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NYSE Euronext Spreads Its Wings
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Markit tackles equity transparency problems
Markit, the London-based pricing and valuations data provider, has launched a web-based market-share analysis product to provide greater insight into liquidity in European equities.
Fanning the flames
Recent short-selling restrictions introduced by the SEC have seemingly realised hedge fund managers’ worst fears: heavy-handed regulation making little distinction between legitimate and below-board investment tactics, coinciding with the most…
Fidessa fragmentation index hits the spot
London-based trading platform provider Fidessa group has seen strong demand for its Fidessa Fragmentation Index (FFI) since it was launched in mid-November 2008. The web-based service is free to use and provides a numerical indicator of how much a…
Fragmented Europe Provides Window for Vendors
The past year saw the launch of a slew of new products, with many designed to help user firms navigate the increasingly fragmented European trading landscape resulting from the arrival of new MiFID-inspired multilateral trading facilities.
Making Measurement Work, Making Ends Meet
This week, Inside Market Data contains a special report on the importance of low-latency market data in today's modern trading environment. Yet in the same issue, we detail the problems at latency monitoring software vendor Trading Metrics, which is…
Speed Meets Excellence
Stock exchanges have come a long way-from the marketplaces where sellers and buyers met each other to engage in trade to today's electronic platforms, where participants can trade thousands of securities on a daily basis in only a few milliseconds. To…
HSBC Banks 'Best IT Team' AFTA
NEW YORK-Surrounded by friends and colleagues last week, HSBC's IT team won the coveted Best IT Team award at the fourth annual American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) for its work in expanding the bank's emerging markets coverage.
Analysis paralysis
A midst the volatility that has now become the norm in the financial markets, it may seem that the more information available to traders the better. But when it comes to transaction cost analysis, caution needs to be exercised - traders must assess how…
The Trading Rewards of Superior Market Insight
SPECIAL REPORT
The Data Opportunities
SPECIAL REPORT
Navigating the Crisis
COVER STORY
Concurrency: Take Control or Fail
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The Bottom Line in 2009
The data management world is already anticipating how the credit crunch will affect the industry in the coming year. Carla Mangado asks what the future holds for reference data teams, budgets and priorities
Standards Matter
The lack of standard symbology continues to be a fundamental problem in financial markets, and the credit crunch has further emphasized that there is an imminent need to fix this issue. Carla Mangado explores the opportunities for a commercial entity to…
Access Denied
The financial crisis has resulted in data managers experiencing a growing number of 'last minute' and ad hoc data requests. How can reference data teams optimize data accessibility to better meet the new demands? Tine Thoresen reports
Transparency worries persist in post-Mifid era
More than a year after Mifid's implementation, the European buy side continues to suffer from poor market data and inadequate post-trade transparency. When the regulation came into force in November last year, it required that all trades executed in the…