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Apama Expands Market Surveillance Platform
Complex event processing and algorithmic trading software vendor Progress Apama will this week release new monitoring features within its market surveillance platform, to enable users to detect operational risk, as well as more pre-built pattern…
Xignite Enables On-Demand Data Platforms
Web services data provider Xignite will this week announce plans to commercialize its online platform for on-demand data, by enabling data providers to use it as the basis for building their own online marketplaces for their data.
Direct Edge Expands 29West Messaging
Jersey City, NJ-based equity ECN operator Direct Edge, which is in the process of becoming a fully fledged exchange, is expanding a rollout of messaging technology from 29West, which the ECN already uses to support the part of its business acquired via…
Open Market Data: Why Not?
As cost pressures push the financial industry to consider more "open" technologies, is the time right for data vendors to abandon proprietary tactics in favor of more collaborative approaches? By Richard Reichgut, director of financial services at…
CodeStreet Bows Integrator for Data Publishing
New York-based data software vendor CodeStreet will unveil a new product, dubbed Market Data Integrator, at this week's SIFMA show, which enables users to publish proprietary datasets via third-party data services such as Bloomberg terminals.
Floored: The Definitive Data Guide to the SIFMA Technology Management Conference
The current economy is making it harder for firms to get sign-off on technology projects. Thus, it's more important than ever for firms to know what they want. To help readers navigate this year's Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's…
When Tech and Crunch Collide
Today's financial markets depend more than ever on technology, which has moved from being an enabling factor to a major competitive differentiator and key driver of change. However, the economic crisis has thrown many firms' spending plans into turmoil,…
The Art of Liquidity Management
As liquidity in the markets continues to fragment and individual trading venues introduce innovative offerings, broker-dealers can no longer expect to manage their order books in the same way they have in the past. Firms need to find and manage liquidity…
The Ghost
Since its introduction, automation in electronic trading has followed a natural evolutionary path. The simplest manual processes were the first to be automated and, as technology evolved, more complex tasks followed. Through it all, the traders…
Sifma Technology Management Show Guide
It may be easy to predict that the financial crisis and its toll on the industry will be on everyone's lips at this year's Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma) Technology Management Conference and Exhibit. When most would be…
Divining the Right Liquidity Platform
As liquidity in global markets continues to fragment, sell-side firms of all sizes realize that deploying a liquidity management strategy and its supporting infrastructure isn't just about reaping the extra profits, but also meeting new regulatory…
Industry Mulls Benefits, Challenges of Fragmentation
The quality and cost of exchange data continue to be key concerns for market participants, leading some to suggest that further regulation may be required to address the challenges posed by the fragmentation of European equity trading, according to…
Sponsor’s Statement: Unveiling Data’s Potential
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Opportunities in the Crises
SPECIAL REPORT: IT in the Crises
Quantum Leap
Cover Story
Editor’s Letter: Grace Under Pressure
SPECIAL REPORT: IT in the Crisis
Calm Amid the Chaos
SPECIAL REPORT: IT in Crisis
Editor’s Letter: A Clear Picture
SPECIAL REPORT: Emerging From a Crisis
Emerging From a Crisis
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SaaS Gains Traction within Reconciliation
According to a recent research report published by industry analyst firm TowerGroup in conjunction with industry consultancy Perot Systems, small and midsize investment firms are investigating incorporating software-as-a-service- (SaaS-) delivered…
Euro traders struggling with liquidity sourcing
A new Tabb Group report finds that buy-side equity traders in the UK and Europe have encountered greater challenges over the past year sourcing liquidity within new market structures. At the same time, heightened awareness of counterparty risk has begun…
Spotlight trained on OTC pricing platforms
A new Celent Communications report evaluating providers of pricing tools for OTC derivatives and structured products finds that vendors have stepped up efforts to support clients under pressure from investors and regulators for more transparent and…
Regulators Weigh Mifid's Success
LONDON-Since its rollout, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) has increased competition in the securities markets and lowered costs for investors, according to European regulators.
Banks Eye Mixed Platforms to Calculate Front-Office Risk
LONDON-When tackling risk, financial firms are using front-office systems that combine real-time and batch-based calculations, according to industry participants who spoke during a panel discussion about risk at the DWT 2009 conference.