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Vendors Focus on New Drivers of Demand
Data providers are adapting to economic conditions with new content sets and capabilities driven not just by cost pressures, but by end-user demand to comply with new regulations, and by simplifying product sets to address broader audiences, according to…
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…
Knight Slays Performance Latency
Most broker-dealers are in a race to achieve the lowest network messaging latency possible, but for trade execution and market data, agency broker Knight Capital Group sees managing latency as only one leg in the quest to deliver best execution for its…
Mastering Latency Management
Since the introduction of electronic trading, achieving low-latency messaging has been a constant arms race amongst market participants. Being the first to see and execute against a quote puts traders in the best market position possible. Yet creating…
Great expectations
Institutional investors are driving the buy side in terms of the adoption of best practices and the technology that underpins such initiatives. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the client reporting realm where institutional players have come to…
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Focus on FAS
Recent changes to US accounting and valuation practises are expected to bring more clarity to the role of fair-value pricing. Tine Thoresen reports on the new guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board
Survey: use of dark pools to increase in 2009
A new 29-page survey conducted by buy-side crossing network provider Liquidnet has found that the majority of investment managers who participated in the study plan to increase their participation in dark pool trading arrangements this year.
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…
Dark diligence
“Who do you trust?” As that question gains pertinence among buy-side managers, aspects of their relationships with broker-dealers have come under scrutiny. In the midst of sell-side upheavals and ongoing volatility, buy-side traders might presume to find…
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…
CEP - Strategic or tactical weapon?
Complex event processing (CEP) technology has existed in the capital markets for some time, but it has gained traction primarily in the algorithmic trading space. Today, CEP technology that analyses large quantities of streaming data in real time has a…
Panel: Market Conditions Driving Hybrid Adoption
PARIS-Buy-side firms are currently looking for a more hybrid offering-a combination of electronic tools and high-touch services to address the rising market volatility and widening spreads, according to industry insiders.
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…
Speed vs Spend
Latency continues to be a top priority for trading firms' market data infrastructures. But with dire economic conditions necessitating tight spending controls, firms are struggling to invest in technologies capable of providing a competitive edge through…
CEP: Strategic or Tactical Weapon?
Complex event processing (CEP) technology has existed in the capital markets for some time, but it has primarily gained traction in the algorithmic trading space. Today, CEP technology that analyzes large amounts of streaming data in real time has many…
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