Special report
Tech, Culture Hamper Cross-Asset Adoption
More markets going electronic and certain trading technologies becoming increasingly commoditized are two of the reasons for the rise in cross-asset trading seen recently, according to industry experts.
Liquidity Management No Longer an Option
After the onset of the credit liquidity crunch beginning in August 2007, the importance of being able to locate and exploit liquidity has never been greater to the buy- and sell-side communities, according to industry representatives who spoke during the…
Should IT Be Profit Center Or Service?
As IT organizations gain finer management capabilities over their shared infrastructure, such as compute and data grids, many people are finding their roles changing as well.
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.
Wish You Were Here
On May 14, DWT held its 14th annual DWT conference and exhibition at the Hilton Tower Bridge in London, drawing financial technologists from the City and Canary Wharf and points north, east, south and west. Having attended these events for the past…
MTFs' Sentiments on Settlements
At the DWT 2008 conference and exhibition, Eli Lederman, CEO of Turquoise, and Peter Randall, CEO of Chi-X, were brought together to discuss the evolving European market structure. What follows are highlights of the lively conversation.
New Markets, New Challenges
LONDON-Financial technologists from The City and Canary Wharf descended on the neutral turf of Hilton Tower Bridge last week to attend the 14 th annual DWT conference and exhibition. They were able to see how their colleagues continue to deal with…
Panel: Bad Data Exacerbated Sub-Prime Debacle
Inaccurate underlying data and limited historical data for US residential and commercial property is partly to blame for multi-billion-dollar losses at global investment banks with exposure to the US residential mortgage sector, according to an industry…
Going Cross Asset
As demand for complex executions continues to grow, many sell-side firms are finding that deploying cross-asset trading platforms is no longer a luxury. DWT assembled a panel consisting of Steve Grob, director of derivatives products and strategic…
NYSE Euronext Strengthens Cross-Asset Offerings
As traders continue to demand easier access to a variety of market centers in order to execute multiple-instrument trading strategies, officials at NYSE Euronext have been working to deliver new cross-asset trading capabilities.
Conquering Cross-Asset Trading
Developing and deploying a true electronic multi-asset trading system is one of the greatest challenges a financial IT organization can face today. Not only are there many technology integration issues; there are also the broad range of cultural…
Cross-Asset Trading: Ready for Prime Time
In recent years, we have seen a steady growth of cross-asset trading, but there is a long way to go. Liquidity and technology are still the biggest obstacles to e-trading, according to a recent European e-trading survey carried out by the Securities…
IMD Reference: Bloomberg Leads But Impact of Downturn Yet to Fully Bite
The merger of Thomson and Reuters puts the combined entity neck and neck with Bloomberg in terms of market share and pure data revenue growth, according to figures from the latest edition of Inside Market Data Reference .
Costs, Cuts Dominate User Projects
The fallout from the credit crisis is prompting an increased focus on cost controls at banks and investment managers, according to a panel of end-user firms at last week's North American Financial Information Summit.
Firms Balance Latency, Volumes
As datafeeds become faster and more voluminous, firms are becoming more confident with their levels of data latency, and dealing with ever-increasing volumes of data has become their primary challenge, according to panelists at last week's North American…
Panel: Exchanges Must Lead Change
The ongoing trend of exchange mergers are creating opportunities for exchanges to provide broader datasets to clients, though the benefits can be slow to materialize, said panelists.
Credit, Regulation Drives Vendor Focus
Turbulence in the credit markets and regulatory requirements are creating new business opportunities for market data vendors, but are also imposing burdens in the form of clients demanding a broader range of data and greater value for the money they pay…
IDC Cuts Opra Processing with FIX API
Interactive Data Corp. has reduced its CPU overhead for processing data from the Options Price Reporting Authority by 30 percent, as a result of developing a new data API that utilizes the FAST (FIX Adapted for Streaming data) protocol, Inside Market…
Consumers Seek More Granularity
Information and news providers are increasing the granularity of their information in response to end-user demand for more diverse and independent sources of data to provide ever-slimmer trading advantages, and to compare information and identify…
Thomson Reuters Takes IMD Awards Spoils
Thomson Reuters trumped Bloomberg at this year's Inside Market Data Awards last week, taking six awards across a range of categories compared to its rival's three, which saw Bloomberg fare better at providing data on specific asset classes and take the…