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Seeing the wood for the trees
The nuances between Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Application Service Provision are often misunderstood, although, perhaps not altogether ignored. But while the variations between the two may not be of utmost importance to the buy-side firm accessing the application, technology vendors need to understand SaaS and its benefits to ensure they are using it to their best advantage. By Joel Clark

White paper calls for greater fund pricing transparency
Hedge funds' pricing and valuation methodologies never seem far from the spotlight these days as the industry contemplates ongoing calls for greater levels of disclosure and transparency. However, as Stewart Eisenhart reports, calling for reforms and the adoption of standardised practices is one thing, but expecting funds themselves to act proactively in order to stave off regulation is another

This month's free news stories

Editor's letter - Please tell me when it's all over

Kempen Capital looks to CMA for CDS valuations

Study highlights Euro trading inefficiencies

LiquidityPort to debut futures, options block trading service

Spotlight

After holding management positions at Spectrum Global Fund Administration and Harris Insight Funds, Steven Richard has taken the reigns as managing director at Gravitas Technology’s new business consultancy service. He explains to Stewart Eisenhart how he will oversee efforts such as platform integration and hedge fund best practices for a complex client base with highly demanding investors.

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The Big Interview

Simon Hazlitt, one of the co-founders of Majedie Asset Management, is justifiably proud of his fund’s technology architecture, even though none of it resides within the London-based asset manager’s walls. He speaks with Victor Anderson about Majedie’s use of cloud computing and the fund’s proactive stance on providing transparency to its institutional clients and their advisers

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Open platform

Selling plays a fundamental role in every fund management operation, although, as Michael Ervolini explains, analysing how fund managers actually arrive at their sell decisions reveals that this process is anything but conscious and disciplined

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Product profile

The increased flow of institutional capital and mandates to the buy side means that compliance and risk management considerations have never been more crucial for buy-side firms, especially for those alternative managers that until recently have led a comparatively unfettered existence. By Victor Anderson

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Special Report

Large and mid-tier hedge funds have been trimming the numbers of their prime broker relationships over the past two years, eliminating redundancies and gaining operational efficiencies. But that may change in the wake of the Bear Stearns collapse and ongoing market volatility. By Stewart Eisenhart

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Best Execution – New York September 25, 2008

Jointly hosted by DWT and Buy-Side Technology, Best Execution 2008 is the first annual conference to bring together leading financial firms from the buy- and sell-side communities to discuss, debate, and present on the key issues and challenges to achieving best execution across a range of asset classes.

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