Latency
Trimming the Fat? Or Cutting to the Bone?
In the event that we're lucky enough not to know someone whose job has been directly affected by the financial crisis, the current layoff frenzy sweeping the entire economy serves as a reminder that although the recession may have been sparked by…
The Rise of the Boutiques
Nature truly abhors a vacuum and so do the markets. While Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit tolls the official death knell of the "supermarket model" for financial institutions as he cleaves his firm into Citigroup and Citi Holdings, many firms and vendors are…
Firms Struggle to Tame Capacity, Latency
Trading firms continued to pursue ever-lower latency in 2008, but continued to face challenges from spiralling data volumes, driven by options data and the arrival of new trading venues in Europe. With no clear solutions emerging to address the dual…
Unveiling Data's Potential
SPECIAL REPORT
The Latency Risk
SPECIAL REPORT
Paging the CLO
A little over a year ago, a couple exchange officials introduced me to a new C-level job description in the industry-chief optimization officer. The role, as it was explained to me, is to ensure that all trading systems within the investment bank deliver…
Finding the Secret Ingredient
It seems that my editor's letter in DWT 's recent latency special report ( DWT , Nov. 10) in which I discuss the trend of hiring IT staff outside from the financial verticals and what impact that would have for organizations has gotten some push back…
Millisecond Latency Sufficient for Asia
Demand for low-latency data to support algorithmic trading is growing in Asia, though the speed required by user firms in the region differs from the more evolved and higher-frequency US and European markets, according to a panel at last week's…
Firms Increase Focus on Latency, Capacity
More than three-quarters of end-user firms monitor latency and capacity issues on a real-time basis with dedicated staff, although only 7 percent can claim that their internal data infrastructure operates sub-millisecond, with 33 percent running at…
Travel Tips for Data Trips
STREAMING QUOTES
Stop the Latency Insanity
THE DALY CLOSE
Market Data Sourcing Challenges for Alpha-Seekers
With markets becoming fragmented and more competitive, the way that firms source market data is becoming a key component in the search for competitive advantage. By John Panzica, general manager of global financial markets at Reliance Globalcom
Month in Numbers
"Clearly we don't use carrier pigeons - the point I was trying to make is that the industry is still very much transfixed by the 'Henry Ford' approach to technology, which allows you to do things faster. But that's not necessarily how you make money"
Equiduct Prepares to Launch
Market Structure
Return of the Killer App?
Streaming Quotes
An army of one
The economic downturn in the US has had some surprising consequences. The Associated Press reports that the US Marines and Army received a surge of new recruits in April, which took them well above their recruitment goals despite the unpopular and ugly…
DWT Panel: Apps Hinder Firms' Latency Efforts
Trading firms are being hampered in their efforts to achieve nanosecond-fast data by applications and other parts of the trading process that introduce latency, according to panelists at the London conference of sibling publication Dealing With…
Bleeding Out Latency
Establishing a low-latency infrastructure within a firm consists of more than deploying the fattest networking pipe or deploying simple point solutions, according to industry participants.