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Vendors: One-Size-Fits-All Is Dead
The increasing array of free news and data on the Internet, along with the threat of data piracy, is encouraging vendors to forge closer client relationships to deliver tailored content and technologies, said panelists at the North American Financial…
Data Dilemmas of Pricing Illiquid Assets
Decisions around vendor selection when acquiring data on illiquid assets remain driven by trader needs rather than by market data managers, according to panelists at last week's North American Financial Information Summit.
Shielding the Market Data Explosion
User firms are increasingly examining sophisticated technologies to address capacity problems by filtering out "noise" from datafeeds to focus only on the most useful data.
DWT London Tackles Industry Pain Points
LONDON—As growing regulations force change on the global financial markets, they haven't stifled innovation, say participants who spoke at the DWT 2007 conference and exhibition held last week in London at the Hilton Tower Bridge.
Trends out of TradeTech
TradeTech, one of the best-attended annual technology gatherings of the year, set out to address a number of current buy-side issues – dark liquidity, best execution, algorithmic trading, transaction cost analysis, Mifid, and the underlying technologies…
Convergence and consolidation the keys for IT spending
In a recent report, CarbonBased Consulting predicts a continued growth in global spending on IT and services, with the buy side leading the way with a 21% increase this year. But as Victor Anderson reports, firms will be looking to increase allocations…
Tabb: Brace for Spend, Volume Records
Expenditure on technology to keep pace with low-latency trading is likely to be outpaced by market forces, despite a record spend of $1.3 billion per year expected by 2010 on technology to support advanced trading techniques, compared to $789 million…
FX algorithms gather steam
Algorithmic trading has taken equities by storm and now an increasing number of institutions are looking to apply trading algorithms to manage their foreign exchange (FX) transactions. Several firms kicked off FX algorithm initiatives last year to…
Islamic asset management set for substantial growth
Islamic asset management set for substantial growth – we summarise a Celent Report on the Middle East buy-side industry set against the backdrop of sharia-compliant investments and primed for substantial growth.
Technology the key to e-trading of equity options
Equity options trade volumes among US-based buy-side firms are set to increase significantly in the coming years on the back of more sophisticated technology and associated services. By Victor Anderson
Buy-side EMS spending gradually on the rise
BST analyses a recent Aite Group report on Execution Management Systems (EMS), concluding that, although EMS adoption across the buy side is set to increase in the coming years, growth will not be a swift as anticipated.
Will the real market leader please stand up?
Special Report: A recent Celent report on the global wealth management industry shows that although there is intense competition among the vendors, a market leader is still yet to emerge
Fixed-Income Growth to Continue in '07
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Euro funds can learn from US
A recent Reuters and Greenwich Associates report shows that European mutual funds significantly trail their US counterparts when it comes to the consumption and use of pricing and reference data. But as Max Bowie explains, this trend is not likely to…
Buy side to reduce reliance on proprietary algos
A recently published Tabb Group report suggests that buy-side organisations are increasingly likely to source their trading algorithms from third-party providers rather than develop them in-house. Stewart Eisenhart investigates
Panel: Grid Technology Not Suited to Low Latency
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Panel: New Venues Highlight Consolidator Value
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Panel: Need for Cost/Benefit Analysis of Low Latency
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Tullett: Expect Direct OTC Feeds
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