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Users: Vendors Must Take “Global” View
Global data vendors have some advantages over their regional counterparts, but do not always recognize the global nature of trading and investment firm clients, and sometimes try to apply inconsistent commercial models, according to a panel of end-users…
Data Providers Predict Asia-Pacific Evolution
Brokers and vendors providing data services to banks and asset managers in Asia are increasing their focus on tailored products for the region, reflecting demand for local data, while at the same time expecting trends from the rest of the world to…
APFIS Keynote: Asia-Pac’s Key Data Drivers
Data management is more important than ever for financial institutions in Asia, due to rising trade volumes and increasingly complex markets in the region, according to John Burns, managing director and chief information officer at Credit Suisse in Asia…
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Buy-side alpha, leverage strategies in flux
According to a new Tabb Group survey, Alternative investments 2007: The quest for alpha , traditional buy-side firms and hedge fund managers are pursuing more active, globally oriented alpha-generation initiatives, while simultaneously shifting their…
Canadian buy side to expand use of trading technologies
Buy-side traders in Canada are expected to make significantly greater use of electronic trading, algorithmic and dark liquidity tools through next year (2008) as the country's equity markets move from dual to multiple structures.
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…
Keynote Highlights Value of Data
Market data will prove a constant area of value and differentiation between exchanges as new competitive landscapes and regulations rewrite traditional exchange models, according to the European Financial Information Summit's keynote speaker, Miguel…
Searching for Alpha Through Data
The burden of finding new datasets that add value to a trader's ability to achieve alpha-the elusive difference by which someone outperforms an index through skill, timing and asset selection-is falling to data managers and traders or asset managers, as…
Ref Data Panel: Trust, Governance Key for Data Management
Governance issues and the ability of firms to have confidence in data are key challenges for reference data management strategies, according to a panel on the Inside Reference Data stream of last week's European Financial Information Summit.
User Firms Strive to Preserve Choice
In the face of the pending merger between two of the industry's leading data providers-Thomson and Reuters-end-user firms say they will promote niche service providers to preserve competition between vendors, according to a panel of end-users at last…
Feeds, Terminals in Evolution Race
Standalone data terminals must evolve if they are to continue to have value for traders in the face of growing usage of direct datafeeds to power algorithmic trading and pricing applications, according to participants on a panel dubbed "Is the terminal…
Vendors: More Mergers Won't Stifle Innovation
The trend towards consolidation among data providers is set to continue, as vendors grapple with issues of scalability, complexity and infrastructure costs, according to panelists at last week's European Financial Information Summit.
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.
Wombat Debuts DART Feed Entitlements Tools
Wombat Financial Software's entitlements division, which the vendor acquired with the purchase of Harco Technology in January, will this week unveil two new entitlements software systems based on Harco's DART (Data Access and Reporting Tool) technology.
Understanding Under-Reporting
With changes to the industry as a whole and the way market data is distributed, exchanges are set to step up their data auditing functions to protect their market data from unauthorized distribution, leaving end-user firms facing greater administrative…
ICE Futures Resumes Exchange Data Audits
The Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) will begin conducting market data audits on member firms that subscribe to data from its ICE Futures Europe market (formerly the International Petroleum Exchange), ending a five-year hiatus period during…
Data Evolution Prompts Exchange Audit Rise
Exchanges are increasing the number of data audits they perform to verify that market data usage is in accordance with the levels authorized in their contracts with customers, and are shifting their focus more from data vendors to end-user firms,…
Swift Ratchets Up Aggressiveness
BOSTON-The annual Sibos user conference kicked off last week as Swift chairman Yawar Shah and new CEO Lázaro Campos engaged the audience with Swift's new aggressive strategy to win increased market share and improve product and service offerings.