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A Black Day For Europe

The blocked merger of NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Börse could have significant implications for exchange consolidation in the future.

Sell-Side Technology | Opinion | Exchanges | 03 Feb 2012

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SIFMA App: An Editor's Best Friend

Since about every third attendee has their nose glued to their smart phones this morning, I'd say that the the Securities Industry and Financial Market Association (SIFMA) has scored a solid gold with its show app this year. Freely available for download,...

Sell-Side Technology | Opinion | Events | 14 Jun 2011

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Opening Cross: Data Demand Seeks Northern Exposure

This weekend, my wife is taking me to Toronto to celebrate our anniversary, following a growing trend of Americans migrating northward-American investors, that is, seeking exposure to new markets and looking to take advantage of fragmented liquidity as...

Inside Market Data | Opinion | Content Focus | 12 Nov 2010

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My 90-Minute Life as a Trader

Ever wondered what it’s like to be a trader? Financial services industry training provider 7city Learning offers a simulation game that lets participants enter the real world of trading. It can be used a training tool, or even as a means for financial...

Sell-Side Technology | Analysis | Trading Technologies and Strategies | 23 Sep 2010

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The Healing Process: Does Data Hiring Uptick Reflect Return to Growth?

The data job market is picking up, according to recruiters—one of whom I recently spoke to seemed genuinely surprised about the level of activity among firms and vendors recruiting for vacant and new positions. Despite the latest crisis of confidence...

Inside Market Data | Opinion | Organization & Management | 21 May 2010

Waiting for the Cloudburst

Although many industry participants are looking toward the various national regulators to determine how the industry will operate in the future, they should spend some time looking into their own datacenters for hints as to where things are heading from...

Waters | Opinion | Infrastructure Technologies | 01 Apr 2010

Call Me Sentimental ...

In a time when news outlets are being pulled toward in-depth analysis and commentary, I still feel a sentimental attachment to the "old" world of breaking news.

Waters | Opinion | Market Data Management | 01 Apr 2010

FX Hits Warp Speed

The rule of thumb in foreign exchange (FX) trading is that FX tends to lag the cash equities markets in terms of technological innovation by about a decade. Hence we are starting to hear conversations that would have been almost unthinkable a decade ago:...

Waters | Opinion | | 01 Mar 2010

2010 Forecast: Very Cloudy

It is too soon to know whether 2010 will be the Year of Cloud Computing. In financial services, at least, this technology solution du jour is still in its infancy. And I remember the mid-1990s, when every year, 25 Mbps Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)...

Waters | Opinion | Data Consumers | 01 Jan 2010

2010: Virtual Reality

Reality check: In 2010, there will be more market data generated than in 2009. Even if the increases of the past few years in the options and equity markets ease, they'll still rise overall. Second, there will be less money to spend on technology to handle...

Waters | Opinion | Hardware & Grid | 01 Jan 2010

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