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Industry Issues & Initiatives

Industry Issues & Initiatives

Waters Technology’s extensive coverage of Industry Issues & Initiatives features expert analysis, news, opinion, interviews & special reports on the business issues facing professionals across the financial market IT, trading technology and data landscape.


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Lessons from the Hash Crash

Over the past few months, a series of glitches similar to the one that caused the Hash Crash has made it clear that the financial markets are at the mercy...

Waters | Feature | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 18 Jun 2013

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Opening Cross: Worried About Event Latency? Slow Down and Take the Scenic Route

Ever been stuck behind someone who barged in front of you, only to then move at a much slower pace and hold everyone up? Perhaps it’s the slowpoke in the overtaking lane, or the old lady who elbows you aside on the subway stairs then shuffles down,...

Inside Market Data | Opinion | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 17 Jun 2013

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Tabb Panel: Has Hunt for Returns Hampered IT Innovation?

Lower trading volumes, uncertain markets and interest in international markets and new asset classes as over-the-counter instruments move to exchange-like trading platforms are prompting trading firms to broaden their scope, but this broader focus may...

Inside Market Data | News | Events | 13 Jun 2013

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Opening Cross: Latency, Line-of-Sight, and the Legacy of Sandy

More than six months after most aspects of life on the US East Coast returned to normal following Hurricane Sandy, two recent stories in the mainstream press remind us of that tragedy: first, that many victims left homeless by Sandy’s devastation are...

Inside Market Data | Opinion | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 09 Jun 2013

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Private Equity's Data Play

In private equity, general partners (GPs)—which invest directly in portfolio companies—are becoming more sophisticated about monitoring those companies’ performance, while limited partners, which invest in the GPs’ funds, are in turn scrutinizing...

Waters | Feature | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 04 Jun 2013

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Another Poll Indicts Buy Side on Central Clearing

As of March, a majority of buy-side firms were still not ready to centrally clear over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, according to a poll by SimCorp, a Copenhagen-based software provider.

Buy-Side Technology | News | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 04 Jun 2013

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Opening Cross: Empire State Street of Mind

My first love is music (sorry, market data!), and I recently began reading Empire State of Mind, Zack O’Malley Greenburg’s biography of rapper and hip-hop mogul Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, to find out how the self-confessed former cocaine dealer and...

Inside Market Data | Opinion | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 02 Jun 2013

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SIFMA Eyes SEC Rematch Over Data Fees

Trade organization the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has filed two petitions with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it hopes will pave the way for a judicial review of the way exchanges introduce new fees for...

Inside Market Data | News | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 31 May 2013

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June 2013: Nothing Typical About the Buy Side

While a wide array of financial firms can be categorized as "buy-side" institutions, Victor says that when it comes to their technology needs, they can be as different as chalk and cheese.

Waters | Opinion | Industry Issues & Initiatives | 31 May 2013

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Markit Preps Alternative to Bloomberg IM Network

Data vendor Markit is attempting to create a new open messaging network that will allow financial professionals to communicate and share information across multiple communication platforms, ostensibly to rival Bloomberg's messaging network, Instant Bloomberg,...

Inside Market Data | News | Connectivity & Networks | 30 May 2013

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