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	<title>SunGard Transparency, Efficiency and Networks (TEN) - Capitalize on Change</title>
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	<description>Transparency, Efficiency and Networks Reshaping Financial Services in 2011</description>
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		<title>Multiple Books of Record (MBOR): The New Paradigm in Accounting Solutions</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/institutional-asset-management/multiple-books-of-record-mbor-the-new-paradigm-in-accounting-solutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Warren - vice president, InvestOne, SunGard&#039;s asset management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>twarren</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Asset Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First came Accounting Book of Records (ABOR), then Investment Book of Records (IBOR), followed by Alternate GAAP view. Now the next generation is here: Multiple Books of Record (MBOR), allowing full accounting automation from a single control point.

How to do more with less? It is a key challenge facing all investment management industry participants, as they strive to deliver outstanding customer service while wrestling with intensifying regulatory demands, and the need to manage risks and control costs.]]></description>
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		<title>The Elephant in the Room – Resolving the Manual Pricing Burden</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/institutional-asset-management/the-elephant-in-the-room-%e2%80%93-resolving-the-manual-pricing-burden/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/institutional-asset-management/the-elephant-in-the-room-%e2%80%93-resolving-the-manual-pricing-burden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor Beach - operations director, Asset Arena Pricing Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>tbeach</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Investments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutional Asset Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[automation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pricing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=3400</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We know it’s there, but in many cases the extent and complexity of manual pricing can be significantly under estimated. If we choose to be complacent by ignoring the elephant in the room and maintaining the status quo, ever increasing volumes of manual pricing have the potential to consume asset management and fund administration pricing teams and in turn expose firms to huge risk.]]></description>
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		<title>Trade Repositories: The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/capital-markets/trade-repositories-the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/capital-markets/trade-repositories-the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:39:19 +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>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Securities Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astec analytics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lewis on Lending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minimum haircuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repo markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[securities lending]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has recently released a set of recommendations for regulatory reporting on the securities lending and repo markets. The report underpins the FSB’s aims to manage systemic risk as well as prevent a shortfall in collateral liquidity. Both are excellent aims, but if the industry was looking for definitive leadership, I wonder if the opportunity has already been missed?]]></description>
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		<title>SunGard Viewpoint: Basel III: Understanding the impact of the revised Liquidity Coverage Ratio</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/banks/sungard-viewpoint-basel-liquidity-agreement/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/banks/sungard-viewpoint-basel-liquidity-agreement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:34:46 +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[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LCR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Renz, director, risk advisory, SunGard’s banking business

On January 6th, 2013, Basel III guidelines were eased as reported by Forbes, pushing the liquidity deadline for banks back four years to 2019, loosening the new rules and expanding the size of allowable corporate debt. It is also anticipated that banks in emerging markets will be given more working assets and time to catch up with the new rules. You can read the full details of the revised Liquidity Coverage Ratio and how it might impact your liquidity risk here.]]></description>
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		<title>Playing Compliance Catch-Up in the Alternative Investments Industry</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/alternative-investments/playing-compliance-catch-up-in-the-alternative-investments-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/alternative-investments/playing-compliance-catch-up-in-the-alternative-investments-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Stahl - partner, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>hstahl</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Investments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alternative investments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[form pf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regulations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Regulators around the world have had a busy time over the last few years.  At first their attention focused heavily on banks, which have in turn been scrambling to adapt their systems and processes to comply with new rules. Until recently, the alternative investments industry escaped the full force of regulatory scrutiny, in spite of intense media attention.]]></description>
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		<title>Finally, a Trading Advantage from the Dodd-Frank Act</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/capital-markets/trading/finally-a-trading-advantage-from-the-dodd-frank-act/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/capital-markets/trading/finally-a-trading-advantage-from-the-dodd-frank-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 19:41:57 +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>
		<category><![CDATA[Trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CFTC]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act (the DFA) requires agencies to promulgate hundreds of new rules.  With the promulgation of these new rules, which generally require additional or different automation processes, come marketplace opportunities, including trading advantages that are often overlooked by those participants scrambling exclusively for DFA compliance.  This obscure rule change could lead to opportunities   concerning the lifeblood of trading – data.]]></description>
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		<title>A Little and Often: DevOps in Capital Markets</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/capital-markets/a-little-and-often-devops-in-capital-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/capital-markets/a-little-and-often-devops-in-capital-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Chapman - managing partner, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>dchapman</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consulting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012 has been an eventful year in capital markets. Amongst many other things, it’s been marked by some spectacular blow ups resulting from poorly released software. In fact, Wall Street firms don’t have a good track record when it comes to this, with releases frequently destabilizing systems, introducing new bugs and upsetting business operations. But this needn’t be the case.  Taking a lead from the business to consumer (B2C) industry, and the development of DevOps in particular, can help overcome some longstanding issues.]]></description>
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		<title>Market Abuse and the UK Energy Bill: Is There a Link?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/energy-commodities/market-abuse-and-the-uk-energy-bill-is-there-a-link/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/energy-commodities/market-abuse-and-the-uk-energy-bill-is-there-a-link/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aviv Handler - partner, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ahandler</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Energy & Commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consulting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market abuse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The long-awaited Energy Bill was finally announced by the UK Government on November 29. It has generated many headlines around important issues such as the delay in setting a carbon reduction target and the use of gas in the UK’s energy mix, as well as the contentious practice of “fracking,” which has recently been given the green light.]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[collateral management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank]]></category>
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		<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>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/the-dodd-frank-stress-test-rule-is-stressing-out-u-s-banks-2/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></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>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/european-equity-trading-research-and-regulation-collide/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Morgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equities trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European equities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European trading regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market fragmentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard Valdi]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basel III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Parker]]></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>Is Fresh Blood on the Cards for Groupon?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/capital-markets/is-fresh-blood-on-the-cards-for-groupon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:43:25 +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[The last six months have seen a growing trend; so-called second-tier technology start-ups such as Netflix (NFLX) and Zynga (ZNGA), which in a very similar fashion to the tech-boom of 2000 have been heralded by some as sure things with almost infinite potential, have been disappointing all round. An easily copied unique selling point (USP) has seen an influx of larger rival firms, with more money and bigger brands, hit revenues and profits while the ‘original’ company had to sit back and watch their good idea make someone else money. The latest in this series of firms is the online bargain site Groupon (GRPN), which has generally been considered one of the most promising.]]></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[Energy & Commodities]]></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>
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		<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>
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		<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>SunGard Viewpoint: Mary Schapiro’s Time at the SEC</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/global-services/sungard-viewpoint-mary-schapiros-time-at-the-sec/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:00:52 +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[Global Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q. Mary Schapiro recently announced her resignation from the SEC.  What do you think will be her legacy?

A. In the wake of Mary Schapiro’s announcement to resign her post as the head of the SEC, we look back on her tenure, challenges and accomplishments.  Ms. Schapiro’s appointment began in the aftermath of the Madoff scandal and the SEC’s failure to detect and stop such a massive fraud.  Ms. Schapiro has also faced a significant regulatory agenda largely driven from the legislative branch in response to the global financial crisis and the need for regulatory harmonization and inter-agency cooperation.  Additionally, events such as the “flash crash”, technology mistakes and general market structure concerns have faced Ms. Schapiro on a daily basis.]]></description>
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		<title>SunGard Viewpoint: Gas Price Manipulation and REMIT</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/global-services/sungard-viewpoint-gas-price-manipulation-and-remit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:08:33 +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[Global Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Recent news of market abuse in the UK gas markets has brought energy industry regulations – and particularly REMIT – into the spotlight. Will REMIT really help to stamp abuse out?

A: Like any regulation, there's never a guarantee to stamp abuse out. But what we can do is learn from the experience of the financial markets where the Market Abuse Directive that was implemented several years ago took time to bed in. REMIT prohibits certain activities that were not explicitly prohibited beforehand, and the regulator has more power to intervene in such a case.]]></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>
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		<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>2 + 2 = 5: The Value of Exchange Alliances</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/networks/2-2-5-the-value-of-exchange-alliances/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:15:28 +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>
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		<description><![CDATA[A version of this article originally appeared in The National.

Last month, the Stock Exchange of Thailand joined the ASEAN Trading Link, an alliance comprising three exchanges from across southeast Asia. Russian exchanges Micex and RTS completed their tie-up in December 2011 to form the Moscow Exchange. More recently, the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange announced their imminent merger, expected to complete on 1 January 2013. These events have brought the debate regarding consolidating the Middle East’s own exchanges into sharper focus. Trading across multiple markets is commonplace across the globe, but this practice is yet to become a reality here. Why?]]></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>
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		<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>Netflix: Poison Pill or Poisoned Chalice?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/capital-markets/netflix-poison-pill-or-poisoned-chalice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:28:04 +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[...Meanwhile Amazon has launched a paid subscription service which many see as a rival to Netflix, although to what extent this proves to be true is not necessarily clear. What is becoming clearer is that with this growing interest, those traders actively taking bets against the company are growing in number. A look at securities lending data starts to tell us the story.]]></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>
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		<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>SunGard Viewpoint: Today’s Challenges with Fund Accounting Solutions</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/institutional-asset-management/sungard-viewpoint-today%e2%80%99s-challenges-with-fund-accounting-solutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:17:01 +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[Institutional Asset Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Tell us a bit about the challenges you’re seeing in the asset management industry today. What are customers asking for?

A: Today’s industry has become more and more dynamic, and we still see growth in the volumes of different types of products available. The challenges can be put down into two broad areas...]]></description>
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		<title>SunGard Viewpoint: Expiration of Dodd-Frank’s Unlimited Deposit Insurance</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/viewpoint/sungard-viewpoint-expiration-of-dodd-frank%e2%80%99s-unlimited-deposit-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/viewpoint/sungard-viewpoint-expiration-of-dodd-frank%e2%80%99s-unlimited-deposit-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:54:38 +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[Viewpoint]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q&#038;A with Vince Tolve,  senior vice president, SunGard’s brokerage business

In this audio Q&#038;A, hear from Vince Tolve of SunGard’s brokerage business on the Dodd-Frank Act’s temporary unlimited deposit insurance on noninterest bearing transaction accounts—a provision that is set to expire the end of 2012. What does this mean for corporate investors? And what can corporate account holders do now to prepare for the December 31 deadline?]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Zdechlik]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=3108</guid>
		<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>Form PF: Operational Game Changer for Private Equity?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/institutional-asset-management/form-pf-operational-game-changer-for-private-equity/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/institutional-asset-management/form-pf-operational-game-changer-for-private-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Haft - principal, consulting services, Investran, SunGard&#039;s asset management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jhaft</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Asset Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fund managers have had to cope with a barrage of new regulatory challenges since the start of the financial crisis, yet one mandate that stands out from the rest is Form PF. Unveiled by the SEC late last year, Form PF is designed to improve the quantity and quality of data reported by those in alternatives investments, private-equity funds included. Like previous measures, Form PF seeks to control risk by giving regulators a better view into a fund’s ongoing operational processes. However, Form PF goes much farther than its predecessors, requiring that registered investment advisors report what many consider to be an unprecedented amount of information pertaining to a managed fund.]]></description>
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		<title>Coping with the Unintended Consequences of Dodd-Frank</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/global-services/coping-with-the-unintended-consequences-of-dodd-frank/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/global-services/coping-with-the-unintended-consequences-of-dodd-frank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Avery - partner, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>johnavery</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Global Services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Typically following any broad, sweeping legislation, and particularly with legislation as far-reaching as Dodd-Frank, come the cries of unintended consequences. These are the negative impacts on markets and operations, unforeseen by the authors, supporters and even opponents of the original legislation.

Dodd-Frank, while based on strong fundamental principles of market oversight, transparency, fiduciary governance and compensation reform, is not exempt from such unintended consequences, although you could say these consequences are affecting us much earlier than originally anticipated.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Trading and Risk Management: It’s Time for STP</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/global-services/energy-trading-and-risk-management-it%e2%80%99s-time-for-stp/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/global-services/energy-trading-and-risk-management-it%e2%80%99s-time-for-stp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Nimmo - senior manager, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>snimmo</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank Energy Consulting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The technology involved with energy trading and risk management is undergoing rapid and sometimes volatile changes, creating opportunities for companies to develop a distinct competitive advantage. Many forces, such as reduced profit margin on trading activities and increasingly complex regulatory requirements, are at work pushing companies to automate the transaction lifecycle to help increase profitability and reduce costs. Straight-through processing (STP) is the ability to have transaction data flow through a company’s different systems with little to no direct human intervention.  STP infrastructure has been adopted throughout the financial services industry with great success, but has yet to be widely utilized in the energy industry.]]></description>
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		<title>Short Selling: A Cold Gust for Wind Energy?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/capital-markets/short-selling-a-cold-gust-for-wind-energy/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/capital-markets/short-selling-a-cold-gust-for-wind-energy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 22:29:02 +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>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Markets]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=3088</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The results of the U.S. election will be key, not just for Vestas but across the renewable energy sector. The lending data certainly suggests the market seems to be making bets against Vestas, but as we all know, the market has been wrong plenty of times before.]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Charts: Request Once, Use Many – Part 2</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/medical-charts-request-once-use-many-%e2%80%93-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/insurance/medical-charts-request-once-use-many-%e2%80%93-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:52:44 +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[As part of my blog series on  “Medical Charts: Request Once, Use Many,” I highlighted the added expense associated with health insurance plans making repeated requests for the same medical chart or related documentation.  But there are other reasons why a plan should focus on “request once, use many.”  By re-using information instead of requesting new documents each and every time the information is needed, health plans will find improved provider satisfaction and, in turn, improved member satisfaction, not to mention improved HEDIS (Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set) and CMS Star ratings.]]></description>
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		<title>Common Practice, but not Best Practice: Why Multi-Vendor Pricing Comparisons Are Necessary</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/institutional-asset-management/common-practice-but-not-best-practice-why-multi-vendor-pricing-services-comparisons-are-necessary/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/institutional-asset-management/common-practice-but-not-best-practice-why-multi-vendor-pricing-services-comparisons-are-necessary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robin Staveley - pricing services director, Asset Arena, SunGard&#039;s asset management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>rstaveley</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Asset Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asset Management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=3073</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is common for asset managers to have their price validation completed by one pricing vendor, but are firms putting themselves at risk for not implementing a multi-vendor comparison approach?  
The answer is yes.  Taking data from a single vendor leaves a vulnerability to pricing errors as there are no comparisons for accuracy.  Tolerances used in day-to-day movement checks are typically too broad to pick up data issues and when tightened can create unnecessary noise in the validation process resulting in increased pressure and risk in meeting SLAs.  It is considered best practice to do an automated multi-vendor comparison to ensure correct data is utilized in the net asset value (NAV) calculation process resulting in reduced operational risk.]]></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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/?p=3068</guid>
		<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>Is Collateral Scarcity an Opportunity in Disguise?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/efficiency/is-collateral-scarcity-an-opportunity-in-disguise/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/efficiency/is-collateral-scarcity-an-opportunity-in-disguise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:25:53 +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[Efficiency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This blog post was originally published on TabbFORUM.

Collateral as a means of endorsing a promise is as old as human interaction itself. Collateral is even prescribed in the Bible as an ordinary business practice. In fact, a relevant verse of the Book of Exodus reads, “If you take your neighbor's cloak as security for a loan, you must return it before sunset.”

Similarly to biblical times, almost all modern pledge practices require some form of collateral to enforce a promise.

This blog post was originally published on TabbFORUM.

Collateral as a means of endorsing a promise is as old as human interaction itself. Collateral is even prescribed in the Bible as an ordinary business practice. In fact, a relevant verse of the Book of Exodus reads, “If you take your neighbor's cloak as security for a loan, you must return it before sunset.”

Similarly to biblical times, almost all modern pledge practices require some form of collateral to enforce a promise. Unlike in biblical times, today collateral can be managed through interconnected repositories and facilitate real-time collateral management across products, counterparties, and regulatory requirements. This process is known as collateral optimization.]]></description>
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		<title>Whether For or Against, HTML5 is Here to Stay</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/wealth-management/whether-for-or-against-html5-is-here-to-stay/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/wealth-management/whether-for-or-against-html5-is-here-to-stay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Bluth - product management, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jbluth</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wealth Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September, Mark Zuckerberg made a public statement that Facebook’s mobile strategy relied too much on HTML5 instead of on native applications.  He went on to say that their biggest mistake was a focus on HTML5 across the board.  As you’d expect, the outpouring of emotional responses both for and against HTML5 was swift and dramatic. Thousands of articles, blogs and podcasts flooded both developer and news forums across the Internet as scores of both pundits and amateurs leapt into the fray.]]></description>
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		<title>APAC Private Equity Investing: Tackling the Obstacles to Find Opportunity</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/institutional-asset-management/apac-private-equity-investing-tackling-the-obstacles-to-find-opportunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lauren Iaslovits - COO, Investran, SunGard&#039;s asset management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>liaslovits</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Asset Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[asia pacific]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fueled by a powerful wave of regional economic growth, Asia-Pacific private equity investing continues to rack up new recruits. Research firm Preqin estimates that 22 percent of managers in fundraising mode currently have APAC in their sights, while advisory group McKinsey &#038; Company puts the market for APAC private equity at roughly $50bn. Private equity investors have responded by ramping up APAC activity, opening offices, raising capital and executing transactions.]]></description>
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		<title>As Alternative Investments Go Mainstream, a Focus on Efficiencies Becomes Paramount</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/alternative-investments/as-alternative-investments-go-mainstream-a-focus-on-efficiencies-becomes-paramount/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/alternative-investments/as-alternative-investments-go-mainstream-a-focus-on-efficiencies-becomes-paramount/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fred Naddaff - managing director, strategic business development, Asset Arena, SunGard&#039;s asset management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>fnaddaff</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Alternative Investments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asset managers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[institutional investors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since the onset of the ­financial crisis in 2007, the convergence between traditional and alternative investment has been widely discussed, with ramifications expected to affect the industry in a significant fashion. On the operational front, the dynamics driving these changes are multi-faceted. They include an onerous regulatory environment, a product and security mix that is increasingly more complex, an environment where market volatility is the norm, and an institutional client base demanding greater transparency and risk mitigation.]]></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>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/transparency/cage-goes-in-the-water-you-go-in-the-water-shark%e2%80%99s-in-the-water/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></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>SunGard Viewpoint: Davis-Bacon Compliance</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/global-services/sungard-viewpoint-davis-bacon-compliance/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/global-services/sungard-viewpoint-davis-bacon-compliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:57:13 +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[Global Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consulting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[davis-bacon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q&#038;A with experts from SunGard Global Services

In this audio Q&#038;A, hear from three experts – Casey Cronin, Jennifer Ko, and Murray Nixon, all with SunGard Global Services – about what Davis-Bacon is, the challenges to becoming compliant, and what to do next.]]></description>
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		<title>Only the Beginning for Exchange and Clearing Innovation</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/capital-markets/only-the-beginning-for-exchange-and-clearing-innovation/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/capital-markets/only-the-beginning-for-exchange-and-clearing-innovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:03:40 +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[Global Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As global regulators move to implement new rules designed to control the swaps markets, the world’s futures exchanges are responding with bold and innovative structural changes intended to reduce or eliminate certain regulatory burdens faced by their customers, including increased trading costs and additional expenditures associated with alternative risk management processing methods.]]></description>
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		<title>Success in Middle East Trading: Keeping it Simple</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/capital-markets/success-in-middle-east-trading-keeping-it-simple/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/capital-markets/success-in-middle-east-trading-keeping-it-simple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:41:12 +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[Global Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Trading]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dubai]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[GCC regulations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New regulations, such as Dodd-Frank in the U.S. and and MiFID II Europe, are focused on systemic risk and transparency. However, in the Middle East, systemic risks are typically well-contained and transparency almost entirely refers to OTC instruments which are not prevalent in the region. Consequently, the new regulations in other regions will have minimal impact in the Middle East.]]></description>
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		<title>Trading in the Middle East: Turning a Corner?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/networks/trading-in-the-middle-east-turning-a-corner/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/networks/trading-in-the-middle-east-turning-a-corner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:32:48 +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[Global Trading]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Egypt trading]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trading in the region will eventually become more attractive and accessible to overseas investors, but the panelists in Dubai implied that regulators were understandably quite cautious at present. Of more concern was the diversity of regulatory regimes throughout the region.]]></description>
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		<title>ASEAN: New Trading Opportunities, New Post-Trade Demands</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/networks/asean-new-trading-opportunities-new-post-trade-demands/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/networks/asean-new-trading-opportunities-new-post-trade-demands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Wicart - senior vice president, Stream, SunGard&#039;s capital markets business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>ewicart</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Capital Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post-Trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASEAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASEAN clearing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ASEAN trading link]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Wicart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-trade platform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-trade scale]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ASEAN trading link announced its launch in September 2012. The link will firmly establish the ASEAN nations as an investment and trading bloc, and is also expected to attract new foreign investment to the region, as well as provide better opportunities for local capital.

Local Asian brokerage firms will probably benefit most from the link. They are now in a better position to compete with major international brokerage houses to manage the inflow business coming from neighboring countries, and they will also now have outbound access to local exchanges. While international brokerages have already established their own networks and unilateral relationships at the individual exchanges, the ASEAN trading link will bring the local brokers up to speed.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Outsource B2B ePayment Adoption?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/corporations/why-outsource-b2b-epayment-adoption-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:30:18 +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[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ach]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ePayment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vendor enrollment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[SunGard recently conducted a study to better understand how corporations were addressing the various challenges around ePayment adoption and the migration to ACH and virtual cards. The study included 171 participants spanning a broad range of industry and revenue classifications, with 48% of the respondents from companies with more than $1 billion in revenue. Not surprising, ePayment adoption continues to elude even the most sophisticated organizations. The study found that internal barriers coupled with lack of knowledge of the available options are the primary obstacles. This finding suggests  that there is an opportunity for many companies to move to electronic payments via an outsourced provider. ]]></description>
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		<title>The on/off shore relationship</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/banks/the-onoff-shore-relationship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Lopez - executive vice president, SunGard&#039;s banking business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>elopez</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[high net worth individuals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s competitive wealth and private banking landscape sees offshore havens fighting one another for wallet share of the wealthy, while onshore private banks struggle to prove their worth.

The appeal of offshore private banks to high-net worth (HNW) individuals is no mystery; for a fee one can bank in a location where regulation is typically more relaxed and  there are tax advantages. In Asia, the dynamics around the offshore market focus largely on competition between banks in Singapore and Hong Kong.]]></description>
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		<title>The Road to Dodd-Frank: Best Practices for Information Management: Part I</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/global-services/the-road-to-dodd-frank-best-practices-for-information-management-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Partha Chatterjee - </dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>pchatterjee</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank Energy Consulting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dodd-Frank Act is on pace to bring significant change in the American financial regulatory environment, affecting almost every aspect of the nation's financial services industry.  In the words of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler: ““The Wall Street reform bill will – for the first time – bring comprehensive regulation to the swaps marketplace. Swap dealers will be subject to robust oversight. Standardized derivatives will be required to trade on open platforms and be submitted for clearing to central counterparties.” 

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		<title>The road to Dodd-Frank compliance: The data challenges of SDRs</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/global-services/the-road-to-dodd-frank-compliance-the-data-challenges-of-sdrs/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/global-services/the-road-to-dodd-frank-compliance-the-data-challenges-of-sdrs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 17:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Nimmo - senior manager, SunGard Global Services</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>snimmo</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank Energy Consulting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dodd-Frank Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy regulations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[SunGard Global Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swap data repository]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the final rule for market classification definition of the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA) was entered in the Federal Register on May 23, 2012, the triggers for many of the 60-90 day compliance periods are active. This publication has set many DFA initiatives into motion at many different swap market participants, most notably those with new swap data repository (SDR) offerings.]]></description>
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		<title>Creating efficiency in payroll processing</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/wealth-management/creating-efficiency-in-payroll-processing/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/wealth-management/creating-efficiency-in-payroll-processing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Hasken - product manager, SunGard’s Omni Data Validation Web</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>shasken</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wealth Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benefit administration recordkeeping operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data validation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data validation web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Omni]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[payroll processing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recordkeeping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Hasken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how you differentiate your services from your competitor’s, every recordkeeping operations provider is faced with the repetitive task of collecting, reformatting, validating, and posting payroll data.

Finding ways to process payrolls more efficiently is a personal passion of mine. I am constantly looking for ways to improve the data collection process.  I also look to find ways to empower the person submitting the data with the information they need to adjust their payroll data in response to validation results.  With something as large as an employer’s monthly 401k contribution remittance at stake, finding every opportunity to efficiently collect and validate payroll data is more important than ever.]]></description>
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		<title>Risk-based collections Part III: Credit risk evaluation for new applicants</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/corporations/risk-based-collections-part-iii-credit-risk-evaluation-for-new-applicants/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/corporations/risk-based-collections-part-iii-credit-risk-evaluation-for-new-applicants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>C.J. Wimley - evp, trade liquidity solutions, SunGard&#039;s AvantGard</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>cwimley</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Corporations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk & Reg Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credit risk evaluation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Part I of my Risk-based Collections blog series, I described the differences between Judgmental and Statistical Scoring models.  In Part II, I discussed which scores are best for managing existing credit lines.  In Part III, I will describe which scores are best for new application credit risk evaluation.]]></description>
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		<title>Embracing the power and opportunity of social media</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/networks/embracing-the-power-and-opportunity-of-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sungard.com/ten/networks/embracing-the-power-and-opportunity-of-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Valdez - senior vice president, SunGard’s wealth management business</dc:creator>
		<dc:contributor>jvaldez</dc:contributor>				<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wealth Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Valdez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[product management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senior vice president]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunGard’s wealth management business’ financial advisors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Social media creates a unique opportunity for financial advisors to break out of traditional communication models and interact with their clients and prospects on a whole new level.  While the effort to becoming social media savvy may seem daunting, it can bring endless benefits.  Whether you want to be active with outbound social media contributions or use more of an observer approach, there are several positives to consider.]]></description>
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