Special report
SIFMA 2008: Vendors Broaden Services, Appeal
This year's SIFMA Technology Management Conference and Exhibition saw data vendors and technology providers concentrate on expanding the breadth of their services to appeal to new, different user bases.
Firms Seek Lower Latency in Derivatives Markets
Though latency continues to be a priority for participants in Europe's electronic exchange-traded derivatives markets, economic and physical limitations are making it more difficult for firms to achieve significant gains over their competition, according…
Trading, Latency and Risk Management Define Sifma 2008
NEW YORK-Neither a down market nor the year's first heat wave could keep financial technologist from this year's Technology Management Conference and Exhibit hosted by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma) in Midtown Manhattan…
Sifma 2008: A Sneak Peek
Editor's Note: Although the theme of this year's Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's (Sifma's) Technology Management Conference and Exhibit may be "Managing IT in Financial Services During the Credit Crisis," it hasn't deterred a…
SIFMA Showoffs
With so much competing for your attention at this week's Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's annual Technology Management Conference and Exhibit, how can you be sure you are making the best use of your time? Over the following pages ,…
What's Data Got To Do With IT?
Firms face a swathe of technology-related challenges-latency, capacity, hardware acceleration, benchmarking and complex event processing, to name but a few-with a myriad of potential solutions. Ahead of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets…
Smart Routing to Define Brokerages
Until the launch of the Chi-X multilateral trading facility (MTF) and the implementation of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) in Nov. 2007, smart order routing was a foreign concept for many European market participants. Since then,…
A Letter From Your Host
Welcome to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's (Sifma's) Technology Management Conference and Exhibit-the industry's premier educational event for technology management professionals.
Crunch Time For Smart Order Routing
Smart order routing has been around in the U.S. markets ever since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) changed its order handling rules back in the late 90s allowing for the introduction of alternative trading systems and ECNs. In Europe,…
Solving the Smart Routing Dilemma
Smart order routing (SOR) may be old hat to U.S. market participants, but since the implem-entation of the E.U.'s Markets in Financial Instrument Directive (Mifid), it has gained an entirely new life in Europe. To help sort out the issues surrounding…
Not Easy Being Green
SPECIAL REPORT: Street#Grid
The Global Grid
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The Virtual Grid
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Innovative applications on the grid: Cutting-Edge Applications
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Growing the Grid
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The Front-Office Grid
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Chairman's Remarks: A Look Ahead
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The Best Data Grid
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The Grid of Tomorrow
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Hedge fund OTC derivatives processing market to double by 2010
Over-the-counter derivatives processing technology has historically gained most of its traction on the sell side, but providers' opportunities to expand market share among buy-side users look set to expand significantly as hedge funds and traditional…
Euro wealth management tech market nears $2 billion
Spending by the European wealth management industry will reach $1.7 billion by the close of 2008, growing at a somewhat more modest pace than in recent years as global economic indicators remain volatile. Despite current challenges in financial markets…
DWT Panel: Apps Hinder Firms' Latency Efforts
Trading firms are being hampered in their efforts to achieve nanosecond-fast data by applications and other parts of the trading process that introduce latency, according to panelists at the London conference of sibling publication Dealing With…
Aite: CEP Integration Costly and Complex
The biggest hurdle to deploying complex event processing technology is the cost of integrating CEP software with market data feeds and other applications, according to new research from financial technology consultancy Aite Group.
Tech, Culture Hamper Cross-Asset Adoption
More markets going electronic and certain trading technologies becoming increasingly commoditized are two of the reasons for the rise in cross-asset trading seen recently, according to industry experts.