Technology
The responsive alternative...
Barclays Capital's Michael Brian explains hedge funds' nimbleness does put pressure on prime brokers to respond in kind but, as is the case with all rapidly changing industries, the cream does still rise to the top
Power through sharp focus
When choosing a prime broker, clients should conduct a thorough review of firms' core competencies to assess suitability, says Lehman's prime broking team
The new foundation for hedge funds
Hedge funds going digital was one thing, but boy, do they generate some data? More than you can put on a floppy disk, anyway, as Bob Guilbert from Eze Castle explains
US and UK firms become allies in the fight for futures
Chicago, home to the futures exchanges, is an obvious draw for fund managers, but the partnership strategies of local players are further opening up the market, suggests Astor's Robert Stein. By Phyllis Feinberg
The net widens
Grid computing is ubiquitous in investment banking, yet until now the energy trading and risk management space has been slow on the uptake. This looks set to change, reports David Watkins
Operating optimally
The increase in energy trading in recent years has brought significant opportunities but also a rise in operational risk, leaving systems struggling to keep up. Barney Brown at Detica identifies some areas of operational risk deriving from both internal…
Up in the air
Rising wind power prices are encouraging US producers to turn to the short-term and spot electricity markets. Increasingly sophisticated risk management techniques may follow. David Watkins reports
Full steam ahead for FFAs
The freight derivatives market has attracted an influx of new players recently thanks to the spread of clearing. With more banks and hedge funds poised to enter, Roderick Bruce looks at what opportunities the market offers and how it needs to develop next
The technology test
Trading systems
Futures: The countdown begins
Special Report - China
Outsourcing options
Hedge funds
Spreading the risk
Technology
Mounting problems
India Risk - Basel II
Liability conundrum
Special Report - China
Higher and higher
High-frequency data
Risk information: science or art?
Industry experts gathered for a roundtable discussion in New York at the end of May to debate the ways firms acquire and use information about risks. Moderated by Ellen Davis
Risk milestones
Anniversaries inevitably inspire an urge to reminisce. David Rowe lists several important public milestones and one personal milestone in the development of financial risk management
