Opinion
Feeling the Public Wraith
As we go to press, local New York media are reporting that the New York City police department is investigating seven envelopes of unidentified white powder that were delivered to various offices in Manhattan, including those of American Express and…
How Big Will Your Grid Be?
No matter the size of your organization, there is no escaping the effects that the advancements in grid or cloud computing are having on it.
Appetite for Disruption
Many modern technologies that we take for granted start life designed for specialized purposes in niche business areas. For example, performance-enhancing features on modern road cars often have their origins in Formula One racecars, while some low…
A Pocketful of Worries
Open Platform
A New Page
EDITOR'S LETTER
Notes from Your Secret Santa
Open Platform
Death by Spam
Opinion
Fully Operational?
Today, firms believe they are assessing their operational and other risks based on known conditions, but that belief is misplaced, says industry expert Margarita Brose
Think Small to Avoid Turkeys
Ah, Thanksgiving. An excuse to squeeze as much as possible into a confined space—whether it be friends and relatives into your apartment, a turkey feast into your belly, or a normal week’s work into three short days before the holiday begins. There’s no…
Hidden Forces Shaping the Market Fabric
When everything is always changing, it is nearly impossible to see the big picture, yet after all of the recent chaos and innovation, one trend continues: namely, the market fabric. On one level this is what Tim Berners-Lee called the Semantic Web, where…
Open Source for All?
Just as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Congress prepare to re-write the rules on how Wall Street should operate, the U.S. Supreme Court is on the verge of potentially changing how the information age operates. Currently…
What Are They Thinking?
It's hard to focus on the major technology advances that Microsoft is putting out in the high-performance computing (HPC) space (see story, page 1) or the race by vendors to be the next indispensable financial extranet (see stories, page 9), when…
Regulatory Drivers for Real-Time Analytics
Proposed rules for the financial industry will force market participants and regulators to adopt new ways of monitoring and consolidating data across different systems and markets. By Neil McGovern, product marketing director at Sybase
Better Latent Than Never?
Thankfully, my boss is an understanding man, who didn't mind me returning from my wedding a day later than originally planned. If I were a market data message in today's capital markets, that kind of delay would be unacceptable. Speed is almost…
But is it the Right Tool for the Job?
After receiving supposed direct messages on Twitter from a former British colleague with links to domains hosted in Montenegro and a few central Asian republics, I assumed his account had been hacked. It also started me wondering how useful social media…
Carbonn's Copy - In Sickness and in Health
This week you'll notice that the weekly Inside Market Data editorial column has a different title and author. That's because editor Max Bowie is in California getting married to none other than IMD 's chief subeditor Elina Patler. The event is certainly…
Let’s Be Honest Here
Opinion
Brokers Unite!
It's always remarkable what memories a single word can produce. Take, for example, the word "co-op." The first thing I think of is the bulk food cooperative my family participated in during the oil crisis of the 1970s. Those memories of watching your…
Godzilla Tramples Philadelphia
Last week, the New York Yankees clinched the baseball World Series over the Philadelphia Phillies, thanks in no small part to the slugging of Hideki "Godzilla" Matsui-a legend in his native Japan-who drove in six runs of the Yankees' seven-run total,…
Things That Go Bump in the Night
Now that all the ghoulies, ghasties and long-legged beasties have put away their Halloween costumes and treat bags for another year, industry participants can look to the regulators to see whether they will hand out tricks or treats.
Even the Recovery is 'Made in China'
Before IMD boards that long flight to Hong Kong for this week's Asia-Pacific Financial Information Conference, allow us to share a few snippets about the region that so much of the market data industry is targeting as a growth market, and which is…
Will China Go with the Flow?
With under-utilized capital delivering minimal returns in a depressed financial market, emerging economies such as China could see an even greater inflow of funds, prompting demand for data and tools that track these capital flows. By Simon Ringrose and…