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Financial organizations continually strive for a straight-through processing (STP) model, where the data is entered into a single system once, and then sent via interface to multiple downstream systems within the investment architecture.

A ray of hope flashed across Twitter, amid the unrelenting, assaulting news on jobs, debt, housing, foreclosures and bankruptcies-from Jim Cramer's usually derisive TheStreet.com, of all places.

Mirae Asset Global Investments, a specialist in emerging markets, has named Peter Graham president of the Mirae Asset Discovery Funds, responsible for overall strategies and progress towards its goals.

What if a fund manager could eliminate the custodian bank when it lends securities to a broker overnight?

So it is coming down to this: a capital buffer or a floating net asset value.

BOSTON-When it comes to mutual fund wholesaling, social media connections are coming to the forefront. Yet this still is very much a next-generation game. Sales and distribution today are still all about in-person connections.

Deutsche Boerse Chief Executive Officer Reto Francioni said Monday in public comments that there is little overlap in trading conducted on its Eurex derivatives exchange with that conducted on NYSE Euronext’s Liffe exchange.

After a third quarter in which markets skidded and tumbled to the close, Treasuries were in their glory. The U.S. long government bond category was the only one whose performance was in the double-digit range. It catapulted to 27.9%, zooming past the second best group, Muni California Long, which was up 4.5%. Long bets on Treasuries comprised the top three, and were up 4.3%.

Affluent investors are very much in tune with the state of the nation, and except for some attractive stock valuations, they don’t like what they see. These was the main finding of a survey that Fidelity Investments took of 3,000 affluent investors, polling them in person or via a webinar at an Inside/Out Roundtable at 85 Fidelity Investor Centers nationwide.

When it comes to saving for their retirements, more and more Americans admit they’re not saving enough -- or not earning enough -- to ensure they’ll have the cash they’ll need to ride out their golden years in style.