e2%80%93-trade-securities-%e2%80%93-a-video-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Walker - head of post-trade securities, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>awalker</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the following video interview with Finextra, I discuss several trends and challenges facing the middle and back office in the securities industry today.

Some of the key topics covered in the video are:

What an increase in cross-border or “borderless” trading may mean for the middle and back office.
The focus on increasing interoperability of CCPs.
New questions that post-trade securities professionals are asking in response to the tsunami of regulatory changes.]]></description>
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		<title>How financial exchanges could take a page from Diddy and Glee</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/how-financial-exchanges-could-take-a-page-from-diddy-and-glee/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/how-financial-exchanges-could-take-a-page-from-diddy-and-glee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Chrusciel - head of Valdi Options US, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rchrusciel</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few years, we’ve seen the evolution and ascendance of the “mash-up” in the world of entertainment.  For those not readily acquainted with the term, a mash-up generally refers to the intentional blending of two formerly individual items – which hopefully produces an even better (or more entertaining) result than what previously existed.  Some of the more recent and popular mash-ups have taken place in music, from Diddy (or P Diddy, or whatever he goes by these days) to the TV show “Glee.”]]></description>
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		<title>US equity markets the most efficient deficient market</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/us-equity-markets-the-most-efficient-deficient-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralston Roberts Jr - senior managing director, SunGard&#039;s brokerage business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rroberts</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a distinct irony in regulators pushing for speed bumps in US equities markets after we’ve spent the last decade to make the national market system faster. Increasingly, when it comes to the efficiency of US equities markets, it’s safe to say that we should be careful for what we wish for. You might even argue that we did the job too well.

American equities markets have been through a succession of gyrations—decimalization, Nasdaq’s SuperMontage order entry and execution platform, and the RegNMS reforms that brought the trade-through, access and sub-penny rules. The push for uber-efficiency has continued with new rules governing the activities of “large traders,” FINRA’s expansion of the order recording and reporting obligations for OATS to include orders in all NMS stocks, and an effort to limit the use of IOIs in dark pools.]]></description>
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		<title>Is there a difference between an online trading brokerage account and a self-directed account?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/is-there-a-difference-between-an-online-trading-brokerage-account-and-a-self-directed-account/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/is-there-a-difference-between-an-online-trading-brokerage-account-and-a-self-directed-account/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Baskin - product manager, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jbaskin</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jodi Baskin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An advisor was recently asked what the difference is between an online trading brokerage account and a self-directed account. Is there a difference between the two, or is the term “self-directed” just a new name for the same old, online trading account?

Online trading accounts rose to popularity in the mid- to late-1990s, when it was the wave of the future and certainly had its benefits. Online trading accounts increased the number of individuals owning securities at a faster rate than any other time since the stock market crash of 1929. That party lasted until 2000, when the technology industry’s bubble burst.]]></description>
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		<title>Talking market data? Cost, cost, cost!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/talking-market-data-cost-cost-cost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Enright - sales director, MarketMap, SunGard&#039;s global trading</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>renright</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Financial Information Forum’s June capacity statistics showed new record peaks across 12 market feeds, with some showing record increases of up to 30 percent month-on-month according to market data publication A-Team Insight.

In the last few years, market data volumes have evolved dramatically.]]></description>
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		<title>Is too much systemic risk data being collected?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/is-too-much-systemic-risk-data-being-collected/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/is-too-much-systemic-risk-data-being-collected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Wallis - managing partner, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jwallis</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The goal of the Office of Financial Research, spawned by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act in 2010, is to collect data from financial institutions and produce greater transparency.  As a result, the industry as a whole can be analyzed for the specter of systemic risk, in effect heading off illness in one firm or group of firms before it spreads to the market as a whole.]]></description>
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		<title>The questions on every treasurer’s mind</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-questions-on-every-treasurer%e2%80%99s-mind/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-questions-on-every-treasurer%e2%80%99s-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Bosacco - vp, treasury solutions, AvantGard, SunGard&#039;s corporate liquidity business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mbosacco</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every corporate treasurer is undoubtedly faced (on a daily basis) with the following questions:

Where in the world is my cash and what currency is it in?
Can I mobilize it?
Do I invest or borrow?
At the end of the day, was I right and how should I protect myself from tomorrow’s risks?
Why are these questions on the minds of treasurer's? Because market disruptions have increased the visibility of and demands on treasury. And consequently, the treasurer is concerned about counterparty exposure, centralization and visibility, forward-looking analysis, data transparency, risk measures and regular policy review – now, than ever before.]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare reforms and consumer purchasing trends</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/healthcare-reforms-and-consumer-purchasing-trends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Canning - vice president, strategic analysts, SunGard&#039;s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dcanning</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another interesting trend is how the new US Healthcare reforms mandate new consumer exchanges that can affect consumer purchasing trends.   Recent publications indicate that consumers will evaluate healthcare options independently from employers’ sponsored insurance (ESI) plans.  These trends indicate;

A shift away from ESI’s towards exchanges for choice, convenience and affordability.
Many will evaluate ESI’s against new exchanges as well as most lower-income and part time workers will engage public or private exchanges.
As employers and payers embrace reform mandates, new private and public healthcare exchanges will emerge changing the relationship between employers and ESI membership.  New exchanges will offer opportunities for workers to acquire healthcare services outside the workplace driving a new sense of independence and consumerization of purchasing trends.]]></description>
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		<title>Data management and regulatory reform – What&#8217;s the hook?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/data-management-and-regulatory-reform-%e2%80%93-whats-the-hook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Scianna - deputy head of strategy, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ascianna</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love music. I’m a big fan of jazz, blues and rock &#38; roll. While I was listening to some vintage vinyl the other day, I began thinking how every great song has a powerful hook – a lyrical or musical phrase that catches your  ear, makes you start tapping your feet and stands out in the song. How does this fit into a financial services blog? It struck me that I have been trying to catch the ear of anyone who will listen and tapping the tables with a hook of my own: Data management is one of the key initiatives that must be addressed in order to handle all of the upcoming regulatory reform.]]></description>
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		<title>FPA major firms symposium – Key observations and highlights</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/fpa-major-firms-symposium-%e2%80%93-key-observations-and-highlights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Valdez - senior vice president, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jvaldez</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[FPA Major Firms Symposium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Valdez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I had the opportunity to attend and present at the Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) Major Firms Symposium in San Diego, CA.  So much has changed in the financial planning space since last year’s symposium that I thought I would share a few key observations and conference highlights that stood out to me.]]></description>
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		<title>Legislation on disclosure and transparency: Will increased information availability cause analysis paralysis or better decisions?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/legislation-on-disclosure-and-transparency-will-increased-information-availability-cause-analysis-paralysis-or-better-decisions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert McAloon - solution architect, SunGard&#039;s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rmcaloon</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wealth Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[full disclosure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported some less-than-desirable statistics several years ago[i], highlighting health and obesity levels in Americans across the country. In response, many governmental and regulatory bodies moved in to examine how to help people fight obesity and change the statistics.]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding banking stakeholders: The regulators</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/understanding-banking-stakeholders-the-regulators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Hamilton - president, SunGard&#039;s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dhamilton</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Basel III]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I referenced in my last post, SunGard identified four main stakeholder groups as part of our recent Well Managed Money research. Today, I want to talk about the regulators. We identified two major trends in this group with the first being the significant and increasing influence of so-called ‘popular politics’ on the future regulatory landscape and the second being a trend towards a climate of more integrated global regulation.]]></description>
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		<title>Interagency guidelines on counterparty credit risk management – A good start, but more to do</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/interagency-guidelines-on-counterparty-credit-risk-management-%e2%80%93-a-good-start-but-more-to-do/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/interagency-guidelines-on-counterparty-credit-risk-management-%e2%80%93-a-good-start-but-more-to-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mat Newman - head of product management, Adaptiv, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mnewman</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, four U.S. federal agencies – Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Office of Thrift Supervision – published a paper on interagency supervisory guidance on counterparty credit risk (CCR) management. The paper covers a number of wide-ranging topics from sound corporate governance for managing CCR, through to methodology choices in computing credit metrics.]]></description>
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		<title>Value of business process management (BPM) in the order-to-cash</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/value-of-business-process-management-bpm-in-the-order-to-cash/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/value-of-business-process-management-bpm-in-the-order-to-cash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Mangano - senior vice president, receivables solutions, SunGard’s corporate liquidity business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jmangano</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Corporations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many corporations, particularly manufacturers of consumer product goods, medical devices and transportation companies, struggle with adhering to process workflows when managing complex transactions, such as deductions and chargebacks. These transactions often occur in the order-to-cash cycle and can literally drain a corporation’s revenue if not handled properly.]]></description>
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		<title>Towards transparency – Moving OTC derivatives onto exchanges</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/towards-transparency-%e2%80%93-moving-otc-derivatives-onto-exchanges/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/towards-transparency-%e2%80%93-moving-otc-derivatives-onto-exchanges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Hanes - evp, product management &amp; strategy, Ambit, SunGard’s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jhanes</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the on over-the-counter derivatives video points out, at $700 trillion the notional value of the global OTC derivatives market is ten times the size of global GDP, generating an estimated 20 million back office events annually.  The majority of these transactions are bilateral, and only a fraction clear through exchanges today.  However, with pending regulation forcing more of these transactions onto exchanges, market participants and industry analysts estimate that over the next few years anywhere from 45% to 80% of these transactions will be cleared through exchanges.  That’s a pretty significant shift, and one that will require major operational changes for both the buy and sell side.  Today, CME, ICE Trust and LCH.Clearnet are clearing ever larger volumes of interest rate and credit default swaps, and that is only expected to increase.]]></description>
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		<title>Claims optimization: Redefining streamlining</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/claims-optimization-redefining-streamlining/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/claims-optimization-redefining-streamlining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roy Massie - vice president of product management, SunGard&#039;s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rmassie</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Duchess of Windsor once famously remarked that you can never be too rich or too thin. Based on conversations I’ve had with customers recently, I’d amend that to say you can never be too streamlined or too automated. At least that seems to be the case if you’re looking to optimize healthcare claim payment processes. These processes remain a constant favorite for additional streamlining and automation, especially in this era of healthcare reform and ICD-10. Our customers today are pursuing more-ambitious initiatives then we’ve ever seen – and we’ve been helping healthcare payers streamline claims for about twenty years.]]></description>
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		<title>Enterprise risk management:Technology as a cultural enabler</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/enterprise-risk-managementtechnology-as-a-cultural-enabler/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/enterprise-risk-managementtechnology-as-a-cultural-enabler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Cree - vice president, risk solutions, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mcree</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, I participated in a risk-themed Twitterview with Michael Versace, director of global risk at IDC-Financial Insights (@versace57) and Virginie O’Shea, managing editor at A-Team Group (@virginieateam).

Virginie posed several interesting questions to Michael and me, covering technological and cultural challenges and approaches to enterprise risk management. Within the boundaries of Twitter, we had a meaningful discussion around internal governance, the importance of risk empowerment, and how to capitalize on industry changes and take action now.]]></description>
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		<title>Expanding by fostering investor trust in a recovering economic climate</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/expanding-by-fostering-investor-trust-in-a-recovering-economic-climate/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/expanding-by-fostering-investor-trust-in-a-recovering-economic-climate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thorsten Heissel - product manager, SunGard&#039;s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>theissel</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wealth Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investor trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regional growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relationship building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thorsten Heissel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wealth management expansion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1429</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The recession hit everyone hard several years ago and, barring a few aftershocks, recovery has been slowly gaining ground. As investors across the globe try to deal with the tremors caused by the economic and financial services crisis, new wealth is being created and growing in the East, while the West shows it is growing still. Globally, growth impacts the wealth management industry by spurring on new competition and creating opportunities to capitalize on change through expansion.]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming an SEF – regulation driven cost or competitive opportunity?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/becoming-an-sef-%e2%80%93-regulation-driven-cost-or-competitive-opportunity/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/becoming-an-sef-%e2%80%93-regulation-driven-cost-or-competitive-opportunity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Dodd - head of product management, Front Arena, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>tdodd</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OTC derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swap Execution Facilities]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A remarkable number of global financial institutions are actively pursuing setting up Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) since they have become enshrined in U.S. law under the Dodd-Frank act. Recent announcements have delayed when they formally need to be ready, but few institutions care. Why?

Because SEF creation is the natural extension of better customer service. The better price discovery and deeper markets offered for OTC derivatives traded on SEFs will enrich what firms offer to their customers. This will drive business and profitability.]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the QCC challenge seriously</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/taking-the-qcc-challenge-seriously/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/taking-the-qcc-challenge-seriously/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Chrusciel - head of Valdi Options US, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rchrusciel</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Options]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qualified Contingent Cross]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1392</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recently approved options order - a type of block trade called the Qualified Contingent Cross (QCC) —is challenging the status quo of the listed options markets. It’s also raising questions about the future role of options exchanges.

The QCC owes its creation, in large part, to the International Securities Exchange (ISE), which got final SEC approval for QCCs this past February. In March, NYSE Euronext, an ISE competitor and former foe of QCCs, asked regulators to allow the NYSE Arca and NYSE Amex options markets to also offer QCCs.]]></description>
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		<title>Market data and China: Meeting the needs of the growing investor community</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/market-data-and-china-meeting-the-needs-of-the-growing-investor-community/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/market-data-and-china-meeting-the-needs-of-the-growing-investor-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Raftell - MarketMap, SunGard&#039;s global trading business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>praftell</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market data]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1386</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Providing investors with low latency market data that is cost-effective, requires minimal infrastructure and provides real-time financial information from liquidity points in the global marketplace are top priorities for market data managers in China.]]></description>
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		<title>The unintended consequences of indemnification</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-unintended-consequences-of-indemnification/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-unintended-consequences-of-indemnification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Thompson - Guest author - managing director and general counsel of The Depository Trust &amp; Clearing Corporation</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>guest_larrythompson</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[OTC derivatives regulation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the pleasure recently to speak at SunGard’s New York City Day and focused, in part, on a little known provision of Dodd-Frank, known as indemnification, which is gaining traction as a key issue in the broader debate for enhanced international regulatory harmonization. Swap data repositories (SDRs) are essential to bringing transparency to the market, and indemnification is intended to ensure the confidentiality and safety of data they hold and report—a laudable goal by any standards. But this provision may prove to be more complex – and potentially damaging – than envisioned.]]></description>
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		<title>Managing agency distribution channels:  It’s all about the data</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/managing-agency-distribution-channels-it%e2%80%99s-all-about-the-data/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/managing-agency-distribution-channels-it%e2%80%99s-all-about-the-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rickard - insurance partner, SunGard Global Services, Asia Pacific</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>arickard</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agency distribution channel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asia pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The face-to-face distribution channel remains the dominant method in the Asia-Pacific region.  With the exception of a few of the more developed countries like Australia, Japan, South Korea and New Zealand, captive agency is the primary channel.  The agency forces employed by some of the largest companies in the region make for some impressive numbers:]]></description>
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		<title>The reign of derivatives</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-reign-of-derivatives/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-reign-of-derivatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Chrusciel - head of Valdi Options US, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rchrusciel</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OTC]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Investors and trading firms have always made the most of the symbiotic relationship between the equity and derivatives markets—devising strategies that exploit the strengths and weaknesses of each. The conventional wisdom was that the Equities Market was King and would always reign.]]></description>
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		<title>The color palette of the 403(b) and 401(k) worlds</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-color-palette-of-the-403b-and-401k-worlds/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-color-palette-of-the-403b-and-401k-worlds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Wyatt - sales consultant, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>nwyatt</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wealth Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[401(k)]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[408(b)(2)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benefit administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fee disclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natalie Wyatt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement plan regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement plans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Children learn color theory in school, where they combine primary colors to achieve a secondary color, and then create tertiary colors from those results.  Similarly, the traditionally distinct 403(b) and 401(k) industries now are spreading over into each other’s color spectrums.]]></description>
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		<title>Uncovering hidden insights from your VaR engine data</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/uncovering-hidden-insights-from-your-var-engine-data/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/uncovering-hidden-insights-from-your-var-engine-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Doran - principal, SunGard Global Services’ energy practice</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jdoran</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy & Commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big data]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Monte Carlo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Value at Risk (VaR) is a popular metric used in risk management. While it gained popularity in the 1980s after the market crash of 1987, today it is being scrutinized after the market crash of 2008 due to extreme tail events that were not properly identified or mitigated.]]></description>
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		<title>What your firm needs to know about collateral management now</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/what-your-firm-needs-to-know-about-collateral-management-now/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/what-your-firm-needs-to-know-about-collateral-management-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Allen - vice president, collateral management, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>tallen</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adaptiv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enterprise collateral management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enterprise collateral optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Position Risk Operations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ted Allen]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As global regulators introduce new rules and market changes, banks are feeling pressure in every area of their business. One in particular is around collateral management and optimization. A huge liquidity strain and increased demand for collateral assets have brought collateral management to the top of banks’ agendas. But, what is the right collateral management approach in this new regulatory environment?]]></description>
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		<title>How to see the gorilla</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/how-to-see-the-gorilla/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/how-to-see-the-gorilla/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Traquair - president, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>btraquair</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets & Investment Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Traquair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[securities lending]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since becoming the president of SunGard’s position, risk and operations business in January, it’s become even more apparent to me that to be an effective leader, you must be able to see the big picture. This may seem like an obvious statement, yet many often focus on small problems or tasks, missing the larger issues. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with market abuse practices</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/dealing-with-market-abuse-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/dealing-with-market-abuse-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lacson - director of pre-sales, Protegent, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mlacson</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong City Day]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[market manipulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Lacson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philippa Allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulatory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Regulatory compliance is top of mind for every regulated firm across the globe. Market manipulation and insider trading activity proved to be trending topics among thought-leaders and delegates at SunGard’s City Day in Hong Kong. Philippa Allen, CEO of Compliance Asia, gave the delegates a picture of the numerous market manipulation issues faced by senior compliance managers at financial houses, and the current thinking about how to combat these issues.]]></description>
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		<title>Mining gold from rust belts</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/mining-gold-from-rust-belts/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/mining-gold-from-rust-belts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Mahajan - former president, SunGard’s global trading business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rmahajan</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emerging markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meredith Whitney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[municipal bond market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operational efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trade equities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Global, international, emerging markets… these are words that I hear and use often throughout the day.  It was interesting and enlightening to listen to analyst, Meredith Whitney’s keynote presentation at SunGard’s New York City Day as she made the case that there were states in the US that have such clean balance sheets and manifold resources that they should be viewed in a new light.]]></description>
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		<title>Collateral, margin and Dodd-Frank</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/collateral-margin-and-dodd-frank/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/collateral-margin-and-dodd-frank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Hanes - evp, product management &amp; strategy, Ambit, SunGard’s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jhanes</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broker-dealers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operational cost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OTC derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reconciliation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month we saw the widely anticipated delay in deadlines for implementation of Dodd-Frank regulations.  This month the European Parliament took a similar step in delaying rules intended to improve transparency around OTC derivatives trading. As market participants examine the proposed regulations more closely, the associated operational challenges become more evident, and hence the push to delay compliance.]]></description>
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		<title>Will careful investments in collateral management create winners?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/will-careful-investments-in-collateral-management-create-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/will-careful-investments-in-collateral-management-create-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Drobner - principal, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rdrobner</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basel III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collateral management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solvency II]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[systemic risk]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As regulators work through the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act, Basel III and Solvency II, change in the financial markets is inevitable.  While the industry awaits final outcomes, industry participants are seeking strategic guidance to proactively prepare for compliance.  Since collateral is one of the key focal points for mitigating systemic risk, making the right investments in collateral management is a good place to start.]]></description>
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		<title>Who stole the show at SunGard&#8217;s New York City Day 2011?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/who-stole-the-show-at-sungards-new-york-city-day-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/who-stole-the-show-at-sungards-new-york-city-day-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Cree - vice president, risk solutions, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mcree</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcus Cree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Position Risk Operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent Monday, June 20 at the SunGard’s New York City Day. This year’s event brought another full house, with a provocative keynote speaker and an afternoon full of industry debate and questions.

Not surprisingly, regulatory reform dominated many of the presentations throughout the afternoon and found its way into most of the conversations in the networking sessions. Neither Barney Frank nor Chris Dodd was at the Waldorf-Astoria that day, but their long shadows certainly were.]]></description>
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		<title>Ensuring an effective transition following mergers &amp; acquisitions</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/ensuring-an-effective-transition-following-mergers-acquisitions/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/ensuring-an-effective-transition-following-mergers-acquisitions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfred Sanders - principal - consulting, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>asanders</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acquisitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M&A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mergers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reorganizations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gaining efficiencies from a merger or acquisition depends on the execution of a well thought-out plan, as well as using the right resources.  The migration and integration of applications, data and processes all must be managed effectively to ensure a smooth transition with minimal business disruption.]]></description>
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		<title>Listed derivatives trading: Is your stomach strong enough?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/listed-derivatives-trading-is-your-stomach-strong-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/listed-derivatives-trading-is-your-stomach-strong-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Morgan - trading and client connectivity, SunGard’s global trading business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dmorgan</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asset classes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buy-side investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capacity planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commodities trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Morgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FCMs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listed derivatives trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valdi Selector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s futures commission merchants (FCMs) seem to be enjoying an almost permanent boom. March 2011 saw the highest volumes ever recorded across the world’s listed derivatives markets, excepting only the Flash Crash month of May 2010. So the long standing growth trend is still in place, led by the recent surge in world commodity markets. And prime brokerage operations are proving particularly profitable for the leading firms in this field.]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare reform: Are healthcare payers prepared?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/healthcare-reform-are-healthcare-payers-prepared/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/healthcare-reform-are-healthcare-payers-prepared/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Canning - vice president, strategic analysts, SunGard&#039;s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dcanning</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bpm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory Reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve read countless papers on the impact of healthcare reform on the insurance industry, but I have found few that are looking at these changes from the perspective of how these mandates will impact healthcare payers – particularly, technology, people and processes.]]></description>
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		<title>What angry birds, apps, and accountants have in common</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/what-angry-birds-apps-and-accountants-have-in-common/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/what-angry-birds-apps-and-accountants-have-in-common/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthias Olschewski - product manager, SunGard’s asset management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>molschewski</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Asset Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asset Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asset management investment accounting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile applications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portfolio management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The widespread popularity of mobile apps for everything from games like Angry Birds to analytical tools like Excel is changing the way users view their workflow technology.

Cloud application services or "Software as a Service (SaaS)" solutions deliver mobile, inexpensive technology tools over the Internet, eliminating the need to install and run applications on one’s own computer.]]></description>
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		<title>Let’s start a hedge fund!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/let%e2%80%99s-start-a-hedge-fund/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/let%e2%80%99s-start-a-hedge-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wayne Riches - senior product specialist, SunGard&#039;s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>wriches</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hedge fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operational efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reconciliation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to start a hedge fund? It’s easy right? You open an office in Mayfair, employ some of best talent in the industry and get trading.  So how difficult can it be?  It’s a topic I have debated over with friends and colleagues alike.  The Dodd-Frank legislation is causing the winding down of proprietary trading desks across the board and is presenting new opportunities to the traders this has left behind.]]></description>
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		<title>A Derivatives Delay? What to Do for the Next 15 Months</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/a-derivatives-delay-what-to-do-for-the-next-15-months/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/a-derivatives-delay-what-to-do-for-the-next-15-months/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Scianna - deputy head of strategy, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ascianna</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets & Investment Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guest Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week we read that U.S. House Republicans voted to delay new derivatives rules by 15 months. Before we go into what this means for the derivatives industry, let’s take a look at how long 15 months really is:

- 5 seasons will pass
- We’ll all be 1.25 years older
- U.S. citizens will be preparing to vote in the 2012 presidential election]]></description>
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		<title>Waste Not, Want Not: Leaving the Check Behind</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/waste-not-want-not-leaving-the-check-behind/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/waste-not-want-not-leaving-the-check-behind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Kresse - senior vice president, payment services, SunGard’s corporate liquidity business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mkresse</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACH payment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[B2B]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronic payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transaction rebates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“If you line up the 30 billion checks issued by the top check writing countries in the world each year, you’d have a paper trail all the way to the moon and back.”]]></description>
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		<title>Moments of truth in the customer experience</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/moments-of-truth-in-the-customer-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/moments-of-truth-in-the-customer-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 14:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rickard - insurance partner, SunGard Global Services, Asia Pacific</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>arickard</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asia pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[client communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consulting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer processes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of talk in the insurance industry about client focus or client centricity, but little in terms of understanding how each interaction contributes to a transparent and effective relationship between the insurer and the consumer.]]></description>
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		<title>Are dark pools good for markets?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/are-dark-pools-good-for-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/are-dark-pools-good-for-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 19:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Rooks - partner, capital markets, Asia Pacific, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rrooks</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dark pools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equity market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[institutional investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail investors]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At SunGard’s City Day in Hong Kong, a panel looked at the issue of dark pools and how they can impact the wider market.  Were they good for all investors?  And how has the picture in Asia changed in recent years?]]></description>
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		<title>Futures are safe</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/futures-are-safe/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/futures-are-safe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 18:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Wilkins - product specialist, Valdi, SunGard’s global trading business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mwilkins</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[algorithm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Futures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Futures are safe”, that’s not an expression you hear very often. Let’s face it, in a world where most people’s exposure to futures markets is limited to watching “Trading Places” and hearing nightly news reports about surging commodity prices, the perception is that futures markets are fraught with danger and are just one step above the blackjack table in Vegas. But there was Donald Wilson, founder of DRW Trading and one of the leading minds in the exchange traded derivative spaces reminding an audience at last week’s Aite Group “Trading 2011: Trading In The Fast Lane” conference that in spite of all the sensationalism, futures markets provide an efficient system for price discovery and risk management.]]></description>
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		<title>Industry Roundtable: Dodd-Frank Rule Implementation</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/industry-roundtable-dodd-frank-rule-implementation/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/industry-roundtable-dodd-frank-rule-implementation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 13:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Scianna - deputy head of strategy, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ascianna</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets & Investment Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFTC SEC Roundtable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank deadlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank implementation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank rulemaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank sequencing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Omahen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Position Risk Operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-trade regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulatory challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rule implementation sequencing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard Stream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Scianna]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1092</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We’ve talked a lot on this blog about the new rules and requirements that will soon affect the financial industry as a whole. After catching up with John Omahen, vice president of our post-trade derivatives solutions, who recently attended talks with regulators in Washington, D.C., it is clear that there is still a lot of work to do.

I asked John some questions about his participation in a joint CFTC-SEC roundtable discussion on May 2. Take a look at the Q&#38;A below to see what John had to say. Do you have your own Dodd-Frank implementation questions?]]></description>
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		<title>Market Data:  the financial advisor’s cornerstone for enhanced service</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/market-data-the-financial-advisor%e2%80%99s-cornerstone-for-enhanced-service/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/market-data-the-financial-advisor%e2%80%99s-cornerstone-for-enhanced-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 14:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oliver Muhr - senior vice president, SunGard’s MarketMap</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>omuhr</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wealth Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asset allocation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asset diversification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost scalability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market data]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1057</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an uncertain market, financial advisors must constantly prove their value and build client trust.  The ability to do this well relies on being productive, efficient and cost-effective at all times, while giving investors the transparency they demand and capitalizing on change in the industry.]]></description>
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		<title>The only constant is change: evolving priorities for securities finance</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-only-constant-is-change-evolving-priorities-for-securities-finance/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-only-constant-is-change-evolving-priorities-for-securities-finance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 19:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Milner - solution specialist, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jmilner</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets & Investment Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capitalize on change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enterprise collateral management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frankfurt City Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heraclitus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jane Milner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[only constant is change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk mitigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Securities Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[securities finance redefinition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[securities finance regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[securities finance risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[securities finance transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard City Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard Frankfurt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard Securities Finance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1047</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a shame Greek philosopher Heraclitus is unable to see and comment on today’s rapidly evolving financial industry. Despite the hundreds of years between his life and present day, Heraclitus’s famous quote, “the only constant is change,” still rings true. And today we are seeing this all around us from a securities finance perspective.]]></description>
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		<title>What is behind the recent rise in energy prices?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/what-is-behind-the-recent-rise-in-energy-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/what-is-behind-the-recent-rise-in-energy-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 13:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Doran - principal, SunGard Global Services’ energy practice</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jdoran</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy & Commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil and gas price fraud detection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency Efficiency Networks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1039</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gasoline prices in the United States are averaging close to $4 a gallon, nearly double what they were just one year ago. According to Platts, the production levels from OPEC dropped by approximately 580,000 barrels per day between February and March of this year due to lost production resulting from political turmoil throughout Africa and the Middle-East.  Also, the uncertainty associated with the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan caused global market fluctuations.

]]></description>
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		<title>Uncovering opportunity from the avalanche of data</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/uncovering-opportunity-from-the-avalanche-of-data/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/uncovering-opportunity-from-the-avalanche-of-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Wendler - former president, Americas, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dwendler</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[influencing financial regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operational efficiency]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1034</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The topics of Transparency, Efficiency and Networks continue to be of interest to many people in different parts of the world and in different parts of the energy industry. Since we started the “TEN” conversations last year, the pace of change has accelerated.

]]></description>
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		<title>How can project governance increase productivity and efficiency for your financial services business?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/how-can-project-governance-increase-productivity-and-efficiency-for-your-financial-services-business/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/how-can-project-governance-increase-productivity-and-efficiency-for-your-financial-services-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Gialo - senior manager, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mgialo</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data governance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=1012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Does your organization have a sound governance strategy?  Have you vetted the strategy with all stakeholders: business, technology and operations?  Have you analyzed the impact of introducing new products or changes into your operating environment?  Do you have a sound plan for end-to-end testing of integrated solutions?  Does your end-to-end testing really cover all impacted stakeholders (internal and external), systems and processes?]]></description>
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		<title>CoCoCos, The latest evolution in the convertibles market</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/cococos-the-latest-evolution-in-the-convertibles-market/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/cococos-the-latest-evolution-in-the-convertibles-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Wightman - head of strategy, Asia Pacific, SunGard&#039;s asset management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mwightman</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Investments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Asset Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[basel II]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basel III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hedge fund]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=985</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The much talked about rise in CoCos or Contingent Convertibles is a way for banks to raise capital and improve Tier 1 capital. These high yielding bonds convert into equity below some trigger linked to worsening financial circumstances, whether that be a specific share price fall, a Basel 2 or 3 (depending on timing) breach in Threshold capital or public sector support. Whilst the terms are not yet standardized, we have seen recent successful issues by Lloyds and Credit Suisse and last week we saw Barclays and HSBC advise on the new Bank of Cyprus structure.]]></description>
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		<title>How can corporations ensure a smooth transition to SEPA?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/how-can-corporations-ensure-a-smooth-transition-to-sepa/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/how-can-corporations-ensure-a-smooth-transition-to-sepa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luc Belpaire - product director, SunGard’s corporate liquidity business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>lbelpaire</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Single Euro Payments Area]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=961</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) now moving closer to becoming mandatory across Europe, there are some points that corporates should be aware of as they work to achieve a successful transition. Firstly, corporations should view SEPA as a business opportunity rather than a requirement that is being imposed. More specifically, they should seize the opportunity to take a second look at their payment business process and determine if they can make it more efficient by standardizing on SEPA instruments across the region.

]]></description>
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		<title>Capitalize on Change</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/capitalize-on-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold Finders - chief executive officer, SunGard Financial Systems</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>hfinders</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Investments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.

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		<title>The top 5 reasons why checks still dominate B2B payments – Reason #2</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-top-5-reasons-why-checks-still-dominate-b2b-payments-%e2%80%93-reason-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-top-5-reasons-why-checks-still-dominate-b2b-payments-%e2%80%93-reason-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Dragiff - vice president, product management, AvantGard Payment Services, SunGard’s corporate liquidity business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mdragiff</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronic payments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do companies continue to pay by check? In part two of the series “The top 5 reasons why checks still dominate B2B payments” I explore the absence of paper remittance data as a perceived obstacle to timely, accurate cash application when paying electronically.
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		<title>China brings its insurance industry oversight further in line with Solvency II – Part 2</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/china-brings-its-insurance-industry-oversight-further-inline-with-solvency-ii-%e2%80%93-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/china-brings-its-insurance-industry-oversight-further-inline-with-solvency-ii-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Petra Wildemann - global director of actuarial and Solvency II consulting, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>pwildemann</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regulatory reform has affected both the banking and insurance market. This has created, tougher CAR requirements and need for greater transparency and data control. This time, we will explore how the CIRC is bringing reporting further in line with Solvency II and starting to put the regulations in place.]]></description>
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		<title>China brings its insurance industry oversight further in line with Solvency II &#8211; Part1</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/china-brings-its-insurance-industry-oversight-further-inline-with-solvency-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/china-brings-its-insurance-industry-oversight-further-inline-with-solvency-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Petra Wildemann - global director of actuarial and Solvency II consulting, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>pwildemann</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[basel II]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[data control]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=890</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The European Union’s Solvency II regulations have been a huge catalyst for change within the insurance industry worldwide, not just in Europe. We will now turn our eye to China.  In this series, we’ll examine the role of China Insurance Regulatory Commission and look at how Solvency II is influencing insurance regulation in China.
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		<title>A Daunting Task – Regulatory Readiness: The Data Management Challenge Webinar Recap</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/a-daunting-task-regulatory-readiness-the-data-management-challenge-webinar-recap/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/a-daunting-task-regulatory-readiness-the-data-management-challenge-webinar-recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Scianna - deputy head of strategy, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ascianna</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Brokerage & Clearance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. ]]></description>
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		<title>Awaiting the regulatory flood</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/awaiting-the-regulatory-flood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Morgan - trading and client connectivity, SunGard’s global trading business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dmorgan</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The MiFID II consultation period is closed and we now await the legislative proposals. What are the main implications for brokerage firms and their technology planning?
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		<title>Preparing for the wave of regulatory change and risk initiatives</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/preparing-for-the-wave-of-regulatory-change-and-risk-initiatives/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/preparing-for-the-wave-of-regulatory-change-and-risk-initiatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen VanScoy - executive vice president, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>evanscoy</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eileen Van Scoy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Risk and regulatory compliance can impact nearly every operational process and technology platform in banks, brokerage and trust firms. Within the coming years, financial services institutions will face a multitude of regulatory and accounting changes. At the same time, they will need to control systemic, counterparty and financial risk, and increase efficiencies and service.]]></description>
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		<title>Data transparency &#8211; a new regulatory catch phrase, but what does it mean?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/data-transparency-a-new-regulatory-catch-phrase-but-what-does-it-mean/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/data-transparency-a-new-regulatory-catch-phrase-but-what-does-it-mean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen VanScoy - executive vice president, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>evanscoy</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=806</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Extensive post-mortem analysis of the 2008 financial meltdown highlighted a number of shortfalls in financial organization’s regulatory and customer reporting. Inconsistent and complicated data models, coupled with data pulled from many platforms or manually prepared, hampered regulators in fulfilling their oversight duties. Consumers contended that they lacked adequate access to the data required to understand the financial information or choices presented to them.]]></description>
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		<title>A best practice approach to data and risk management</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/a-best-practice-approach-to-data-and-risk-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Scianna - deputy head of strategy, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ascianna</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Brokerage & Clearance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>IFRS is coming, IFRS is coming&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/ifrs-is-coming-ifrs-is-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/ifrs-is-coming-ifrs-is-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Zdechlik - cpa, iWorks, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dzdechlik</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t think Paul Revere was very worried about IFRS in 1775; however today, as with the British back then, IFRS is coming.

We keep hearing about the SEC decision in 2011.  What does that really mean?  As mentioned in last month’s blog post, if the SEC decides to require IFRS prepared financial statements, the talk is that 2015 would be the first year of IFRS only financial statements (the first year of no dual reporting of GAAP and IFRS).  However, don’t be deceived, the SEC requires three years of comparative financial statements which means 2013 would be the first year of financial statements prepared under IFRS.]]></description>
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		<title>Something’s happening here: Solvency II inspires change for India insurers &#8211; Part 3</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/something%e2%80%99s-happening-here-solvency-ii-inspires-change-for-india-insurers-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anshuman Anand - actuarial analyst, iWorks, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>aanand</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reporting for insurance companies -- IRDA has issued reporting guidelines in the past and has now established a committee to examine the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) proposal issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) on July 30, 2010, for a comprehensive standard to address recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure for insurance contracts. The committee will evaluate the various requirements and accounting standards, identify gaps and suggest various measures so that the insurance industry can move towards IFRS compliance by 2012.[1] This is a significant move at a time when the insurance world in general is looking for greater consistency in reporting standards.]]></description>
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		<title>Something’s happening here: Solvency II inspires change for India insurers &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/something%e2%80%99s-happening-here-solvency-ii-inspires-change-for-india-insurers-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anshuman Anand - actuarial analyst, iWorks, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>aanand</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I discussed capital adequacy as one of the challenges insurers must deal with as the regulatory and reporting environment becomes more demanding and the impact of Solvency II is felt in countries around the world.  Today, we’ll explore the implications for the risk management function and the need for strong data control. The Indian Insurance Regulatory &#38; Development Authority (IRDA) is attempting to address some of these issues in some of the regulations it has recently issued, such as the economic capital reporting requirement instituted in 2010.]]></description>
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		<title>Something’s happening here: Solvency II inspires change for India insurers &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/something%e2%80%99s-happening-here-solvency-ii-inspires-change-for-india-insurers-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anshuman Anand - actuarial analyst, iWorks, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>aanand</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The European Union’s Solvency II regulations promise to be a huge catalyst for change within the insurance industry worldwide, not just in Europe. In our first series of blogs on Solvency II, we examined the actual Solvency II requirements, timeline and best practices for compliance. In this series, we’ll look at how Solvency II is influencing insurance regulation in the Asia Pacific region, beginning with the repercussions being felt in the growing and dynamic Indian insurance market.]]></description>
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		<title>IFRS/GAAP Convergence</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/ifrsgaap-convergence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Zdechlik - cpa, iWorks, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dzdechlik</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, my blog post discussed the current status of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) review of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), with the goal of providing an overview of the issues and likely timeframe for an announcement.  Today, the focus is on convergence and the implications this has for insurers.]]></description>
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		<title>Technology’s role in advisor education, future success</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/technology%e2%80%99s-role-in-advisor-education-future-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sally Hart - vice president of strategy, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>shart</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent study, Cerulli Associates polled advisors asking how their business is impacted after they obtain a professional designation. They discovered that among advisors that gain professional designations, 58% report a growth in their client base, and within that group, more than half grew their client base by more than 10%.]]></description>
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		<title>Defining “the biggest challenge” – a video interview with FIA</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/defining-%e2%80%9cthe-biggest-challenge%e2%80%9d-%e2%80%93-a-video-interview-with-fia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Past Author - Richard Hulit - former executive vice president, SunGard’s brokerage &amp; clearance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rhulit</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Brokerage & Clearance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tech Solutions for OTC Clearing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, I attended the FIA Futures &#38; Options Expo in Chicago. Not only did I sit on the Expo’s Tech Solutions for OTC Clearing panel (which you can now listen to on the FIA site), but I participated in a video interview series with the Futures Industry Association.]]></description>
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		<title>International financial reporting standards – timeline</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/international-financial-reporting-standards-%e2%80%93-timeline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Zdechlik - cpa, iWorks, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dzdechlik</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) are the standards being utilized by many companies around the world and IFRS is fast becoming the global accounting standard.  The ultimate goal of IFRS is to put all companies on the same playing field when it comes to financial reporting.  These standards will allow for the comparison of financial statements between companies no matter what country a company may be domiciled.]]></description>
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		<title>OTC derivatives, holistic data and standard reporting: a video interview with Finextra</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/otc-derivatives-holistic-data-and-standard-reporting-a-video-interview-with-finextra/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/otc-derivatives-holistic-data-and-standard-reporting-a-video-interview-with-finextra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Scianna - deputy head of strategy, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ascianna</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Brokerage & Clearance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During a recent trip to snowy London, I was fortunate to finally meet Finextra’s Liz Lumley in person. As the multimedia and special projects editor, Liz conducted a brief video interview with me that is now live on the Finextra site.

In the video, you will see us discus several topics that I believe are only going to become a bigger conversation as we move into 2011. This includes the move toward central counterparty clearing of OTC derivatives; the imperative for centralized, holistic, real-time data aggregation; and on-demand, standardized reporting. I may sound like a broken record, but when it comes to the new financial regulatory landscape, we are still just beginning to learn what the regulators have in mind for the industry in the coming months and years.]]></description>
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		<title>Enhance utility operations to improve customer service and lower costs</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/enhance-utility-operations-to-improve-customer-service-and-lower-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/enhance-utility-operations-to-improve-customer-service-and-lower-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Cain - principal, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dcain</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many utility customers today are focused on expanding their retail market presence and increasing their client acquisition channels while continuing to lower the operating cost per client.  The key to successfully executing this strategy is expanding operating capacity while managing down costs.  Organizations that can successfully utilize their technical capabilities and continuously improve operating processes will establish themselves as the market leaders in the expanding retail landscape.  These critical areas of focus are divided across the technology, operations and business process competencies.]]></description>
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		<title>Does new regulation actually come too late?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/does-new-regulation-actually-come-too-late/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/does-new-regulation-actually-come-too-late/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Renz - director, risk advisory, SunGard’s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>drenz</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When looking at the Greek and Irish calamities over the last couple of weeks and months, the thing that got me thinking was, could this have been prevented? Of course, the thought itself is preposterous! Make no mistake, dodgy accounts in Greece’s case and a banking system that crippled Ireland’s finances are formidable issues. So, those in charge of running the treasuries and debt financing agencies deserve our utmost respect for theirs is truly a herculean task.]]></description>
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		<title>Insurers can reap big benefits from Solvency II</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/insurers-can-reap-big-benefits-from-solvency-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/insurers-can-reap-big-benefits-from-solvency-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Petra Wildemann - global director of actuarial and Solvency II consulting, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>pwildemann</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the initial reaction to Solvency II may be that compliance is a costly and timely nuisance, in the long run, insurers can expect to accrue solid business benefits from their Solvency II compliance. With greater transparency into their capital holdings and risk exposure, insurers will offer better sightlines into their operations for both investors and customers.]]></description>
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		<title>Managing risk and exposure in the new regulatory environment</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/managing-risk-and-exposure-in-the-new-regulatory-environment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Scianna - deputy head of strategy, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ascianna</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Brokerage & Clearance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tony Scianna]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have discussed the new regulatory environment quite a bit in our blogs, and I’d like to offer another resource to learn about our perspectives at SunGard. We recently published a new white paper that discusses today’s data management challenges and ways to solve them by taking an enterprise-wide approach to your data and risk management strategies.]]></description>
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		<title>Financial recovery or storm clouds on the horizon?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/financial-recovery-or-storm-clouds-on-the-horizon/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/financial-recovery-or-storm-clouds-on-the-horizon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Day - vice president, SunGard’s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>cday</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lending]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since the financial world reeled in shock at that collapse of Lehman Brothers and the subsequent fallout in the world’s financial markets, the banking community has been in a mode of self preservation.   Rather than lending, which generates one of the age-old assets of the banking world, banks have sought ways to preserve and protect their capital. As a result, there has been a flight to more secure assets such as government backed securities.]]></description>
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		<title>Solvency II non-compliance triggers serious consequences</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/solvency-ii-non-compliance-triggers-serious-consequences/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/solvency-ii-non-compliance-triggers-serious-consequences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Petra Wildemann - global director of actuarial and Solvency II consulting, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>pwildemann</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MCR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SCR]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solvency II non-compliance can impact an insurer in two different ways. First, if an insurance company does not meet a designated milestone or fails to implement adequate risk management processes, non-compliance could endanger its right to trade.]]></description>
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		<title>Brave new world of cost basis reporting presents opportunities to early adaptors</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/brave-new-world-of-cost-basis-reporting-presents-opportunities-to-early-adaptors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Naylor - vice president, product services, SunGard’s institutional asset management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jnaylor</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Asset Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost basis reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If transfer agents tried to implement a change in the tax code that would require their clients to reach out to them to address their need for solutions that incorporated operational efficiency, client service and compliance transparency, they could not have wished for more than the upcoming cost basis changes scheduled for January 1, 2011.]]></description>
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		<title>Accountability for Solvency II compliance rolls all the way up to the ‘C’ suite</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/accountability-for-solvency-ii-compliance-rolls-all-the-way-up-to-the-%e2%80%98c%e2%80%99-suite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Petra Wildemann - global director of actuarial and Solvency II consulting, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>pwildemann</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ORSA]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Solvency II imposes a self-regulatory component with ORSA (Own Risk and Solvency Assessment). The ORSA has a two-fold nature: first, it is an internal assessment process that is embedded in the strategic decisions of the undertaking; second, it also is a supervisory tool for the regulatory authorities, who are informed of the results.]]></description>
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		<title>Setting the stage for January 1, 2011: How to avoid a return to the manual processing of yesteryear</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/setting-the-stage-for-january-1-2011-how-to-avoid-a-return-to-the-manual-processing-of-yesteryear/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/setting-the-stage-for-january-1-2011-how-to-avoid-a-return-to-the-manual-processing-of-yesteryear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Naylor - vice president, product services, SunGard’s institutional asset management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jnaylor</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Asset Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost basis reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=637</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Few moments in tax code history are as dramatic and full of impact as the new cost basis reporting regulations:

While Section 403 of Division B of Public Law 110-343 details the legislation, the bottom line is this:

Cost basis reporting will be made mandatory for all brokers executing transactions that involve publicly traded securities.
January 1, 2011 is the deadline for the requirements to report realized gain/loss information to the IRS for the benefit of clients who have purchased equities. Other deadlines on mutual funds and other securities follow in 2012 and 2013.]]></description>
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		<title>Solvency II compliance requires time, budgeting and lots of planning</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/solvency-ii-compliance-requires-time-budgeting-and-lots-of-planning/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/solvency-ii-compliance-requires-time-budgeting-and-lots-of-planning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Petra Wildemann - global director of actuarial and Solvency II consulting, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>pwildemann</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solvency II]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=611</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The time and resources required for Solvency II compliance are the crux of the problem for most insurers, as current risk management systems and processes are disjointed and unable to provide the full transparency and audit capability required by Solvency II.  This multi-faceted challenge will require a significant investment of time, money and people -- particularly for the IT department -- in order to develop new tools, processes and procedures.  Despite the requirements, the recent SunGard study found that insurance IT professionals are behind the curve in Solvency II planning.  Whether this is because business teams have been late to invite IT to the party, or because IT has been slow to respond is unclear.]]></description>
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		<title>Implementation milestones for Solvency II are coming up fast</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/implementation-milestones-for-solvency-ii-are-coming-up-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/implementation-milestones-for-solvency-ii-are-coming-up-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Petra Wildemann - global director of actuarial and Solvency II consulting, SunGard’s insurance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>pwildemann</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEIOPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[insurers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QIS5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reinsurers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solvency II]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=608</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Solvency II is quickly moving from “on the horizon” to “need to act” across the European insurance landscape and with good reason.  Solvency II will have an unprecedented impact on insurance and reinsurance companies.  Meeting the 2012 compliance date will require significant effort on the part of all organizations. There are interim deadlines that must be met, and the potential cost of non-compliance may be high. In addition, rating agencies will be assessing insurers’ compliance progress as an indicator of financial strength.]]></description>
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		<title>The new OTC regulations and you</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-new-otc-regulations-and-you/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-new-otc-regulations-and-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurent Jacquemin - executive vice president, post-trade derivatives, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ljacquemin</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=595</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the next two to three years meat is going to be put on the bones of both the US ‘Dodd/Frank’ legislation and the proposals of the European Commission. The precise shape of the regulation is still unclear but I thought it would be useful to think about the most likely ways in which financial markets will be impacted.]]></description>
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		<title>Reprising their success elsewhere, ETFs find a home in the Middle East</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/reprising-their-success-elsewhere-etfs-find-a-home-in-the-middle-east/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/reprising-their-success-elsewhere-etfs-find-a-home-in-the-middle-east/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fouad Abou Alwan - regional sales manager, SunGard’s institutional asset management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>faboualwan</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Asset Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[back-office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETFs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[front office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle-office]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In just 20 short years, the Middle East has evolved from the “lost decade” of the 1990s to the current era of quiet transformation.

Regional growth: From low average growth and a relatively high unemployment rate, GDP is up today across the region and job creation is on the rise.
Fresh capital: Today is characterized by large scale infrastructure investments as the region experiences heightened capital flows – and a boom in oil prices.]]></description>
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		<title>For Middle East funds, performance transparency can raise AUM</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/for-middle-east-funds-performance-transparency-can-raise-aum/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/for-middle-east-funds-performance-transparency-can-raise-aum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fouad Abou Alwan - regional sales manager, SunGard’s institutional asset management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>faboualwan</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Asset Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AUM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GIPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IAM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UCITS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For many international investors, the Middle East still represents a new frontier for compliance, transparency and fiduciary responsibility – as well as capital attraction.

There are many reasons: While abundant sources of energy represent a primary appeal, business development in the region is also increasingly characterized by an expanding services sector, population growth and an educated workforce.]]></description>
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		<title>SEC eliminates “pay-to-play” &#8211; What does this mean for compliance professionals of advisory businesses?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/sec-eliminates-%e2%80%9cpay-to-play%e2%80%9d-what-does-this-mean-for-compliance-professionals-of-advisory-businesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ragini Pathak - senior product manager, SunGard’s global trading business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rpathak</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment Advisers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=545</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission recently passed the new “pay-to-play” rule under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.  With this new rule, the SEC aims to level the playing field: Investment advisers can no longer “pay to play” with governmental bodies that are involved in awarding contracts for the management of public pension funds and other investments.]]></description>
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		<title>Social media and the collaborative culture</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/social-media-and-the-collaborative-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Past Author - Gerry Murphy - former president of SunGard’s brokerage &amp; clearance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>gmurphy</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Brokerage & Clearance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collaborative culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cristóbal Conde]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economist Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerry Murphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideas ecosystem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I have been thinking more and more about how to best use social media and the many new collaborative communication technologies that are available today. For me, social media extends into many different spheres, including innovation, service, organizational culture and diversity. It is about finding and embracing new and more efficient ways to collaborate, create and work more productively as a business.]]></description>
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		<title>Regulatory perspectives: The importance of strong community in uncertain times</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/regulatory-perspectives-the-importance-of-strong-community-in-uncertain-times/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/regulatory-perspectives-the-importance-of-strong-community-in-uncertain-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Foster - executive vice president, SunGard’s brokerage &amp; clearance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>sfoster</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Brokerage & Clearance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basel III]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the conversations continue around what will happen next for the financial industry as a result of Dodd-Frank and Basel III, there remains a sense of uncertainty in the air. Firms are grappling with the task of preparing for the new regulatory reality that we will all soon face. There are a lot of questions, but not enough answers yet.]]></description>
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		<title>New regulatory reform and its possible effect beyond first intent</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/new-regulatory-reform-and-its-possible-effect-beyond-first-intent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen VanScoy - executive vice president, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>evanscoy</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wealth Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eileen Van Scoy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dealing with reforms as they migrate through the financial services industry

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and its amendments (H.R. 4173) became law in July 2010. This legislation already generates more financial industry-wide press and concern than any other reform measure passed in the past seven decades. With its numerous reforms in various stages of analysis and refinement, it will be months — and, in some cases, years — before the industry realizes the law’s full impact. Regardless, financial organizations must begin addressing compliance now.]]></description>
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		<title>TEN trends shaping the banking industry</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/ten-trends-shaping-the-banking-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Day - vice president, SunGard’s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>cday</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I work with a great bunch of folks here at SunGard and every Monday morning, without fail, we congregate around the coffee machine and catch-up on our weekend activities.

For once in my life I had little to say having spent my Sunday afternoon watching my eldest son’s football team put in a great performance, yet still losing eight nil.

The discussion quickly turned back to work and the news reported by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) that the UK Financial Services Sector grew in the last three months at the fastest rate since June 2007.]]></description>
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		<title>Three little pigs or Dumbo the elephant – elephants really do fly!</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/three-little-pigs-or-dumbo-the-elephant-%e2%80%93-elephants-really-do-fly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Day - vice president, SunGard’s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>cday</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercial lending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may recall in my last blog post, ‘The wolf is at the door – if he huffs and he puffs can he blow the bank down?’ we started to explore the scenario of hikes in interest rates and the impact upon commercial lending books.]]></description>
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		<title>Balloons, flash crashes and a new market structure</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/balloons-flash-crashes-and-a-new-market-structure/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/balloons-flash-crashes-and-a-new-market-structure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Past Author - Dave Mishoe - former managing director, SunGard’s trading business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dmishoe</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trading]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Balloon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Circuit Breakers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authorities are hopeful to find that high frequency trading (HFT) was the likely culprit behind the “Flash Crash” earlier this year. It’s a populist position that would provide an easy explanation as to why current checks and balances failed. However, if a HFT-flash crash link is proven, it would have a profound influence on the future structure of financial markets.]]></description>
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		<title>The importance of CVA (Credit Valuation Adjustment) in a post crisis world (part two)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-importance-of-cva-credit-valuation-adjustment-in-a-post-crisis-world-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-importance-of-cva-credit-valuation-adjustment-in-a-post-crisis-world-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Travers - product manager, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dtravers</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets & Investment Banking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[counterparty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit valuation adjustment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two ways in which a bank’s counterparty credit risk management can be made more efficient through the use of CVA.  First, the allocation of credit risk appetite and second, the management of that credit risk once taken

Credit risk appetite has traditionally been allocated by a “top-down” approach, where certain business lines are allowed to enter into deals with certain counterparties up to pre-determined limits.  This determines the allocation of credit risk across the bank.  Often credit risk appetite is not allocated at all between business units, but it is used up on a first-come-first-served basis until a hard stop. ]]></description>
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		<title>The importance of CVA in a post-crisis world (part one)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-importance-of-cva-in-a-post-crisis-world-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-importance-of-cva-in-a-post-crisis-world-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Travers - product manager, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dtravers</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets & Investment Banking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[counterparty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit valuation adjustment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) has become increasingly important in the derivatives trading world since the crisis as a way to price in the cost of counterparty risk. As such, there are an ever increasing number of banks adopting CVA as a core part of their process for managing counterparty credit risk. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Wolf is at the door – if he huffs and he puffs will he blow the bank down?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-wolf-is-at-the-door-%e2%80%93-if-he-huffs-and-he-puffs-will-he-blow-the-bank-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Day - vice president, SunGard’s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>cday</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Bernanke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercial real estate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week saw me in New York, at what could prove to be a historic moment for both the US and potentially the world’s financial markets, what with one of the widest sweeping shake-ups of US financial legislation since the Great Depression of the 1930s being signed into law.  Now let me share how if we just followed the lessons learnt from our childhood fairy tales, we would have constructed a more resilient bank.]]></description>
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		<title>A compliant centric middle-office—is it better risk management or just risky business?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/a-compliant-centric-middle-office%e2%80%94is-it-better-risk-management-or-just-risky-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rex Gooch - head of product management, Protegent, SunGard’s global trading business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rgooch</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trading]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Compensation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Without a doubt, regulatory reform is atop everyone’s minds. You simply cannot skim financial services news headlines without reading about a new regulatory order or rule – whether it’s the Volker Rule or new Dodd-Frank bill... regulators are essentially laying a “smack-down” on the financial services industry. Now that financial reform bill HR-4173 has been passed into law, we can only anticipate that hundreds of new regulations and rules written by the Self Regulatory Organizations (SROs) will follow.  We don’t know what those will look like and how much of an impact they will have but what we do know is that the SEC and FINRA are today scrutinizing retail activities more than ever and have made financial and organizational changes to execute and pursue more aggressive enforcement activities.]]></description>
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		<title>Who needs staff anyway?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/who-needs-staff-anyway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Day - vice president, SunGard’s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>cday</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer centricity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, yes, yes, he did it, he finally made up his mind and proudly deposited his hard earned (according to him) pocket money in a bank yesterday.

What am I talking about?

If you have been following my recent blog postings, ‘Lessons learned from the economic downturn’ , ‘What does it mean to be a ’Well Managed’ bank?’ and ‘Is customer-centricity really the key?’, you may recall that my 14-year old son has been trying to decide on the right bank with whom to open his first bank account.  Well, yesterday he finally did it.]]></description>
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		<title>Will central clearing of OTC derivatives improve the life of the operations manager?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/will-central-clearing-of-otc-derivatives-improve-the-life-of-the-operations-manager/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Freeman - product manager, Adaptiv operations, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rfreeman</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets & Investment Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ccp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[central]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=331</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The introduction of legislation to move the settlement of some OTC derivative transactions onto central counterparty clearing mechanisms forms part of the new regulatory reform proposed both in the U.S. and Europe. The aim of this proposal is to increase transparency in an opaque market while reducing operational risk associated with the manual settlement processes that are prevalent with this asset class. The changes will be the responsibility of the operations manager. The question is whether central clearing of OTC derivatives will improve the life of the operations manager.]]></description>
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		<title>Three takeaways from New York City Day 2010</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/three-takeaways-from-new-york-city-day-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Past Author - Gerry Murphy - former president of SunGard’s brokerage &amp; clearance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>gmurphy</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Brokerage & Clearance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adam Honore]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SunGard’s New York City Day event, held at the Waldorf-Astoria last week, was an afternoon filled with new ideas and forward-thinking conversations about best practices and the next steps for our industry.

From the start of the day through the keynote, during discussions in the hallways and in the focused breakout sessions, the energy was high and people were connecting to talk about what happens next.]]></description>
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		<title>Is customer-centricity really the key?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/is-customer-centricity-really-the-key/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Day - vice president, SunGard’s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>cday</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[profitability]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my recent blog posts, ‘Lessons learned from the economic downturn’ and ‘What does it mean to be a ’Well Managed’ bank?’, you may recall that we have been following the exploits of my 14-year old son as he attempts to find the right bank to open his first bank account.

How hard can it really be?

If you read my most recent post, you can see that I tried once again to encourage him to seek guidance from my wife. After all, nine times out of ten she will be the one that has to help him out with any day-to-day issues.  Alas, it didn’t work and he still hasn’t made up his mind!]]></description>
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		<title>What does it mean to be a ‘Well Managed’ bank?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-%e2%80%98well-managed%e2%80%99-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Day - vice president, SunGard’s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>cday</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[well managed bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a blog I posted last week, ‘Lessons learned from the economic downturn’, you may recall my 14-year old son was asking if he could open his own bank account and with which bank he should deposit his hard earned pocket money.

I decided to take the path of information overload, and explained that at a high level, a bank should engage in the prudent management of its assets.  This means that a bank needs to balance the interests of its owners and other stakeholders both now and in the future.  Assets need to be deployed efficiently to maximize current profits.  However, the assets also need to be applied in a way that seems likely to produce future revenue streams and opportunities, balanced against the likelihood of future losses resulting from unforeseen events.  In other words, risk needs to be taken into account – and the longer the time period that the bank uses for its business planning, the more import risk management and mitigation techniques become.]]></description>
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		<title>The Midlife Crisis of the 403(b) Plan</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-midlife-crisis-of-the-403b-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-midlife-crisis-of-the-403b-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie Wyatt - sales consultant, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>nwyatt</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wealth Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[403(b)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wealth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As we move through our fourth decade, things seem to change in ways that we do not expect. Much to the dismay of vendors, advisors and the participants, the realm of the 403(b) has not been able to escape the proverbial midlife crisis either.

A true child of the 60’s, with the first 403(b) regulations released in 1964, the 403(b) followed the beat of a different drummer, separate from the self-absorbed and attention grabbing 401(k) that emerged almost two decades later. The warning signs of something on the horizon were there, and as we were soon to find out, to everything there is a season. For the 403(b), it started in November 2004 with the proposed regulations, and then we faced the confirmation of some our worst fears with the release of the final regulations in July of 2007. The final version of the new 403(b) regulations touched any employee requested transaction, including loans, hardships and exchanges, not to mention the additional oversight and reporting requirements that fell to the plan sponsors.]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons learned from the economic downturn</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/lessons-learned-from-the-economic-downturn/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/lessons-learned-from-the-economic-downturn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Day - vice president, SunGard’s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>cday</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic downturn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[well managed bank]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over breakfast this morning my 14-year old son asked if he could have his own bank account and it really got me thinking as he also asked if his money would be safe! With the amount he has to deposit he is more than covered by the UK Bank Deposit Protection Scheme. Both my wife and I use different banks for different reasons so I offered him some options. My son responded with yet another question of “why”. Here I was being quizzed by a 14-year old on the virtues of the banking system.]]></description>
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		<title>Everyone’s talking about market data (on Twitter)</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/everyone%e2%80%99s-talking-about-market-data-on-twitter/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/everyone%e2%80%99s-talking-about-market-data-on-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Scianna - deputy head of strategy, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ascianna</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Brokerage & Clearance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#marketdata]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Honore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alyssa Gilmore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dorothy Friedman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[historical data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market data platform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market data terminal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MarketMap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NY City Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oliver Muhr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real-time data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard City Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Scianna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitterview]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This Monday, SunGard hosted a live Twitterview centered on the topic of market data. Several voices were involved, including SunGard’s director of analyst relations Alyssa Gilmore (@Alyssa4AR), who hosted the event; Dorothy Friedman (@dorothyfriedman), director of marketing within SunGard’s brokerage &#38; clearance business; Oliver Muhr (@olivermuhr), senior vice president of SunGard’s global trading business; and Adam Honoré (@HonoreatAite), research director and market data expert at Aite Group.]]></description>
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		<title>Using cost basis activities to jumpstart business improvements</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/using-cost-basis-activities-to-jumpstart-business-improvements/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/using-cost-basis-activities-to-jumpstart-business-improvements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jodi Baskin - product manager, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jbaskin</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wealth Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost basis reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency economic stabilization act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[section 403]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No matter where you are in your efforts to address mandatory cost basis reporting, it is likely you are acutely aware of all the network and data issues that need addressing in order to become compliant with the new rules under Section 403 of Division B of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, by January 1st of 2011. The need for compliance to regulations is driving you to maintain a focus on cost basis.While it may seem like just another compliance project for your organization to tackle, it actually presents you with opportunities to improve your business as a whole.]]></description>
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		<title>Mark your calendars: SunGard’s New York City Day is on June 21</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/mark-your-calendars-sungard%e2%80%99s-new-york-city-day-is-on-june-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Past Author - Gerry Murphy - former president of SunGard’s brokerage &amp; clearance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>gmurphy</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Brokerage & Clearance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buy-side and sell-side]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collateral monitoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counterparty exposure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data to reduce risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial industry experts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gerry Murphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listed derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managing risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OTC derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post trade processing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-trade derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real-time risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard TEN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ten10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency Efficiency Networks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With summer approaching, it’s not only a great opportunity to take stock of where we are, but also to learn from each other. How can we best meet immediate challenges and help prepare for new business priorities that lie ahead?

That’s the focus at this year’s New York City Day, taking place on June 21, 2010, at the Waldorf Astoria. The focus for the day is on understanding what is on the horizon for our industry, while examining the significance that transparency, efficiency and networks will continue to play in the coming months.]]></description>
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		<title>Effective FX management – A common challenge for corporations?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/effective-fx-management-%e2%80%93-a-common-challenge-for-corporations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Bramwell - senior vice president, treasury solutions, SunGard’s corporate liquidity business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>pbramwell</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data integrity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exposure calculation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In light of the still unpredictable economic environment, companies around the globe are taking measures to improve foreign exchange (FX) management with the goals of controlling and mitigating risk, lowering costs and maximizing corporate value. However, on the path to achieving effective FX management, many companies are challenged by non-standardized processes and policies, as well as a lack of benchmarking tools that can be used to help define success.]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the Cliq</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/welcome-to-the-cliq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 15:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Past Author - Gerry Murphy - former president of SunGard’s brokerage &amp; clearance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>gmurphy</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Brokerage & Clearance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#theCliq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[automation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buy side]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buy side technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cleared derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cliq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counterparty exposure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listed cleared]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listed derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operational risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OTC cleared]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post trade processing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-trade derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[real-time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk and exposure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sell side]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sell side technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard Cliq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard Financial Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEN for 10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ten10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Scianna]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We at <a href="http://sungard.com/brokerageandclearance">SunGard’s brokerage and clearance business</a> are extremely proud to announce the launch of <a href="http://www.sungard.com/jointhecliq">Cliq™</a>, a Web-based service that we believe will revolutionize the derivatives industry. It will help increase <strong>transparency</strong> and <strong>efficiency </strong>and provide standardized electronic communication for all parties involved in the post-trade derivatives lifecycle.]]></description>
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		<title>Securities finance – How are you surviving the recovery?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/securities-finance-%e2%80%93-how-are-you-surviving-the-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Milner - solution specialist, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jmilner</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets & Investment Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[product silos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[securities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ten for 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s much talk around surviving the recovery and post crisis and there is a commonality of ‘interest hotspots’ that is emerging amongst our customers. These fit well under SunGard’s focus of TEN for 2010: Transparency, Efficiency, Networks. These three key elements are applicable to many different areas in financial markets, especially in the world of securities finance.]]></description>
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		<title>Lifetime income – What&#8217;s on the horizon?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/lifetime-income-%e2%80%93-whats-on-the-horizon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Richter - vice president, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rrichter</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wealth Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defined contribution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lifetime income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pension plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As we know, resources within defined contribution. have been consumed with health care reform. As the dust settles, there will be a renewed focus on retirement plan issues, only one of which I address here – lifetime income options.

For many providers, just the thought of lifetime income options strikes a nerve. This is due to experience with pension plans where benefits must be offered as a joint and survivor annuity. Lengthy explanations are given to participants, who ultimately elect a lump-sum payment.]]></description>
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		<title>Reform at the expense of innovation – how big is the cost?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/reform-at-the-expense-of-innovation-%e2%80%93-how-big-is-the-cost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Wallis - managing partner, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jwallis</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Consulting Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disruptive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[too big to fail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the financial services regulation debate marches on, one of the seemingly missed opportunities is the restructuring and refocusing of the multiple regulatory agencies. An emerging trend that is clear based on administration and Congressional priority and focus is that attention on “too big to fail” will create “too small to succeed”. The populist agenda, while politically strong, may miss the greatest populist idea of small business innovation. In many practical ways, the focus of the current regulatory agencies is on the large Wall Street firms and their impact on the economy, clearly an obvious priority and to some extent, popular priority. But the unintended consequence is that it comes at the expense of financial innovation and enabling new ideas, products and services.]]></description>
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		<title>Central counterparty risk management – Not a universal solution to counterparty credit risk for OTC derivatives and securities financing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Christopher Marshall - product director, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>cmarshall</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The credit crisis has pushed OTC derivatives and securities financing across the world to move to a centralized counterparty (CCP) approach where a single counterparty assumes the settlement and pre-settlement risks of its members.  Recent changes to the Basel II accord, namely capital reductions for transactions with CCPs, are fueling this trend. But beware – there is a catch. Moving to a CCP only makes sense if the CCP has a higher credit rating and superior risk management capabilities than the counterparties it is servicing.]]></description>
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		<title>The evolution of corporate treasuries in China</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-evolution-of-corporate-treasuries-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Chen - vp, SunGard China, head of banks &amp; corporations</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mchen</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Corporations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today there is an undeniable shift occurring amongst treasuries in China towards centralization and sophistication of systems and processes. Corporations in China are no longer viewing treasury as simply an isolated department, but rather as a more encompassing function that impacts the organization’s financial health as a whole.]]></description>
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		<title>2010 trends in risk management</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/2010-trends-in-risk-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Cree - vice president, risk solutions, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>mcree</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past eighteen months, we have all seen how events have altered the perception of risk management, both inside and outside an organization. Has increased scrutiny on risk managers translated into tangible changes to the way risk is currently being approached?]]></description>
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		<title>ABA Wealth Management and Trust: Strategies for the new investment reality</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/aba-wealth-management-and-trust-strategies-for-the-new-investment-reality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Jones - director of solutions marketing, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>cjones</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of senior wealth management and trust executives recently gathered at the 2010 ABA Wealth Management and Trust Conference in Phoenix Arizona to discuss the strategies needed to help their firms meet top line goals and better manage new regulations.]]></description>
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		<title>On the value of historians as risk managers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Christopher Marshall - product director, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>cmarshall</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the casualties of the recent crash has been the decline in the credibility of the "quant". This may be no bad thing. Although, I certainly do not advocate giving up on quantitative methods, which are here to stay in a world of derivatives, electronic trading and algorithmic trading.  I do believe that other disciplines have much to add to the analysis and management of risk. ]]></description>
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		<title>Basel II &#8211; A loss of integrity?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/basel-ii-a-loss-of-integrity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Christopher Marshall - product director, SunGard’s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>cmarshall</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the fundamental precepts of Basel II was simple and yet inspired. It argued that as banks adopt more sophisticated (and probably superior) approaches to measuring risk, their regulatory capital charges should decrease. For market risk, capital charges for standardized approaches were greater than those for internal models approaches. For credit risk, internal ratings based approaches required less capital than standardized approaches, and for operational risk, AMA and standardized approaches require less capital than Basic Indicator approaches. But enter crisis driven regulatory changes. Suddenly, capital requirements for market risk within a trading book for internal models approaches are likely to more than triple, as modifications to the basic IMA approach such as stress var, removal of tier 3 capital, and the potential introduction of Incremental Risk Capital dramatically increase the capital required. Add to this the further complication of leverage ratios and liquidity ratio further distancing the capital of the institution from its risk and its ability to manage this risk. It seems to me that these changes destroy the fundamental incentive for institutions to move towards more sophisticated (presumably better) risk models.  It’s not simply that regulators finally have acknowledged that they no longer fully trust quantitative risk measures, it’s also that they trust simpler more approximate models more than more sophisticated ones. Why is this? Is it that greater model sophistication means greater model risk and the greater opportunity for banks to bamboozle regulators with apparent accuracy and precision? Or is it just a knee jerk political reaction against quantification of risk and the mathematical finance that underpins it?]]></description>
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		<title>FIA Boca: Takeaways from CFTC Chairman Gensler’s Keynote</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/fia-expo-takeaways-from-cftc-chairman-gensler%e2%80%99s-keynote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Past Author - Richard Hulit - former executive vice president, SunGard’s brokerage &amp; clearance business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rhulit</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Brokerage & Clearance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, I joined a full room at FIA Boca in Boca Raton for CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler’s keynote speech.  If you have been keeping up with Gensler’s recent speeches, you know that he is a passionate supporter of increasing transparency in the over-the-counter derivatives market through explicit regulation and the movement of OTC contracts to clearinghouses.  On Thursday his speech highlighted these calls to action once again. ]]></description>
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