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Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 28/07/2011 | 3757 views

There is a real interest growing from buy-side firms to move away from licensing software as on-going regulatory changes hit budgets hard. Many wealth managers have said to me for years that the black hole that is the IT budget is proving a drain on business development and improved investor services. It is ironic that many software firms often us... Group: Post-Trade Forum

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 26/07/2011 | 3366 views

The Cloud is hovering this Summer

Outsourcing in financial services has a real chequered history. Successful outsourcing has been matched by unsuccessful outsourcing, resulting in doubt on its benefits by the majority of financial services firms. More people than I can remember have said to me over the years that outsourcing just doesn’t work, there are far too many risks and... Group: Post-Trade Forum

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 20/07/2011 | 3700 views | 1 comment

Outsource or insource?

I have spoken to many vendors over the years about their business and how prospects are looking and I usually get the same response.They are always competing with inhouse developers. This despite a growing list of failed in-house developments and a increasing list of new developments needed to be compliant. Equally I speak often to financial servi... Group: Post-Trade Forum

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 19/07/2011 | 2687 views | 3 comments

Did the Murdochs hack it?

Having watched today's performance of both the Murdochs at the Parliamentary Select Committee investigation into phone hacking. It was fascinating to see one of the world’s toughest business men Rupert Murdoch, humbly brought down on the hard ground of realism. Flanked by his son James the battle worn hack threw his dignity out of the window ...

Gary Wright - BISS Research - London | 15/07/2011 | 3055 views

Banks fail EBA stress tests

The stress tests are set so low and are missing the most key in todays market with sovereign debt. Still some banks across Europe has failed. What good are these tests and do they tell us anything about the ability of the Banking system to cope with similar dramatic events we have seen in the past few years? Markets falling 15% is pretty modest it...