Data Management
Divining the Future for Exchanges
With the number of multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) on the rise, can primary exchanges survive by following a "business as usual" strategy? DWT asks Ian-Patrick Lauder, Head of Trading Services at PLUS stock exchange, what exchanges must do to be…
TSE's Arrowhead Spurs Asian Latency Focus
Market data vendors that provide data and connectivity to the Tokyo Stock Exchange last week released new feed handlers to source and normalize low-latency data from the TSE's new Arrowhead technology platform, to support trading firms as they prepare…
Sources: Citi Taps RTI Data Messaging
Citigroup is rolling out a new low-latency data messaging layer from Sunnyvale, Calif.-based middleware vendor Real-Time Innovations to support its algorithmic equities trading operations, sources tell Inside Market Data .
Agência Estado Preps NYSE Datafeed Tech
Brazilian news agency and data vendor Agência Estado (AE) is to revamp its market data infrastructure in order to deliver ever-increasing volumes of data to institutional and retail investors with lower latency, using feed handlers and middleware from…
Revere Adds Brazilian Company Data
San Francisco-based research and data provider Revere Data has mapped companies listed on Brazil's BM&F Bovespa exchange to its RISC (Revere International Sector Classification) taxonomy, enabling users of its products to compare like-for-like attributes…
Waxing Brazilian
As the developed markets of the West hope for a better year in 2010, some are devoting even more attention to emerging markets in the hunt for higher returns, and specifically to Brazil, which saw a number of data-related initiatives either get underway…
Pennies from Heaven
The American statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin once said, "A penny saved is a penny earned." Looking at the year ahead, this will definitely be the theme for 2010.
High-Frequency Trading: Getting with the Program
What exactly is high-frequency trading (HFT)? Is HFT good for the market or is it synonymous with toxic order flow? Does it fly in the face of anti-competition laws? How many different HFT strategies are there and what differentiates them? These are just…
2010 Forecast: Very Cloudy
Opinion
Firm Be Nimble
Open Platform
March of the Robo-Traders
Asia report
Crossing the Data Chasm
The main driver for outsourcing reference data management is typically cost control, but data control is also a key concern. Netik's Colin Close explains how this can be addressed
Picture This
One of the key focus areas for the new year is liquidity risk and valuation risk. But to deal with the upcoming challenges, firms are looking for more granular and better integrated data. Tine Thoresen speaks to AIG's Suresh Jayaraman about what data…
Month in Numbers
"The Commission will be seeking views on applying position limits consistently across all markets and participants, including index traders and managers of exchange-traded funds; whether such limits would enhance market integrity and efficiency; whether…