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Cover Story: Capital Markets Outlook 2010
Even as many financial firms realized near-record profits in 2009, the economy continued to limp along, job losses mounted and banks failed in increasing numbers. So what will 2010 have in store for Wall Street CIOs? Wall Street & Technology examines the top 10 trends that will shape the capital markets in the coming year. p.15

16 Software as a Service Still looking to control costs and maximize productivity, more and more Wall Street firms will consider renting software applications rather than buying them.

17 Cloud Computing
Nearly half of Wall Street IT executives surveyed by SIFMA identified cloud computing as the No. 1 disruptive technology.

18 High-Frequency Trading
Responding to charges of unfair access, regulators will closely scrutinize highfrequency trading, which drives as much as two-thirds of equities executions.

19 Dark Pools In the push for transparency, the SEC likely will enact rules to shed light on dark pools, changing the way the anonymous venues operate.

20 Hedge Fund Automation
To meet investors’ demands for more transparency while complying with regulators’ calls for real-time reporting, hedge funds are automating processes.

21 Risk Modeling With no guarantee of future bailouts, and with regulators turning up oversight, financial firms must improve their risk management models, processes and technology.

22 Business Intelligence Areas such as portfolio and risk management can benefit from the insight provided by business intelligence tools. But it starts on a foundation of data management.

23 OTC Derivatives Clearing
Congress is working on OTC derivatives reform to rein in systemic risk. But there still is no consensus on exactly how central clearing would work.

24 Regulatory Reporting With a wave of new regulations in the works, firms must establish an effective data management and reporting infrastructure in order to avoid costly penalties.

25 Social Networking Companies in every industry are embracing social networking to improve communication among employees and clients. But will there be a return on the investment?

26 Special Report
Technology Innovation
CME Group leveraged a pioneering role in electronic trading and cutting-edge technology to transform the 111-year-old Chicago Mercantile Exchange into the world’s largest derivatives exchange.

For its efforts the firm has earned the top spot in the InformationWeek 500, WS&T sibling brand InformationWeek’s annual ranking of the most innovative business technology organizations.

11 Close-Up
Paul Wilmott, 7city Learning
Financial risk modelers don’t care if their models work and risk management at capital markets firms is no better today than it was before the financial crisis, says Paul Wilmott, researcher, consultant and lecturer in quantitative finance.

13 Technology Economics
Understanding the economics of financial services technology and determining the actual value of technology investments requires balancing quantitative and qualitative analysis, asserts Contributing Editor Howard Rubin, founder of research and advisory firm Rubin Worldwide.

28 Industry Voice
Though cost basis reporting requirements have gone largely unnoticed by brokerages and mutual funds amid the financial crisis, the legislation will alter the relationship between client and firm, and Wall Street has little time left to prepare for compliance, notes Scivantage’s Cameron Routh.

31 Perspectives
According to Special Contributing Editor Larry Tabb, prognosticating about 2010 is much like shaking a Magic 8-Ball: “Reply hazy, try again.” Nonetheless, “all signs point to yes” that a few trends will dominate Wall Street in 2010.

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