Handbook on Information Technology in Finance

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXXIII

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2. IT Systems, Infrastructure and Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-7

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   2. SOA in the Financial Industry – Technology Impact in Companies’ Practice

      • Heiko Paoli, Carsten Holtmann, Stephan Stathel, Olaf Zeitnitz, Marcel Jakobi

      Pages 9-28

   3. Information Systems and IT Architectures for Securities Trading

      • Feras T. Dabous, Fethi Rabhi

      Pages 29-50

   4. Product Management Systems in Financial Services Software Architectures

      • Christian Knogler, Michael Linsmaier

      Pages 51-71

   5. Management of Security Risks – A Controlling Model for Banking Companies

      • Ulrich Faisst, Oliver Prokein

      Pages 73-93

   6. Process-Oriented Systems in Corporate Treasuries: A Case Study from BMW Group

      • Christian Ullrich, Jan Henkel

      Pages 95-122

   7. Streamlining Foreign Exchange Management Operations with Corporate Financial Portals

      • Hong Tuan Kiet Vo, Martin Glaum, Remigiusz Wojciechowski

      Pages 123-139

   8. Capital Markets in the Gulf: International Access, Electronic Trading and Regulation

      • Peter Gomber, Marco Lutat, Steffen Schubert

      Pages 141-169

   9. Competition of Retail Trading Venues − Online-brokerage and Security Markets in Germany

      • Dennis Kundisch, Carsten Holtmann

      Pages 171-192

   10. Strategies for a Customer-Oriented Consulting Approach

       • Alexander Schöne

       Pages 193-208

   11. A Reference Model for Personal Financial Planning

       • Oliver Braun, Günter Schmidt

       Pages 209-237

   12. Internet Payments in Germany

       • Malte Krueger, Kay Leibold

       Pages 239-256

   13. Grid Computing for Commercial Enterprise Environments

       • Daniel Minoli

       Pages 257-289

   14. Operational Metrics and Technical Platform for Measuring Bank Process Performance

       • Markus Kress, Dirk Wölfing

       Pages 291-310

   15. Risk and IT in Insurances

       • Ute Werner

       Pages 311-331

   16. Resolving Conceptual Ambiguities in Technology Risk Management

       • Christian Cuske, Tilo Dickopp, Axel Korthaus, Stefan Seedorf

       Pages 333-355

   17. Extracting Financial Data from SEC Filings for US GAAP Accountants

       • Thomas Stümpert

       Pages 357-375

3. IT Methods in Finance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 377-382

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   2. Networks in Finance

      • Anna Nagurney

      Pages 383-419

Why do we need a handbook on Information Technology (IT) and Finance? At first, because both IT as well as finance, are some of the most prominent driving forces of our contemporary world. Secondly, because both areas develop with a terrific speed causing an urgent need of up to date information on recent dev- opments. Thirdly, because serious applications of IT in Finance require specialists with a professional training and professional knowledge in both areas. Over the last decades the world has seen many changes in politics, economics, science and legislation. The driving forces behind many of these developments are of a technological nature. One of the key technologies with this respect is Infor- tion Technology. IT is the most prominent technology revolutionizing the ind- trial development, from products and processes to services, as well as finance, which is itself one of the central pillars of modern economics. The explosive - velopment of the Internet emphasizes the importance of IT, since it is today’s key factor driving global access and availability of information and allows the division of labour on an international scale, the globalization. The profound transformation of finance and the financial industry over the last twenty years was driven by technological developments – e. g.

• Banking
• Capital Markets
• Controlling
• Finance
• IT security
• Investment
• SOA
• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Service-Oriented Architecture
• change management
• complexity
• information system
• modeling
• optimization
• simulation

• Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe, Germany

  Detlef Seese

• IISM, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe, Germany

  Christof Weinhardt

• Gillardon AG financial software, Bretten, Germany

  Frank Schlottmann

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