Market data
DLT and digital contracts for market data: Has the hammer found the nail?
Waters Wrap: A new platform that a custom-made DLT underpins is coming to market. Anthony examines its merits and, surprisingly, finds a lot.
No, no, no, and no: Overnight trading fails in SIP votes
The CTA and UTP operating committees voted yesterday on proposals from US exchanges to expand their trading hours and could not reach unanimous consensus.
Big xyt exploring bid to provide EU equities CT
So far, only one group, a consortium of the major European exchanges, has formally kept its hat in the ring to provide Europe’s consolidated tape for equities.
Terry Duffy on CME’s cloud future, takeover targets, and ... candy
CME CEO Terry Duffy explains the relatively narrow strategy that the derivatives exchange has taken under his leadership, especially compared to its peers.
Pisces season: Platform providers feed UK plan for private stock market
Several companies in the US and the UK are considering participating in a UK program to build a private stock market composed of separate trading platforms.
New FPGA component aims to curb co-lo costs
Hardware ticker plant provider Exegy is working on a new FPGA solution that it says will free up costly processing power on firms’ existing co-lo servers.
Asset manager Fortlake turns to AI data mapping for derivatives reporting
The firm also intends to streamline the data it sends to its administrator and establish a centralized database with the help of Fait Solutions.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 306: Reykjavik and market data
Reb is back on the podcast to talk about her trip to Reykjavik, as well as two market data reports released this month.
New study reveals soaring market data spend led by trading terminals
The research finds that 2024 was a record year for overall market data spend, supported by growth in terminal use, new license schemes by index providers, and great price variation among ratings agencies.
‘I recognize that tree’: Are market data fees defying gravity?
What do market data fees have in common with ‘Gilmore Girls’ and Samuel Beckett? Allow Reb to tell you.
When it comes to data inventory management, asset managers need a ‘rescue’ plan
The IMD Wrap: Inventory management may be a necessity, but it doesn’t need to be a chore. A little innovation can turn this cost center into a value generator.
The CAT declawed as Citadel’s case reaches end game
The SEC reduced the CAT’s capacity to collect information on investors, in a move that will have knock-on effects for its ongoing funding model case with Citadel.
To unlock $40T private markets, Hamilton Lane embraced automation
In search of greater transparency and higher quality data, asset managers are taking a tech-first approach to resource gathering in an area that has major data problems.
Examining Cboe’s lawsuit appealing SEC’s OEMS rule rejection
The Chicago-based exchange has sued the regulator in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals after the agency blocked a proposed rule that would change how Silexx is classified.
Lucrative market data deal with LSEG fuels Tradeweb’s record quarter
The fixed-income trading venue realized gains from its 2023 deal with the London Stock Exchange Group, amid soaring revenues from market data providers industry-wide.
Is overnight equities trading a fad or the future?
Competition is heating up in US equity markets as more venues look to provide trading from twilight to dawn. But overnight trading has skeptics, and there are technical considerations to address.
European exchange data prices surge, new study shows
The report analyzed market data prices and fee structures from 2017 to 2024 and found that fee schedules have increased exponentially. Several exchanges say the findings are misleading.
We’re running out of datacenters! (But maybe AI can help?)
The IMD Wrap: Datacenter and cloud adoption is being pushed to its limits by AI. Will we simply run out of space and power building AIs before AI figures out how to fix it?
FCA: Consolidated tape for UK equities won’t happen until 2028
At an event last week, the FCA proposed a new timeline for the CT, which received pushback from participants, according to sources.
Agentic AI and big questions for the technologists
Waters Wrap: Much the same way that GenAI dominated tech discussions over the last two years, the road ahead will feature a lot of agentic AI talk—and CIOs and CTOs better be prepared.
‘We started late’: Oracle makes case for its market data cloud offering
Executives from Oracle, LSEG, and CJC detailed the ‘eye-opening’ performance and latency of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
From frozen assets to fire sales: The datasets to prevent your investments going up in smoke
The IMD Wrap: As severe weather conditions become more commonplace, Max wonders which datasets will prove most useful for those navigating a changing world.
Opra considers ‘dynamic load balancing’ for options market
The data distributor recently completed a challenging project to build a 96-line feed. This new endeavor could prove just as challenging (but perhaps necessary) for the industry that will use it.
8 bank CTOs and CDOs sound off on artificial intelligence
Waters Wrap: Last year, WatersTechnology spoke with heads of technology and data from a range of tier-1 banks. Anthony pulls at one common thread from those interviews: AI.