Special report
Tabb: European Broker Spend to Rise
Broker-dealer spend on market data-related technologies is likely to increase in Europe over the next two years, despite budget cutbacks triggered by the ongoing economic crisis, as firms adapt to rising numbers of new trading venues, according to new…
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…
Vendors: Turmoil Prompts Quality Focus
Data providers must focus on the quality and breadth of the data they offer if they are to increase the value of their services during tough market conditions, said a panel of vendors at last week's European Financial Information Summit.
Bellegarde: Data Never More Important
The European data industry must adapt to new technologies and market forces in the face of an economic crisis if established providers are to remain competitive, according to NYSE Euronext group executive vice president and head of European execution…
User Firms Tighten Data Spend
Continued economic uncertainty is forcing user firms to step up their data administration efforts in order to cut per-user market data spend, according to a panel of institutions at last week's European Financial Information Summit.
Credit, Risk Top Demand for 'Hot' Data
Accurate data for performing valuations, structuring complex securities and risk management-particularly in the credit markets-is a hot topic, and is being demanded in ever-increasing volumes by end-user firms, according to a panel at last week's…
Volatility Still Challenges Algos
Trading via technology and algorithms alone may not be the best strategy during volatile times in the financial markets, according to industry experts.
Taming the Dark Pools
With the low barrier of entry to developing and deploying new dark pools of liquidity, the industry has experienced a dramatic growth in non-displayed liquidity venues in the past year. However, with that growth many industry participants say it's time…
Timing Is Everything
In early January the editors and publisher of DWT and Buy-Side Technology sat down to determine how best to serve our readers and we came up with an idea to launch a new conference covering the subjective and elusive topic of "best execution."
Shaking Up Transaction Cost Analysis
Though the use of transaction cost analysis (TCA) has permeated the buy side, a number of industry participants see the need for an evolutionary change.
Business Success Spurs Customization
It is possible for a firm to customize off-the-shelf technology to create a differentiated system or product, but sometimes vendors stand in the way, say industry experts.
A New Dawn for Corporate Actions Processing
The US corporate actions market is seeing a growing number of complex notifications, resulting in an increased interest in taking data from multiple sources and in-depth tax information. Inside Reference Data gathered leading industry professionals to…
Storm clouds gather at Sibos
Following the most dramatic weekend in the financial markets in recent history, last month's Sibos conference in Vienna gave delegates the opportunity to discuss the impact that the ongoing credit crisis might have on their businesses. But as Joel Clark…
New York puts on a brave face at Best Ex 2008
With the current turmoil and uncertainty permeating most facets of the US economy, one would be forgiven for assuming that buy- and sell-side practitioners would have been too fixated on their Bloomberg terminals to attend a one-day conference. But as…
Collateral management technology gains buy-side traction
The substantial growth of over-the-counter derivatives trading by traditional asset managers and hedge funds has driven up the use of collateral instruments, providing collateral management technology vendors with an opening to gain more buy-side…
As Rome burns
Stewart Eisenhart was in San Francisco midway through last month to attend this year's TradeTechWest conference. He reports that, while the current financial crisis in the US offered attendees and panellists the perfect opportunity to cry off, the no…
Activ Preps Brazilian Low-Latency Play
Low-latency data vendor Activ Financial is setting up a datacenter in Brazil that will house a locally deployed ticker plant for collecting market data from Brazilian exchange group BM&F Bovespa to distribute to local trading firms, and North American…
EPFR Tests Emerging Markets Currency Flows
Fund flows data provider EPFR Global is testing a new dataset that shows money flows into and out of different emerging market and global currencies, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Wiener Börse Boosts East Europe Data
Austrian exchange Wiener Börse is preparing to add more market data from emerging Eastern European exchanges to its Alliance Data Highway (ADH) datafeed, including data from two stock exchanges in Bosnia and Herzegovina, increased market depth, and local…
Vienna: Gateway to Eastern Europe?
Interest in data from Eastern European exchanges is growing fast. But with any emerging market, there are challenges to obtaining data, which can range from contractual issues to connectivity. Austrian exchange Wiener Börse is easing some of that burden…
CME Readies BM&F Data Rollout
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is preparing to roll out data from Brazilian exchange BM&F in the next few days to trading firms in North America via its market data feed, officials tell Inside Market Data , though the exchange has not yet confirmed a…
Emerging Markets Go Mainstream
As emerging markets attract ever-increasing interest from Western investors, Inside Market Data quizzes a panel of companies operating in and sourcing data from emerging markets around the globe on the challenges and opportunities facing firms looking to…
ITG Launches Dark Algos in Europe
Agency brokerage and crossing-network provider Investment Technology Group (ITG) has announced the addition of ITG Dark Algorithm to the ITG Algorithms suite of trading tools in Europe. ITG Dark Algorithm provides access to multiple dark venues,…
Liquidity Management Systems: Their Place in Today's Trading Infrastructure Trio
Occasionally confused with a controller's cash management system, liquidity management systems (LMSes) have quickly emerged from infancy to near-adulthood status.