Emerging Technologies
Spryware Plans New York Expansion
Chicago-based low-latency data and ticker plant provider Spryware will open a sales and support office in New York at the start of February, to provide local service for the vendor's growing client base in the city.
FISD, SIIA Agree Market Data Certification Funding
Industry association FISD and parent the Software & Information Industry Association have agreed terms to fund a certification program for financial information professionals, officials tell IMD 's sibling publication Inside Reference Data
Kaskad Tech Closes, Founder Clark Joins StreamBase
Boston-based complex event processing software start-up Kaskad Technology has officially closed down, and founder and chief technology officer Colin Clark has joined rival CEP software vendor StreamBase Systems.
Latency, DMA Drive Asia-Pac Exchange Evolution
Direct market access and algorithmic trading demands from overseas firms are forcing the pace of change among exchanges in Asia-Pacific. But will they be able to keep up with their Western rivals? By Richard Man, head of Radianz sales for Asia-Pacific,…
Asia-Pacific Set For Message Volume Explosion
As the Japanese market recovers and exchanges increase system capacities, trading firms in the region-even those not directly concerned with low latency-must brace themselves for US-style increases in message traffic. By Sang Lee, managing partner, Aite…
Ranking Alpha-Applying Ratings to Research
An increasing focus on customized, quantitative research as a source of alpha is set to change the way that research is provided and rated in 2008. By Kei Kianpoor, chief executive, Investars
Regulation Key to China's Data Market Development
Many are betting on the Chinese market to deliver new sources of alpha. But will the Chinese authorities implement the changes required to make 2008 the year of the dragon? By Keiren Harris, independent consultant
Post Credit Crunch, Investors Eye New Ratings
With credit ratings taking a battering in the wake of the sub-prime crisis, investors are seeking additional inputs and ways to better rate the ratings themselves. By Audit Integrity chief executive Jack Zwingli, and chairman and founder James Kaplan
CESR to Weigh Rating Agencies' Responses
The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) last month published rating agencies' responses to a recent questionnaire that forms part of its probe into the role of agencies in rating structured finance securities, such as the sub-prime…
Innovation to Combat Fragmentation
Exchange Watch-Following a year of consolidation, exchanges face growing challenges from rival ECNs and their own customers, who are forming utility-style venues for traditional exchange functions such as trading and reporting.
Capacity, Identifiers, Piracy, Outsourcing
INDUSTRY ISSUES-The issues faced by the data industry during 2007 will make good preparations for another challenging year in 2008, say industry officials.
Financial Information Forum: Ask the Audience
Growing competition among trading venues for the grand prize of market share is expected to highlight capacity issues and symbology changes during 2008. By Jeff Wells, co-chair of the FIF Market Data Capacity Working Group, and vice president of product…
Trading Evolution Drives Tech Facelifts
Delivery Technologies-As trading becomes more automated and algorithmic, the relationship between market data and technology has become ever more tightly intertwined, and is driving greater focus on latency, new data inputs and struggling legacy…
FISD Outlines Industry Challenges for 2008
As the FISD and its members look forward to the challenges of 2008, two issues stand out for their importance and complexity-entity identification and data piracy and misuse. While seemingly unrelated, these two issues are united by a common thread:…
E-Trading Trends to Drive Outsourcing Shift
As firms deal with rising volumes of low-latency data, expect hosted services to become more prevalent in 2008. By Don Finucane, vice president of product management and OTC data services, Interactive Data Real-Time Services
Reuters Buys Gissing for Contributions Tech
Reuters has entered into an agreement to acquire UK-based market data contribution technology vendor Gissing Software, to update its own technology components for contributing data to Reuters' data infrastructure and network. The deal is expected to…
Ipreo Sells Hemscott Arm to Morningstar
Ipreo has sold its Hemscott fundamental data and investor relations Web development businesses to Morningstar, a research and data vendor focused on equities, mutual funds and other investment products for $51.6 million in cash.
Downto theCore
After five years as chief information officer of Swiss American Securities, Christian Hudson tells Inside Reference Data how he has managed to improve data management processes with a lean workforce. Reference data is at the core of the business, he says