Best execution
Reference Data Becomes Business Priority
As Inside Reference Data nears its one-year anniversary, we ask industry figures to look back over the year and give their views on current trends and future challenges. This month, we analyze the responses from user firms and consultants on the…
Old Obstacles Haunt Reference Data Management Strategies
Most financial institutions are either planning or are already immersed in large data management projects to centralize, globalize and optimize their reference data. But are the schemes living up to the high expectations? Julia Schieffer investigates
The Buy Side's MiFID Mission
COMPLIANCE
Zero integration headaches
LatentZero became the first buy-side vendor to launch an integrated OMS/EMS platform, when it went to market with an EMS 'bolt on' to its Capstone Minerva OMS. BST profiles LZ's latest offering
No Paper Tiger - Far East markets bare their teeth
A number of US and European hedge fund managers have been burned by Asia's tiger markets, where their expectations of success based on western markets principles and technologies have simply not materialised. David Walker, consistent with experts'…
Striving for Low-Latency Data Fabrics
HOT ISSUES
New Year's Resolutions
OPENING CROSS
Wiener Börse Revamps Data Web Site
FRONT PAGE: EXCHANGE WATCH
Fixed-Income Growth to Continue in '07
SPECIAL REPORT
American Financial Technology Awards
COVER STORY
Execution management systems – Flying under the radar
Execution management systems (EMS) are not new on the buy side by any means – first generation EMSs started appearing on the market some 18 months ago, although simple execution management applications have been available for the past decade. But this…
OMS Orderly conduct
ITG's Michael Roberts assesses the crucial role OMSs play in buy-side firms' execution capabilities
2007 PREVIEW: Great expectations
This year is set to be a definitive year for buy-side organisations on both sides of the Atlantic; MiFID awareness is clearly on the up as November 2007 draws inexorably closer, while the OTC credit and commodities markets still retain their lustre for…
MiFID Preparations Dominate Europe
SPECIAL REPORT: INSIDE MARKET DATA YEAR IN REVIEW
The Mifid Nightmare Becomes an Opportunity
SPECIAL REPORT: DWT YEAR IN REVIEW