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Streaming Quotes: Glint Eastward
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The Cold Hard Facts
Editor’s Letter
Front Office: Too Social?
Opinion
Why Hosting Makes Sense
As firms try to do more with less, the market is experiencing a shift in the way the investment management industry is solving data management problems, says Eagle Investment Systems' Joel Kornblum
The Great Race
In 1928, 199 runners participated in what the press of the day dubbed "The Bunion Derby," a 3,422.3-mile footrace between Los Angeles and New York. The race began on March 4, 1928 with only 55 runners crossing the finish line by May 26, 1928. The winner…
You Can't Always Get What You Want
... But you can get pretty close. And indexes are one way that investors can gain access to markets or sectors that they may not usually have exposure to. Some have questioned the meaningfulness of indexes as an indicator of the markets as the Dow Jones…
Editor's Letter - Risk is all around
The rate of change across the buy side - when inertia is finally overcome and change takes place - is often swift. The buy-side approach to risk is a case in point. It wasn't long ago that risk was a bit of a giggle for many buy-side firms, which, during…
VaR comes in for criticism
The credit crisis has uncovered the weaknesses of many risk management models and risk mitigation approaches. The rating agencies' reputations have also come under the spotlight as their reputations and reliability have been called into question. Value…
It all comes down to data
If there is one thing you would have thought financial firms would have grasped by now, it's that having a centralised source of data - a golden copy if you will - is a good idea. By Emily Fraser . How many times have we heard Mike Atkin of the EDM…
Risk's rich tapestry
From time to time we at BST select topics for monthly features that prove challenging to contain within three or four pages. This month's article on real-time risk is a case in point; while the meatiest angles of the issue made it into the feature, some…
Servers, We Hardly Knew Ye
American literary icon Mark Twain once quipped, "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." Similarly, to say that a typical server in a broker-dealer's datacenter is a dead man walking would also be an exaggeration-but for how much longer?
The Party's Over
The first item on my agenda this week must be to say a big thank you to everyone who participated in last week's North American Financial Information Summit-from the speakers and participants who made the panel discussions the best that I've seen, to the…
Lessons from London
Two things I learned while attending the DWT 2009 conference in London last week: You can always leave it to the members of British Parliament to draw public anger away from investment bank bonuses in favor of a good old political corruption scandal over…
A Sneak Preview
No one can deny that the unprecedented events of the past year have made life incredibly tough for the financial industry as a whole, and for the market data professionals at consumer firms and vendors that serve the industry with its data needs-all of…
No Rest for the Wicked
I have always found April and May to be the two busiest months of the year. Maybe this is because winter is finally over and people have an added burst of energy. Then again, it could be that everyone is trying to accomplish everything they need to do…
Can I Get That to Go?
As I write this week's column, I'm packing for a weekend break in Boston, and wondering which restaurants I should splurge on: Should I stick to Beantown pub grub, or seek out something more civilized? We all know that fast food has advantages: it's…
Green Data: Impact vs Low Latency?
Milliseconds matter, but so does public opinion. Professor Michael Mainelli, executive chairman of London-based think-tank Z/Yen Group, says trading can remain competitive while dealing with issues more important than latency.
This Is Not a Drill
As DWT goes to press, the World Health Organization (WHO) has not upgraded its swine flu pandemic alert status from Phase 5 to Phase 6. According to WHO, Phase 5 is characterized human-to-human transmission of the disease in two countries in a single WHO…
Data Strategies of Dragons, Tigers and Lions
For those readers who like stories about the financial data industry in Asia-Pacific, good news: We've got more for you from the region this week, following the conclusion of our Asia Roadshow with industry association FISD. (And by the way, spare a…
Data Security Right
Open Platform
Pie in the Sky?
Opinion
Will Video Kill The Radio Star?
Opinion
While Rome Burns
Editor’s Letter