Opinion
When "Who's Who" Is Not Enough
Tackling counterparty data hurdles in a cost-effective manner is not always straightforward, but both regulatory pressure and business demands will keep the topic on the agenda, says Asset Control's Martijn Groot
Editor's Letter - In praise of the 't' word
Transparency is now the buy side's hottest buzzword. Actually, that's been the case for quite some time now. Naturally, every buy-side constituent has its own take on exactly what it means to them and their business, but one thing's for certain: as an…
Floating on a system for fixed income
The world may have fallen out of love with collateralised debt, but even in difficult trading conditions portfolio managers still need to look at complex fixed-income instruments to deliver alpha to their clients. Fidessa LatentZero's David Blocker…
Tough times call for new ideas
By now, readers are probably as sick of hearing about the recession as financial technology journalists are of writing about it. But, like it or not, the economic downturn defines and shapes every major technology decision currently being made at…
Seeding future competition
Last month this column noted new initiatives undertaken by the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the largest pension manager in the US, to significantly reform its processes for managing its $5.9 billion investments in hedge funds…
Oracle Bets on Sun
After weeks of watching IBM and Sun Microsystems attempting the mergers and acquisition dance, leave it to Oracle to cut in and steal the deal with a $7.4 billion offer ( see story, this issue ).
China in Your Hand
In the past week, I've eaten authentic Chinese bean curd and roast pigeon (served complete with beak!), donned a protective apron at a specialist tempura bar, been forcibly squeezed into a train on the Tokyo underground system, met a lot of data industry…
Here Be Pirates, Matey
The only piracy that financial technologist normally have to worry about is the unlicensed applications that have found homes within their firms. However, the maritime lawlessness happening off the shores of the Horn of Africa just may have a larger…
Speed Limits
As two of this week's top stories show, data isn't always about speed, but is often about making sure that the right data gets to the right people, with guaranteed uptime in the event of an outage from any one provider.
China for Dummies
Keiren Harris, founder of Open-Asia.info, a portal for financial markets-related information across the Asia-Pacific region, lists his top 10 rules for those seeking to break into the Chinese market for data.
Seeding the Clouds
The eventual adoption of cloud computing is pretty much a no-brainer according to most financial technologists. Even adopting cloud offerings from third-party vendors is definitely in the cards. However, adopting a third-party cloud specifically designed…
Dude, Where's My Liquidity?
Finding liquidity isn't just about having the fastest data to find the best price on a particular venue; it's also about knowing where to look. And with a plethora of execution venues and data sources competing for order flow, the process of analyzing…
Shaking Up the Server Market
At press time, the industry is still waiting to hear if the rumors that have been circulating about a supposed $7 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems by rival IBM are true. According to reports in the business press, IBM's management has signed off…
Latency Issues Continue to Drive Spend, Innovation
While the credit crunch has put the brakes on global economies, the financial markets show no signs of slowing down. Though firms are cutting back data spend wherever possible, latency remains an area where they simply can't afford not to keep spending,…
The New Gravity
Editor’s Letter
Why New Systems Fail
Open Platform
Riding the Tsunami
Open Platform
Time For a New Architecture
New compliance requirements mean the data and overall system architecture must provide a host of capabilities, says Sybase's Irfan Khan
Editor's letter - The blind leading the blind
Recently Buy-Side Technology hosted a derivatives pricing panel discussion in London. Present were three technology vendors - NumeriX, SunGard and Calypso - all of whom have made significant strides in providing their buy-side clients with the…
Asset managers forced to deal with counterparty risk
Traditionally, counterparty risk was always viewed as a sell-side phenomenon, but all that changed with the demise of Lehman Brothers in September last year. Now, counterparty risk has a distinctly buy-side flavour, as Sybase's Sinan Baskan explains
Moving ahead while the SEC plays catch-up
The SEC clearly has its work cut out for it in terms of reforming the US financial system and cracking down on the myriad criminal acts now coming to light amid withering market conditions. By Stewart Eisenhart