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Existing Data Sources in Clinical Epidemiology: The Danish Prehospital
Oscar Rosenkrantz,1,2 Christian S Benson,3 Tim Alex Lindskou,4 Cecilia H Fuglsang,1 Lars Pedersen,1 Søren Mikkelsen,5 Helle Collatz Christensen,6,7 Erika Frischknecht Christensen,4,8 Jacob Steinmetz,2,7,9,10 Henrik Toft Sørensen1,9 1Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Center for Population Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 2Department of Anaesthesia, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; 3Department of Medicine,...
Aite Matrix Client Reference Feedback: Multi-Asset Class TCA Becoming a Necessity
Boston, March 11, 2021 – The shift to offering multi-asset class TCA analytics is happening in earnest across third-party providers. Deep and robust tools will be necessary as clients continue to address inquiries from more sophisticated investors.
Don’t Stop the Short Game: Fix the Flaws
By Spencer Mindlin and Christian Benson If you’re confused about what’s been going on with GameStop and its wider implications, you’re not alone. Throughout this week, I have been receiving inquiries from friends and colleagues keen to understand what this all means. The truth is that, far from being a simple market occurrence, the events of the past week represent the intersection of institutional investments, retail day-trading, equity market structure, and regulation.
Front-to-Back-Office Systems and Custody Partnerships: Who Benefits?
London, 26 January 2021 – Providers of both technology and services have looked to benefit from their scalability and improve not only the breadth of their services but also the depth of integration between asset management’s IT and data architectures and those of third-party providers. This has led to the new trend of front-office or front-to-back portfolio management systems announcing “closer” partnerships with the major asset servicing players.
Multi-Asset Class TCA Trends in 2020: Opportunities Abound Amid a Pandemic
Boston, December 9, 2020 – The landscape of independent transaction cost analysis vendors with multi-asset class capabilities has evolved greatly over the past five years. Macro forces—from regulatory pressure to the COVID-19 pandemic—have pushed the adoption of TCA. As workforces shifted to working from home and trading volume soared in the first half of 2020, traders relied on TCA tools to ensure trades were executed at fair prices across different asset classes.
Fixed Income Performance Attribution and Analytics: You Reap What You Sow
London, 24 November 2020 – Buy-side firms are choosing to reduce their costs and improve efficiency by outsourcing internal functions across the investment life cycle, including the calculation of key analytics, such as performance measurement and attribution. But fixed income attribution analytics isn’t a scalable process that can be outsourced like attribution calculations used in other asset classes.
2020 FX Market Worldview: Trading in Unprecedented Times
London, 19 November 2020 – The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March this year drove trading volume through the roof when most of the industry was working from home. This experience underlines the competitive advantages of having consolidated trading platforms that are accessible, resilient, and scalable.
Why technology talent is vital for digital transformation
By Sean Farrington, SVP EMEA at Pluralsight & Christian Benson, VP and Client Managing Director at Fujitsu . Apr 25, 2020, 5:20AM Maintaining pace with the rate of digital transformation is essential for enterprises - a strong, skilled and digitally able workforce is crucial The rate of technological transformation is exponential. For businesses worldwide, keeping up with the pace of change is vital in order to remain competitive.
Class-Actions Processing: The Lesser-Known Post-Trade Headache
London, 15 January 2020 – Securities class actions allow investors to pursue litigation as a single class, rather than pursue their own individual litigation, in the interests of efficiency and cost, and the core purpose of these lawsuits is to protect shareholders from harm.
2019 FX Technology Worldview: AI Is in Its Infancy for Trading
Boston, December 17, 2019 – As FX trading activity reaches new highs year after year, both buy-side and sell-side market participants are motivated to improve trade efficiency and achieve best execution. While algorithms multiply, transaction cost analysis and pre-trade analytics are in demand to provide traders much-needed guidance. As the adoption of advanced technology continues, banks’ entries in the tech arena have become key differentiators in the battle for market share.
Sleeping Giants: The Rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds
For decades, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have preferred to remain in the shadows. Little was known about them and their nature as long-term passive investors helped keep it this way. In recent years, however, the nature of SWFs has begun to evolve.
Fixed Income Worldview, 2019: The China Bond Market Phenomenon
Fixed Income Worldview, 2019: The China Bond Market Phenomenon By Audrey Costabile Blater, Yue Malan, Christian Benson Boston, October 3, 2019 –The speed of growth and development in the Chinese bond market has caught the attention of the international investment community. As a result, market participants have access to securities that boast higher yields, include diversification benefits, and can be traded using a modern architecture.
US Army to test Chevrolet Colorado with hydrogen power
They plan on putting the system into the rigors of daily military use for a full 12 months to see how well it performs. Fuel cell vehicle propulsion is useful in off-road environments, said Paul Rogers, director of the Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development & Engineering Center, which has been developing fuel cell technology for military vehicles for about a decade.
GMC Unveils Canyon Denali and Sierra Denali Ultimate Models
Pricing for the 2016 GMC Sierra Denali Ultimate hasn't been announced yet, but we can expect it to be sold for more than $62,585, which is the price of the plain Denali. Items include GMC IntelliLink infotainment with an 8.0-inch touchscreen display, navigation, OnStar 4G LTE connectivity with Wi-Fi hotspot, remote engine start, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration, and electronic driver aids including Forward Collision Alert and Lane Departure Warning.
MCU sol'n supports ARM mbed software to speed up IoT dev't
The British chipmaker has revealed a range of new offerings in its ARM mbed IoT Device Platform, including a free service that businesses can use to connect and securely manage IoT devices as well as an updated version of its modular IoT operating system. "The integration of the mbed OS with the STM32 family of development hardware allows developers to focus on creating the differentiation that will give their products a unique selling point".
Cadillac XT5 gets detailed
Cadillac hopes the redesign of its bread-and-butter nameplate will sustain its recent success and set the tone for the slew of crossovers to follow. It will have its North American debut next week at the Los Angeles Auto Show. "It's pivotal to our ongoing growth, which is why we've developed XT5 from the inside out to provide customers with more space, technology, luxury and efficiency".
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