vice president, product management, AvantGard Payment Services, SunGard’s corporate liquidity business
Contributor: Matthew Dragiff
Corporations remain under continuous pressure to reduce costs and improve operational efficiencies. One of the easiest ways to do this is by migrating payments from check to electronic. However, I am seeing more and more corporations taking the migration to electronic payments a step further by implementing virtual card programs which can turn their A/P departments from cost centers to revenue centers.... read more
Contributor: Tony Scianna
Have settlement fails become unsettling? In a time when industry participants are grappling with numerous daunting challenges spanning financial regulation, cost control, and operational efficiency, settlement fails have suddenly become a newsworthy concern. Why? On February 1, 2012, the Treasury Market Practice Group (TMPG) expanded penalties to cover mortgages and agency debt fails.... read more
Contributor: Jim Dennelly
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.... read more
Contributor: Raj Mahajan
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.... read more
Contributor: Wayne Riches
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.... read more
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