Opinion
Cyber Monday for Financial Markets
Vendors go on a shopping spree.
Big Deals and Rouble Rousing
It's that time of year.
Opening Cross: Location, Location, Consolidation and Diversification
Today’s data industry certainly isn’t that of 25 years ago, or even a dozen years ago when I started writing about it. A key difference is the change in pace of modern markets, shifting to low-latency trading where location—i.e. proximity of trading…
Pinpointing Attributes
Accuracy and timeliness are in increasing demand for both identifiers and pricing
Value in the Data
Quantum technology and broker profiles lead this week's coverage.
An Extra Helping of Volatility?
Revisiting the curious case of October 15th.
Agility the Key for Market Survival
ETAS coverage and emerging exchanges lead this week's Sell-Side Technology round-up.
Opening Cross: Putting the ‘Custom’ in ‘Customer’
Talk to a market data manager at any firm, and chances are they view vendors and exchanges as money-grubbing monsters that exist purely to squeeze revenues from their hapless clients with little thought to customer service or satisfaction.
Scrumptious Takeaways From the BST Awards
Wrapping up a great affair in Mayfair.
Going on the Offense
Data management proves more effective when stakeholders take an active interest
December 2014: How Soft Are You?
While having good technology is a start, Victor says soft skills are necessary to win clients and gain an advantage over rivals.
Opening Cross: In Search of Data’s ‘Perfect Harmony’
Against the often-discordant melody of the financial markets, it’s good to know that there’s always a harmony playing in the background to support that melody, hold everything together, and ensure we’re all singing from the same songbook, rather than…
European Union ... Of Data Regulation
Identification, Clearance and Reporting All Affected
A Brief History of Power Outages
SGX isn't the only bourse to have juice issues.
Opening Cross: The ’Center of the Data Universe
With coverage of our Asia Pacific Financial Information Conference taking center stage in this week’s Inside Market Data, debating new initiatives such as the planned Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program—and its unexpected, indefinite delay—and the…
Rethinking Investor Protection in the Central Clearing Revolution
Automation and STP are required to protect investors.
Big MACs and Other Swap Delicacies
Tim will have his with CLOBs of cheese.
Electronic-Level Events
The phasing-out of fixed-income dinosaurs is underway, but is it a good thing?
Opening Cross: All About That Data
This week, I had the pleasure of helping out on two of Inside Market Data’s stablemates at Incisive Media, ClickZ and Search Engine Watch, and realized that while we serve different markets and audiences, there’s a lot of crossover in terms of themes…
APFIC Issues Preview
BCBS 239, LEI Questions Featured on Agenda
Tim Bourgaize Murray: Getting the ‘Easy’ Parts Right
Knowing your customer is a hassle—a mundane, laborious process both for bank and client supplying profile details, alike. Tim discusses why fixing the problem is immensely important, and why it’s become so very difficult to do.