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Registered Rep. February 20, 2006 Kevin Burke	MFS Chairman Blasts Hedge Funds at NICSA Confab The chairman of fund complex MFS Investment Management is calling for the formation of a task force to overhaul performance reporting for hedge funds.
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006 Ivy Schmerken	Brokerage Teams Tackle Reg NMS as Deadline Looms Many financial firms have joined industry committees to make sure that their organizations' interpretations of Regulation National Market System (Reg NMS) are in line with other market participants' views.
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006 Paul Allen	Prime Time for Primes Once an esoteric business controlled by three players, the prime brokerage business has become a hotbed of competition as rival banks and brokers have sought to profit from the hedge fund explosion.
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006 Larry Tabb	Aggregation: Back to the Future With only two or three trading venues, aggregation is not very interesting. However, with the existence of three major execution venues, and another six or seven regionals and ECNs, in conjunction with an empowered SEC focused on best execution, and now you have a horse race.
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006 Jim Grogan	Holistic Information Availability While superior disaster recovery capabilities have been a necessity for financial firms, it has become clear that the industry requires a more holistic, proactive approach.
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006 Leslie Kramer	CIO Challenge Business continuity planning has been on the top of most financial services firms' agendas since Sept. 11, 2001. However, recent fears about an Avian flu epidemic and other possible disasters have some firms revisiting those plans.
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006 Leslie Kramer	Security Begins at the Start The lack of attention given security vulnerabilities during software development remains a big problem for financial firms.
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006	Trading Technologies Trades Up Chicago-based Trading Technologies International has launched X_TRADER 7, the next generation of its X_TRADER trading platform.
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006 Cory Levine	DTCC Hires Derivatives Expert Derivatives processing authority Bill Stenning joined the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC) as VP of business development.
Wall Street & Technology February 14, 2006	Stealth Algorithm Instinet unveiled Cobra, a stealth algorithm that, according to the company, removes portions of liquidity when available, leaving the stock's spread unchanged.
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