Roundtable
UBS Cuts Outsourced Tech Jobs
The investment bank has eliminated thousands of roles and revamped its approach to outsourcing over the last two years.
Industry Optimistic for Innovation in 2014
At the start of the New Year, it’s customary to say goodbye to the past year and look ahead to the opportunities and challenges of the next. In keeping with this theme, Inside Market Data asks vendors what they expect to drive or hinder innovation in the…
12 for ’12: Key Themes for the Year Ahead
With gradual economic improvement in developed economies expected to drive continued interest in emerging markets and technologies in 2012, the industry will look to leverage existing investments for new uses, and make strategic investments in content…
2010: A Market Data Odyssey
With trading firms expected to loosen their purse strings slightly in 2010, data providers anticipate demand for analytics and risk management tools, historical data for building accurate models, and technologies originating in social media to plot…
Tapping Data's Eastern Promise
Many trading firms and vendors alike see the Asia-Pacific markets as a growth region. But to take advantage of that growth, one must understand what each wants from the other-and how to overcome challenges ranging from fragmented markets with regulatory…
The Data Challenges of Valuing Complex Securities
How to value growing numbers of increasingly complex fixed-income securities came under discussion at a panel discussion hosted recently by Standard & Poor's. Panelists debated the data inputs required as well as which models to employ to generate the…