Best execution
Specialization Takes Command
Electronic trading is getting more difficult. There are just too many new technologies and strategies to choose from, with algorithms everywhere-hundreds of them-at every stage of the investment and trading process. The number of venues has also exploded…
CIOs: IT Budgets Not Feeling the Credit Blues
LONDON-Although some investment banks are writing down the worst earnings in their histories due to the meltdown in the credit markets, many banks' IT organizations aren't feeling the budgetary pain, according to a number of bank CIOs.
Panel: Collaborate on Data Sourcing
Collaborative, knowledge-sharing relationships between vendors and clients are the most effective and reliable methods for obtaining data, according to a panel on best practices for data sourcing.
Platts Adds OTC ICE Data
Energy and commodities information provider Platts, a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill, has added OTC pricing data from Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange to its forward curve data products. The ICE data covers North American natural gas and electricity…
Clear and Settled?
Settlement
Managing the Meltdown
Credit Crunch
Turning Green
COVER STORY
CEP in the Round
SPECIAL REPORT WATERS BRIEFING
Editor’s Letter: Concentrating on the little things
Most of you are no-doubt aware that the IRB 2007 Rugby World Cup has just finished. This is somewhat fortuitous as it affords me the opportunity to indulge my journalistic passion of sports commentary/analysis, the area of journalism on which I cut my…
Ready, steady, bid
BidRoute, an automated auction service for price discovery in portfolio trading that has been in development since late 2006, is set to go at the start of November.
Beauchamp
Stuart Farr, New York-based chief executive of Linedata Services' Beauchamp Hedge Fund Solutions, wasn't able to attend BST 's roundtable, although in a phone interview conducted shortly after the event he discussed a number of the same issues with…
Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
Now that the E.U.'s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) launch date is upon us, the race into the 21st century financial markets appears as if it will begin with a cautious start rather than a frantic land rush. Most firms seem to be…
Study: Firms Not Ready to Compete in Mifid
LONDON—Financial firms have spent 20 to 25 percent less than initial estimates on preparation for the E.U.’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid), concludes research by IT services provider Atos Origin.
MTFs: Dark Pools On the Rise
On the eve of the E.U.’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) taking effect and permanently altering how the European markets operate, DWT has gathered opinions from leading multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) on what a post-Mifid world…
Panel Voices MiFID Fragmentation Concerns
Fragmentation of data sources as a result of the European Union's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive is a key concern for data managers, according to industry experts.
Expert: Sell Side Leads in Mifid Readiness
LONDON-Sell-side firms are in a better position than their buy-side counterparts when it comes to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive's (Mifid's) best-execution requirement, concludes a white paper by the Best Execution Subject Group of the…
MiFID's New World Order
As the Nov. 1 MiFID deadline draws near, it is becoming clear that it will take much more time and work to clarify what the new rules mean, and how investors, managers and brokers will behave in the post-MiFID world order. By Bill Haney, European…
DWT SIBOS 2007 SPECIAL REPORT: Swift Grows Front Office
About halfway through its current five-year strategy-slated for completion in 2010-industry cooperative Swift has made improving front office services a major initiative.