Special report
StanChart Adds API Link to 360T
Global wholesale bank Standard Chartered recently went live with a FIX-based application programming interface (API) that will provide users access to a number of pools of liquidity via the bank's Straight2Bank Stream electronic trading platform or the…
Living in Interesting Times
When it comes to algorithmic trading the cash equity markets have been in the vanguard of adoption. However, the electronic foreign exchange (e-FX) markets are catching up quickly. For a little over the past 15 months, the markets have seen increased…
Velocity Opens in London
As part of a company relaunch, Australian Web-based foreign exchange (FX) trading lifecycle software provider Velocity Systems International has opened an office in the City of London, say officials.
Citi Readies FX-Specific Front End
The bank's new graphical user interface (GUI) will run in parallel with Citi Treasury Interactive and includes stack pricing, decimal pricing and algorithmic execution capabilities.
The Future of E-FX
Since the beginning 2007, the electronic foreign exchange (e-FX) market has gone through dramatic changes with the adoption of algorithmic execution as volume and volatility have reached record levels.
Investor demand for customised benchmarks on the rise
According to new research, pension funds in the US and Europe are set to rely on more customised benchmarks in order to accurately measure the performances of the buy-side institutions to which they allocate capital and the instruments in which they…
Fund of funds market shows healthy growth
Research note illustrates the extent to which the global fund of hedge funds industry is expected to flourish, even though this growth will be concentrated within a handful of the largest fund managers and administrators. By Victor Anderson
Fixed Income, FX Drive 2007 Data Spend
Global spend on financial data could reach $24.3 billion in 2008, driven by demand from sales and trading operations, up from $23 billion last year, according to research released last week from Burton-Taylor International Consulting.
Damaged Cables Cause India, Mid-East Latency
The flow of market data to and from India and the Middle East was disrupted by a damaged undersea telecom cable providing Internet connectivity to the region last week, though the impact appears to have been limited to slowing down communications, rather…
Indian wealth management sector set for rapid growth
As India's economy continues its rapid expansion driving up individual income levels, wealth management providers in the country are poised for substantial growth. Once firms begin taking on additional clients, though, they'll require more advanced…
Liquidity sourcing tops buy-side business drivers for 2008
The need to capture liquidity sources across fragmented markets will clearly dominate investment managers' operational, strategic, and technology initiatives in the coming year. But along with that objective come issues of having to deal with more…
Sponsored Statement: Voice Recording for Compliance
By Paul Manyweathers, Managing Director of CyberTech (UK) Ltd
Asia-Pacific in Hot Pursuit of West
ASIA-Three of the key trends of the US market last year-latency, regulation and data volumes-will emerge as key drivers of market development in the Asia-Pacific region this year, experts say, signaling that the Asian markets are fast catching up with…
New Inputs Set to Gain Traction
Ratings & Indexes-As profits from established markets become harder to come by in highly competitive environments, index providers are developing more products to provide low-risk exposure to high-yield markets and sectors, as Jerry Moskowitz of FTSE…
Research Faces 'Consumer' Revamp
Research & Commentary-The research industry is in a state of flux, with numerous trends contributing to the pace of change. Michael Mayhew of Integrity Research Associates predicts that buy-side firms will increasingly internalize research generation and…
Credit Challenges Remain in 2008
Content Focus: CREDIT-The credit markets faced a major setback last year in the sub-prime crisis, which created the still-ongoing credit crunch. Yet experts believe there remain opportunities for the market to rebound in 2008.
Genescape Acquires EnvaPower
Genscape, an industry source for real-time power plant output and transmission status information, has acquired EnvaPower, provider of real-time power market intelligence, Genscape officials say.
The Search for Transparency
For a long time, the energy markets have been spared the demand for heightened transparency that has been the norm for other investment classes. However, with the credit market meltdown and the ever-tightening spreads in the cash equities markets,…
ETRM Integration Challenges
As investment banks look to become more active in energy markets, many are just getting up to speed and learning the challenges of integrating their energy trading into their existing trading portfolio. With this in mind, Dealing with Technology has…
Allegheny Completes Integration Project
Energy utility Allegheny Energy has recently completed an integration project to streamline daily practices associated with energy transacting and related accounting processes by reducing the number of "handoffs" between operational groups, say officials…
Selecting the Proper ETRM Platform
After the collapse of Enron, the California energy crisis and misreporting of gas prices, the market for software to support energy trading and risk management (ETRM), hit a low point. In the last two years, however, the market has picked up, largely…