Indices fuel the global investment industry, providing a critical measure of market activity and investment performance. But do we really understand how they are created, or indeed whether they should be trusted? By Michelle Price.
Latest articles from Michelle Price
Mike Harris
July 1, 2008The founder of Egg and First Direct has built two businesses around the philosophy of improving the retail banking customer experience. He tells Michelle Price how he intends to continue to change the face of the web.
The new order?
July 1, 2008The European trading venue landscape has experienced a period of unprecedented activity.
The Banker Technology Awards 2008
June 2, 2008Michelle Price, technology editor of The Banker, outlines the new forces and trends shaping the Technology Awards.
Peter Josse
June 2, 2008Peter Josse, global head of IT service delivery and infrastructure at ABN AMRO, talks exclusively to Michelle Price regarding the process of dismantling ABN AMRO and its many challenges.
Multi-channel gets personal
June 2, 2008The impetus to better understand customers and their personal needs will force banks to rethink their approach to channel management, says Michelle Price.
Power guzzlers’ secret is out
June 2, 2008IT operations are energy-hungry and eco-unfriendly, making trading operations – banks’ most IT-intensive functions – increasingly unsustainable. But some improvements are being made. Michelle Price reports.
Crunch time for data centres
May 5, 2008The amount of data that financial institutions need to store is constantly increasing, with knock-on effects on data centre capacity, energy use and running costs. Michelle Price reports.
Toni Merschen
May 5, 2008The head of MasterCard Worldwide’s chip centre of excellence talks to Michelle Price about how the company is attempting to combat global online card fraud through its two-factor authentication model.
Risk roles change in crisis fallout
May 5, 2008The credit crunch has exposed flaws in the way that hedge funds transact with their prime brokers. Michelle Price reports on how the relationship will change going forward.