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After much deliberation Buy-Side Technology has announced the winners of this year’s buy-side technology awards; this year’s ceremony was held at the Lanesborough in London and featured 95 entries across 18 categories with a mix of last year’s recipients…
Spotlight on Neal Goldstein
As it expands operations across new markets around the globe, Liquidnet has named Neal Goldstein head of enterprise technical services to oversee the firm's development of global infrastructure standards. Goldstein will also manage infrastructure…
May the 'Force Be With You
Jean-Michel Blanco, chief executive of data and trading systems provider Traderforce, says organized chaos drives innovation. If true, then the current market conditions should provide the perfect storm for the French vendor. In this interview, Blanco…
Latency Takes the Lead
There was a time when low latency was just an issue of plumbing in the dealing room or datacenter to speed up trading flows, but market fragmentation changed all that. Now it is strategic. Distance implies latency. If you use smart order routing in a…
One Platform to Rule Them All
Since the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Euronext merged to form NYSE Euronext, the exchange operator has aimed to deploy a single global trading platform across all of its exchanges. DWT European reporter Cecilia Bergamaschi sits down with Anthony…
Special e-FX Wizards
As foreign exchange (FX) trading volumes continue to break records, DWT European reporter Cecilia Bergamaschi discusses the evolution of e-FX trading platforms with Saxo Bank's head of product management Brian Kelly.
Attacking Latency at Its Roots
If there is one rule in trading in financial markets, it's that time is money. Latency is no longer a concern solely for the arbitrage shops-it has become an issue for firms across the spectrum. To discuss how firms can best optimize their systems to…
Brokerages on the Front Lines of Data Revolution
The trading of equities, fixed income and foreign exchange (FX) has become a lightning-fast world, one that gets a bit faster every day. Every month, it seems there are fewer traders waving their hands around on the floor of the stock exchange-much to…
ICE Heats Up Options
Even as the financial crisis unfolds on Wall Street, customers are demanding innovation and functionality from over-the-counter (OTC) markets. DWT reporter Oksana Poltavets sits down with Edwin Marcial, CTO of the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), to…
Curse of the Black Swan
Black swan events are few and far between, but when they do occur they are generally memorable occasions. This is precisely what happened during Black Week – from Monday 6 to Friday 11 October – as Asian investors triggered a sell-off that saw the Dow…
European Bats on the wing
As competition among exchanges and multi-lateral trading facilities (MTFs) heats up, ECN Bats Trading is taking on both markets simultaneously, having gained exchange status in the US and approval to launch an MTF in Europe. Max Bowie speaks with Joe…
Panel: Market Data Tech Spend Must Continue
Trading firms will need to continue investments in market data and infrastructure to support spiralling levels of data traffic driven by the proliferation of new trading venues, spikes in volatility and the spread of algorithmic trading, according to a…
Panel: Should Firms Connect to Every Venue?
LONDON-As the number of multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) in Europe increases, firms face a dilemma: Should they connect to all venues?
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Regulating EU Change
The financial crisis and recent government bail-outs are likely to result in more regulation, which will affect financial data management. Carla Mangado explores where the EU currently stands and whether the push to principles-based legislation will…
Breaking Out
While banks are focusing on cost cutting and downsizing, firms are looking at ways to rapidly improve data management strategies. Will outsourcing certain reference data activities be one of the options organizations will review? Tine Thoresen explores…