 Cover Story Caught in a ‘liquidity trap’ —
The all-encompassing ‘fog of denial’ is now lifting, so it is time to
contemplate what this turn in the hedge fund tide means for IT. By Peter Laurens
thought leader: Credit crisis: the
impact on asset managers — This explosive situation in the financial
markets will have an impact that may change the industry forever as we
work to regain client trust By Jim Mazarakis
Pro: To build or to buy: to
answer the question... — Pondering a question of Shakespearean
magnitude, whether to suffer the slings and arrows of internal
development By David B Wiess
Con:
Fly in the face of current trends — Pondering
the question of build or buy, the advice is to fly in the face of the
current trend and keep your competitive advantage By Peter Ligezinski
|  | In conversation with: Richard Thwaite — Richard
Thwaite — The CTO of UBS Global Asset Management talks about the long
road from the automotive industry to global asset management and his
views on value-add IT Interview by Deborah Valentine Derivatives:
Reviewing internal architecture — OTC
derivatives have offered new languages, new software and inspired a
shopping list of development strategies for those giving them a home By Daniel A Sullivan
Last word:
Way back when: the
binary system — Research into the the beginnings of the binary system
led to the ‘last universal genius’, Voltaire’s satire Candide and an
ancient system of divination
By Deborah Valentine
Pro:Con Outsourcing — Build
or buy? Two distinguished industry experts argue the pros and cons in
outsourcing services and while they agree on certain points of advice,
come to quite different conclusions
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