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The Road to Risk Reduction
The financial crisis has proved that timely access to integrated and high-quality data is essential to mitigate risk and meet regulatory requirements. To discuss ways firms can improve integrated data management strategies, Inside Reference Data gathered…
Dark executions in Europe remain modest
European markets, still coming to terms with the impacts of Mifid, have yet to make substantial use of dark pools as liquidity continues to fragment. Dark-pool executions in the UK and on the Continent are nonetheless expected to increase slowly but…
Report: Bloomberg Gains as Spend Falls
The financial industry will spend $22.7 billion worldwide on market data and related services this year, a decline of 1.5 percent from $23 billion in 2008, primarily as a result of budget and staff cuts at end-user firms that have led to reductions in…
Poll: Firms Focus on Latency Measurement
More firms have increased their budgets for latency-related projects during 2009 than at the trough of the financial crisis last year, but are focusing spend largely on internal monitoring and measurement projects rather than large capital outlays,…
Data Networks Diverge, Seek Value-Add
The growth of high-frequency trading strategies is producing a bifurcation between different types of data extranet providers-those that provide broad connectivity and shared services, and those focusing on high-bandwidth networks for low-latency data…
Smart Order Routing: Adapt or Die
Smart order routing (SOR) has been one of the most significant trading-related developments for both buy- and sell-side organizations over the past three to four years. Gone are the days when issues were listed on a single exchange or just a handful of…
Asia Braces Itself for Algorithmic Data Explosion
Panelists at last week's conference urged attendees to prepare for increases in speed and volume expected to result from growing use of algorithmic trading strategies already commonplace in the US and Europe. Although high-frequency trading levels are…
Exchanges Put Asia at Center of Plans for Change
Global exchanges are looking to enter Asia-Pacific markets, either through direct presences or via alliances with local venues, while regional exchanges are simplifying and changing the way they provide data to market participants that have become used…
Keynotes: Asia Emerges As 'New West' in More Interconnected Markets
The keynote speakers from Thomson Reuters and Interactive Data at last week's Asia Pacific Financial Information Conference delivered a rallying cry to market participants in the region to prepare for the challenges resulting from anticipated rises in…
Cost Pressures Refocus User Priorities
As trading and investment firms face growing data requirements and shrinking budgets as a result of the turbulent economic environment, market data managers are focusing on better data administration, persuading vendors and exchanges to implement cost…
Investors De-Risk as Reliable Credit Data Proves Challenging
The global credit markets are the most challenging asset classes for sourcing reliable data, compared to other over-the-counter asset classes, as a dearth of liquidity continues and money managers-perhaps as a result-seek out simpler and less risky…
Vendors: Flexibility Key in Maturing Asia
Data providers continue to view Asia as a major growth market, but are being forced to take more flexible approaches when selling to markets in the region, to respond to changes in client demand and to take account of its unique differences and the after…
Buy-side views mixed on tech budgeting for 2010
Traditional asset managers and hedge funds indicate cautiously optimistic outlooks for 2010, according to a new survey by Aite Group. But those attitudes won't necessarily translate into greater investments in technology. Even though the worst of the…
Latency, Infrastructure Key at FIA Expo
News from exhibitors at the Futures Industry Association's annual Futures and Options expo in Chicago last week reflected the ongoing themes of direct feeds, co-location and low-latency connectivity.
Dark Liquidity Pools Come of Age
As dark liquidity pools continue to cause paranoia for retail investors and consternation for regulators, a panel of industry insiders gathered at the Best Execution 2009 conference in New York, hosted by DWT and sibling publication Buy-Side Technology ,…
On Turning Two
There seems to be a Hollywood law that sequels can never be as good as the originals. This rule will be tested with the release of the Michael Douglas film Wall Street 2 , which many on Wall Street witnessed being filmed in the neighborhood last week…
The Next Wave of Algorithmic Trading
Although no one is totally sure what the next generation of trading algorithms will look like, a number of industry insiders expect that they will use complex event processing (CEP) capabilities and support multi-asset trading strategies.
Mapping Out Smart Order Routing
As smart order routers continue to gain in importance for achieving best execution, regulators and buy-side firms are eyeing this sell-side technology in greater detail than ever before. Now regulators and buy-side clients are demanding more transparency…
Examining How to Do More with Less
As the global economy continues to limp along, financial services firms are forced to rationalize their IT investment even more than in the past. However, lower IT investment does not necessarily mean lower-performing trading infrastructures.
Best Execution: Beyond the Numbers
As we approach the end of the decade, it is interesting to reflect on the seismic shifts that have taken place in our industry since the start of the new millennium-a period of change unrivaled in our history.
Smart Order Routing Grows Up
It's hard to believe that smart order routing (SOR) is approximately a decade old and, like anyone approaching its teenage years, is about to go through a major growth spurt in several directions. Original routers only had to contend with the displayed U…