Financial IT/RFPConnect speaks with Pat Carrol, CEO of ValidSoft to find out his professional opinion on recent Europol stats and its policy on fighting cross-border card fraud.

During the interview we highlighted the card fraud issues in banking industry and identified a few tips on how consumers can protect themselves from card fraudsters in 2013.

Version Control spoke with Bernard Tardy, Sales and Marketing Director of SLIB, about the company's SLIB Middle Office for Brokers product.

Bernard, could you please tell us a little about your company?

Advent Software has been providing reliable, trusted solutions to investment management organizations of all sizes and strategies since 1983. Whether you’re a global hedge fund with investors worldwide or an investment management firm with $500 million under management, Advent’s proven solutions can improve operational efficiency, reduce risk, and eliminate the boundaries between systems, information and people so you can focus on what you do best.

High-frequency traders and race cars. Aren’t they similar? The “piranhas” of trading venues and racing machines of F1 are the fastest creatures in their respective worlds. Both challenge technology providers and stimulate progress. They shape technology standards of respective industries.

Uncertainty in global financial markets has never been greater, and for institutional investors with exposure to hedge funds, there is a now more pressing need to keep close tabs on what is happening in their alternative investment portfolios, be it transparency, liquidity or investment tracking.For investors with hedge fund portfolios, including pension funds and family offices, the right portfolio management tools—with client and service provider connectivity—can be critical to successfully navigating the financial storm.

About a year ago ARQA Technologies started to introduce the broad possibilities of pre-trade checks developed within its trading platform QUIK to clients abroad. Numerous Russian and CIS clients as well as Russian subsidiaries of international houses have been using the tools of risk control developed for the QUIK platform for quite some time now.