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European Financial Information Summit 2011: Data Consumers Optimistic Despite Tight Budgets

Four years after the start of the global economic crisis, financial institutions are still feeling the pinch of recession, according to a panel of end-user...

Inside Market Data | Discussion | Events | 30 Sep 2011

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European Financial Information Summit 2011: Panel Says Proprietary Costs Will Prompt Two-Tier Latency Race

The ever-increasing speed demands of algorithmic and high-frequency trading are prompting a shift to more proprietary technology development, leading to a division between the “haves” and “have-nots” with the resources to continue investing in...

Inside Market Data | Discussion | Events | 30 Sep 2011

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European Financial Information Summit 2011: Banks Say Exchanges Must Simplify Usage, Pricing Models

Despite mounting pressure from sell-side firms and increased competition from market fragmentation, appeals for exchanges to simplify their data usage and pricing policies are going largely unheeded, panelists said, warning that if the administrative...

Inside Market Data | Discussion | Events | 30 Sep 2011

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European Financial Information Summit 2011: Data Architects Construct ‘Virtual’ Reality

Trading firms are looking to managed services and cloud computing as a means to deliver more value and resources, while reducing the number of systems that they need to maintain internally. And while vendors are happy to step up to the plate, they warn...

Inside Market Data | Discussion | Events | 30 Sep 2011

Roundtable: Headline Figures vs Breaking News

As Thomson Reuters’ recent launch of its Reuters America news service demonstrates, news is still a critical input for investors. While ordinary investors are demanding more professional-level content, the face of news on the trading floor is changing,...

Inside Market Data | Discussion | Newswires | 02 Jan 2011

Paris End-User Panel: Vendors Must Demonstrate Value

With the financial industry still heavily focused on controlling costs, data consumers are demanding that vendors justify price increases by clearly demonstrating added value to their products, while also taking time to better understand user needs, said...

Inside Market Data | Discussion | Data Administration | 11 Jun 2010

Panel: Focus on Latency Creates New Hurdles

Low-latency data continues to be a critical factor for firms trading across a fragmented European equity market to ensure timely access to liquidity and trading performance, though panelists in Paris last week disagreed over where latency bottlenecks...

Inside Market Data | Discussion | Events | 11 Jun 2010

Panel: EU Tape Would Address Data Quality and Cost

Panelists at last week's Paris Financial Information Summit urged the European Commission to address the cost and quality of European market data in its review of the MiFID regulations later this year, to ensure fair access to a consolidated view of trading...

Inside Market Data | Discussion | Data Delivery Technologies | 11 Jun 2010

Multi-Sourcing Holds Key to Data Quality

Financial firms seeking to ensure the best pricing for illiquid asset classes and perform accurate validations must undertake rigorous vendor selection processes while also incorporating prices and models generated internally, according to panelists speaking...

Inside Market Data | Discussion | Events | 11 Jun 2010

Virtualization Takes Command

NEW YORK—During the recent Waters Power 2010 conference held in Midtown Manhattan, various industry participants agreed that server virtualization and cloud computing are here to stay. However, some issues surrounding the nascent technology have firms...

Sell-Side Technology | Discussion | Hosting & Co-location | 18 May 2010

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