Tag Archives: Financial Technologies Forum (FTF)

“What is” a Hedge Fund

A hedge fund is a private partnership investment fund that uses complex investment strategies with the goal of maximizing returns on the funds’ underlying investments. Accredited investors run hedge funds and pool money in order to make risky, yet profitable … Continue reading

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Reconciliation Vendors Say Cheeeeese

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This week, FTF held its 7th Annual Reconciliations & Exception Management Conference in New York City.  The event was a great success with over 100 attendees and 10 sponsors.  Take a look through some of the great companies that participated: … Continue reading

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ANNOUNCING: Keynote Speaker CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton

We are excited to announce that CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton will be the keynote speaker for our 7th Annual OTC Derivatives Operations & Processing Conference on November 14, 2012! His career spans 25 years in government service—working on Capitol Hill in … Continue reading

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Manage Your Data Vendors to Improve Quality and Reduce Total Cost

Guest Contributor: Thomas C. Redman, “The Data Doc”, Navesink Consulting Group Financial institutions need high-quality data, about markets, counterparties, and so forth, acquired from outside.  Most follow the so-called “golden copy” approach.  They obtain data from many sources, compare them, … Continue reading

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Team USA!!!

We are now in day 14 of the 2012 Summer Olympics and fans are on the edge of their seats as China and the United States play a game of tug a war for the most medals! Team USA takes … Continue reading

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FTF New Venue Announcement

As Summer comes to an end, FTF  has decided to Fall  back with a new venue!  BizBash named Sentry Centers one of the top 10 meeting venues in New York and we are proud to announce them as the new … Continue reading

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Time is Money and Do You Have the Money to Spend the Time?

As some of you might have picked up from my previous blogs, I am torn when it comes to the value of social media due to the investment in time it requires.  And, in the fast-paced Wall Street world we … Continue reading

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FTF’s Latest Special Report: Mobile Technology

If you are attending SIBOS this week, or at least reading some of the news coming out of SIBOS, then you’ve probably seen that the topic of mobile technology is a hot issue this year.  In anticipation of this being a … Continue reading

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Fall Classes in Session

Well, folks, it appears summer is officially over.  With that comes the start of a new training season.  We here at FTF will miss the warm summer days but are looking forward to once again bringing knowledge and insight to … Continue reading

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Just Another Food Truck Friday!!

All you blog readers know FTF loves a good food truck trip; our latest endeavor was to the GO Burger Truck!  Not only does Go Burger have a truck in NYC, but they have restaurant locations in New York and … Continue reading

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