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Sunday, June 25, 2006

Aegis Software Launches (Debt Consolidation) Automated Trading Into FX ECNsAegis Software (booth


Aegis Software Launches Automated Trading Into FX ECNs
Aegis Software (booth 1522) has enhanced AthenaTrader, its multi-asset order execution system, to support automated trading on several leading foreign exchange ECNs, including Hotspot FXi and Currenex ESP.

Credit Derivatives Trading and Processing Tech In Demand, but Buyers Still Hesitate
With the average daily trade volume of credit derivatives doubling since 2004, according to a new report from Celent, Wall Street firms still are shopping for trading technology, particularly back-office processing automation to handle the huge increase in their credit derivatives business, just as many firms were shopping for similar products at last year's SIA show.

Demand for International Trading Booms
The demand for trading solutions that specifically facilitate international trading will continue to grow, according to Peter Delano, a senior analyst with TowerGroup. Delano points to a recent TowerGroup study that reports that global spending on order management systems (OMS) by buy-side firms will increase from $450 million in 2006 to $750 million by 2010 - a 66 percent increase.

Hartford to Issue Emergency Claim Card
Working with JPMorgan Chase, The Hartford plans to provide debit cards with cash allowances to meet emergency needs of policyholders affected by natural and man-made disasters.

Xeye Focuses on Integration
Responding to a growing demand for integrated solutions, Xeye, a provider of wealth management technologies, has made its way down the Web services road.

INDATA Unveils Disaster Recovery Service for Buy-Side Clients
With buy-side firms' business continuity plans facing increasing scrutiny from regulators, INDATA has introduced a turnkey disaster recovery (DR) service.

SOA: At Your Service
As a business-driven approach to technology, service-oriented architecture (SOA) allows companies to innovate by ensuring that their IT systems can adapt quickly, easily and economically to support rapidly changing business needs.

Gosnell New CUNA Mutual CIO
Tom Gosnell has been passed the technology leadership baton at CUNA Mutual Group (Madison, Wis.; $2.64 billion in 2005 revenue), leaving former CIO Rick Roy to concentrate on his new role as senior vice president of customer operations.

CTO Tackles Arca-NYSE Integration
With the proposed NYSE-Euronext merger on the horizon, Steve Rubinow, the newly named chief technology officer (CTO) of NYSE Group, is embarking on a huge project to integrate all the technology from the merger of Archipelago and the New York Stock Exchange.

Friday, June 09, 2006

Management Newsflashes: Northern Trust Selected as Global Custodian, and moreNorthern (Debt Consolidation Plan)


Investment Management Newsflashes: Northern Trust Selected as Global Custodian, and more
Northern Trust Selected as Global Custodian, Dragon Capital Licenses DSTi Investment Management Technology, E*Trade Financial to Buy Retirement Advisors of America, Satuit Technologies Reports Significant CRM Growth

Implementing Advantage
Penn National Insurance is overhauling systems and driving IT initiatives to achieve STP -- and boost competitiveness.

Thrivent's GrowthHolly (Debt Consolidation Plan) Morris has joined Thrivent Financial for Lutherans ($67.5


Supporting Thrivent's Growth
Holly Morris has joined Thrivent Financial for Lutherans ($67.5 billion in assets under management) as CIO at a time when the Minneapolis-based financial services company and fraternal benefit society is looking to increase the number of its clients engaged in both product ownership and participation in charitable programs.

Investment Management Newsflashes: Northern Trust Selected as Global Custodian, and more
Northern Trust Selected as Global Custodian, Dragon Capital Licenses DSTi Investment Management Technology, E*Trade Financial to Buy Retirement Advisors of America, Satuit Technologies Reports Significant CRM Growth

IASA News Briefs: News from the IASA 2006 Educational Conference & Business Show in Boston.

A Good Investment
Challenged by reduced returns, complex investment vehicles and stringent reporting requirements, insurers are deploying portfolio management systems to track, value and report on their investments.

RSA Secures Transactions
RSA Security has unveiled two new authenticators for enhancing the security of online transactions between agent and carrier, including the submission of electronic signatures.

Executive News

Jenks Offers Creativity
Over the nearly two decades that Bill Jenks has been a CIO, he has worked for diverse employers, from Northrup Grumman to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to international advertising and media company Publicis Groupe (Paris).

Acquiring Automation
American Capitol Insurance has completed the consolidation of the disparate administration systems it inherited from eight acquisitions in the '90s.

Operations Newsflashes: Barclays Extends Outsourcing Agreement with Xansa, and more
Barclays Extends Outsourcing Agreement with Xansa, Vanguard Dials Into Avaya for IP Telephony, Microsoft and SlaterLabs Develop Banking System, AIB Centralizes Pricing and Curves

Investor Education Director Wyderko to Leave SEC, and more
SEC Director Susan Wyderko to Leave Position, Former Regulator Launches Complaince Services Firm, DSTi Enables UCITS III Compliance in Risk Solution

Investor Education Director Wyderko to Leave SEC, and moreSEC Director (Debt Consolidation)


Investor Education Director Wyderko to Leave SEC, and more
SEC Director Susan Wyderko to Leave Position, Former Regulator Launches Complaince Services Firm, DSTi Enables UCITS III Compliance in Risk Solution

IdenTrust and Bharosa Team for Multi-Factor Authentication
Firms say alliance will boost security for users.

Acquiring Automation
American Capitol Insurance has completed the consolidation of the disparate administration systems it inherited from eight acquisitions in the '90s.

Jenks Offers Creativity
Over the nearly two decades that Bill Jenks has been a CIO, he has worked for diverse employers, from Northrup Grumman to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to international advertising and media company Publicis Groupe (Paris).

A Better Metric For IT Efficiency
High efficiency and low cost don't always equate with operational excellence.

Executive News

Operations Newsflashes: Barclays Extends Outsourcing Agreement with Xansa, and more
Barclays Extends Outsourcing Agreement with Xansa, Vanguard Dials Into Avaya for IP Telephony, Microsoft and SlaterLabs Develop Banking System, AIB Centralizes Pricing and Curves

Trading Newsflashes: Advent International Agrees to Buyout of BondDesk Group, and more
Advent International Agrees to Buyout of BondDesk Group, Eze Castle Integrates OMS With Trading Technologies, NeoNet Selects BT Radianz Proximity Solution, Standard Bank of South Africa Goes Live With Reuters

Hancock Gives Distributors Wireless Apps
John Hancock delivers business-critical information to wholesalers' Blackberrys through Pyxis Mobile's wireless software.

A Good Investment
Challenged by reduced returns, complex investment vehicles and stringent reporting requirements, insurers are deploying portfolio management systems to track, value and report on their investments.

Debt Consolidation - Give mom some appreciation for education; they do their best


Give mom some appreciation for education; they do their best
MyWestTexas.com, TX - Jun 6, 2006 on "good debt." Borrowing as you did to buy a car is taking on bad (consumer) debt to finance consumption. You seem to be eager for a consolidation loan.

How to Get out of Debt - Debt Consolidation and Ideas - Avoid
Best Syndication, CA - Jun 8, 2006 Another alternative is a debt consolidation loan. Another option you should consider first is a non-secured debt consolidation loan.

Student-loan rates to go up
Lincoln Journal Star, NE - May 30, 2006 jump in interest rates comes at a time when student debt financed at Currently, consolidation loan interest rates are 4.75 percent for Stafford loans in grace

Time running out for student loan consolidation
Montgomery Advertiser, AL - Jun 3, 2006 Since the federal student loan program limits the yearly been bombarded with mail about consolidation, which simply as 30 years, depending on your debt amount.

Use the worth of your property with secured loans UK
LiveArticles.org, CA - Jun 8, 2006 to turn all your desires into an ultimate destination by availing a secured loan. To find a Loans UK, secured loans, unsecured loans, Debt consolidation at low

Shuffle Master, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Results
Business Wire (press release), CA - 23 hours ago The consolidation of Stargames $25.0 million of the original $115.0 million loan used to diluted shares under its currently outstanding convertible debt as a

Debt Consolidation Help: Enlightens Your Darkness Of Debts
LiveArticles.org, CA - Jun 7, 2006 It makes an effort to merge up all your debts into one manageable loan. One of them is that they qualify for debt consolidation mortgage that provides enough

Get A Start To End Your Debt With Debt Consolidation Loan
LiveArticles.org, CA - May 25, 2006 Debt Consolidation loan can only help you and provide a way to come out of this frustration. Debt Consolidation Loan is provided by various banks and lenders.

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Health or Savings (But not Both)Banks are being given (Debt Consolidation) the


Health or Savings (But not Both)
Banks are being given the chance to get a lift from the multibillion-dollar opportunity offered by health savings accounts (HSAs).

Sleeping With the Enemy
For banks, technology is a weapon that can cut both ways when competing with nonbanks.

Planning for Continuity
Rather than rely on disaster recovery plans to pick up the pieces after a business disruption, banks are shifting their focus to business continuity plans to keep operations running through a disaster.

SOA and Grid
The emergence of service-oriented architecture and grid computing offers banks the promise of a flexible, scalable IT infrastructure. But creating an open architecture doesn't come without challenges, such as upgrading legacy systems and chang

Go Configure
JPMorgan Chase improves cash management site with configuration management tool.

Australian Stock Exchange Picks Cameron Systems to Introduce FIX-based Market Data
Cameron, Archipelago Sells Brokerage Arm, and more

Jefferies Hires Six From Banc of America, and more
Jefferies Swipes Some Talent, Tukman Selects IMpower from SunGard, BainPicks Vantage for Reporting, Saad Using Financial Studio Platform

Tokyo Stock Exchange Plans $27 Million in Upgrades, and more
TSE Outlines Investment Plan for System Improvements, Fed: CreditDerivatives Processing Looking Better, Capco Adds Two To European Staff

Saturday, February 11, 2006

Debt Consolidation Plan - Management Newsflashes: RGIA Agrees to Use Contango's Platform, and moreRGIA


Investment Management Newsflashes: RGIA Agrees to Use Contango's Platform, and more
RGIA to Use Contango Platform for Alternative Investments, Evercore Asset Management Sends Its Back Office to Mellon, MAXAM Selects Backstop for Research and Reporting, Pacific Select Group Chooses SunGuard's Protegent Surveillance for Broker Compliance

Identifying the Insurance Industry's Tech-Savvy CEOs
The highest degree of business alignment and the most strategic use of technology depends on informed support on the part of an insurance company's leadership.

Trading Newsflashes: EZX Connects Buy Side to Liquidnet
EZX Connects Buy Side to Liquidnet, Tullett Prebon Launches SwapMarker Plus, ATD Receives NASD Approval to Expand Market Making

Guardian Life's Sguerra Promoted to CTO
Former Guardian Life chief architect given task of developing enterprise architecture vision comprising application development and infrastructure.

Japanese Banks Select RSA SecurID Tags, and more
Japanese Online Banking Customers Get a New Gizmo, R.R. Donnelley and EDGAR Online Offer Reporting Compliance Solution, Axentis Offers New Integration Platform

Friday, February 03, 2006

Debt Consolidation Plan - posts loss from operations Business Day, South Africa - 16 hours ago


Palamin posts loss from operations
Business Day, South Africa - 16 hours ago 2005 was really a year of consolidation. hedging and the debt and so on, we now have a debt which is up of two parts: the first is a senior project loan for R1

Bad Credit Debt Consolidation and Credit Card Debt Consolidation
24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - Jan 11, 2006 If you benefit from receiving a regular income, then a debt consolidation loan is designed to help you get out of this downward spiral.

Vincor International reports strong third quarter fiscal 2006
Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada - 11 hours ago as significant consolidation in the 2. Long-term debt and bank 2005 ----- Bank loan at interest

Thursday, January 12, 2006

Adds Monte (Debt Consolidation Plan) Carlo SimsIbbotson Associates has added Monte Carlo simulations


IPlan Adds Monte Carlo Sims
Ibbotson Associates has added Monte Carlo simulations to version 2.0 of iPlan, its Web-based investment planning software.

Seven Trends for '06
2005 was the year of regulation. From NMS and the hybrid market to Spitzer and Cox; from MiFID and the formalization of the FSA's CP176 to the new hedge fund registration requirements - regulation, legislation and litigation have pushed the industry like never before.

Is EDGAR Headed for XBRL?
The SEC is looking to leverage XBRL, which promises easy access to financial data, but industrywide adoption remains a challenge.

Compliance Newsflashes: Philadelphia Stock Exchange Saves Big Money Using Storage Area Network, and more
PHLX Cuts Costs Using Brocade Storage Solution, SNL Financial Secures Network with InfoExpress Product, Nedbank of South Africa Chooses Searchspace for AML Compliance

Powering Up the Grid
As calculations become more complex, financial services firms are turning to existing technology assets for more processing power.

Trading Newsflashes: PHLX Will Close Equity Trading Floor and Convert to Electronic Exchange, and more
PHLX Will Close Equity Trading Floor and Convert to Electronic Exchange, Nasdaq to Acquire Investor Relations Firm Shareholder.com, IPC Installs 30,000th VoIP Trading Position at Wachovia, MetaBit and BT Radianz Target Asian Trading Market

Thursday, January 05, 2006

In The NewsExecutive News; Gouverneur Goes Northwest; Sutherland Enlists at (Debt Consolidation Plan)


Names In The News
Executive News; Gouverneur Goes Northwest; Sutherland Enlists at BCBSRI

IT Is in The Money
IT salaries are projected to increase an average of 3 percent in 2006, according to Robert Half Technology's 2006 Salary Guide.

Guardian Life's Callahan Looks Ahead
Dennis S. Callahan, Executive Vice President and CIO, Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America (New York; $39.5 billion in assets), and Insurance & Technology Reader Advisory Board member recently shared with his thoughts with I&T on the future of both Guardian and the insurance industry in general, from a technology point of view.

SWIFT Strategist Plots Course for MiFID
Implications are profound for global banks and financial markets

Selects (Online Debt Consolidation) ComtecCenter Mutual Insurance selects Comtec's Total Insurance System to


Center Mutual Selects Comtec
Center Mutual Insurance selects Comtec's Total Insurance System to replace its legacy insurance processing system.

Systems Glitch Mars Debut in Japan of World's Biggest Bank
Japanese Banking Behemoth Stumbles Over Internet Payment Orders

to a decision when trying to get back in the (Online Debt Consolidation)


Don't rush to a decision when trying to get back in the black
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette, IL - Jan 1, 2006 Credit counselors offer budget counseling and financial education and sometimes debt consolidation and management plans. "The debt management plan is really a

Households Face Tough Decisions
Canton Repository (subscription), OH - Jan 3, 2006 Consolidation also allows borrowers to lower payments by stretching if you are carrying credit card debt, paying it of a high-deductible insurance plan and a