Data Management
Waxing Brazilian
As the developed markets of the West hope for a better year in 2010, some are devoting even more attention to emerging markets in the hunt for higher returns, and specifically to Brazil, which saw a number of data-related initiatives either get underway…
Pennies from Heaven
The American statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin once said, "A penny saved is a penny earned." Looking at the year ahead, this will definitely be the theme for 2010.
High-Frequency Trading: Getting with the Program
What exactly is high-frequency trading (HFT)? Is HFT good for the market or is it synonymous with toxic order flow? Does it fly in the face of anti-competition laws? How many different HFT strategies are there and what differentiates them? These are just…
2010 Forecast: Very Cloudy
Opinion
Firm Be Nimble
Open Platform
March of the Robo-Traders
Asia report
Crossing the Data Chasm
The main driver for outsourcing reference data management is typically cost control, but data control is also a key concern. Netik's Colin Close explains how this can be addressed
Picture This
One of the key focus areas for the new year is liquidity risk and valuation risk. But to deal with the upcoming challenges, firms are looking for more granular and better integrated data. Tine Thoresen speaks to AIG's Suresh Jayaraman about what data…
Month in Numbers
"The Commission will be seeking views on applying position limits consistently across all markets and participants, including index traders and managers of exchange-traded funds; whether such limits would enhance market integrity and efficiency; whether…
Valuation vendor market to expand through 2012
A new Aite Group report anticipates that the pricing and valuation services industry will grow to $2.9 billion by the end of 2012, reflecting pressure from regulators and investors on buy-side managers and their custodians to improve these functions…
LatAm Taps CMA for Price Display
Miami, Fla-based broker-dealer LatAm Investments is using market data and technology from Brazilian data vendor CMA to enable it to display orders from client firms in the US to clients of clearing brokers in Mexico and Brazil.
'Twas the Night Before Christmas...
'Twas the night before Christmas, and empty was Wall Street,
Algorithmic News Gathers Pace
News providers found new ways to deliver and present their content to users during 2009, notably by broadening and reducing the latency associated with machine-readable news offerings as algorithmic and high-frequency traders increasingly seek to…
Exchanges, ATSs Battle for Share
2009 was a tough year for exchanges worldwide, especially in Europe, where continued fragmentation has resulted in lower market share for most incumbent markets at a time of subdued trading volumes compared to 2008.
Vendors Vie for Share with New Platforms
Though Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg maintained dominant market shares and unveiled major initiatives in 2009, other data providers launched their own projects to broaden their client bases as they vie with rivals for the remainder of the market.
Deutsche Börse Expands Latency Reports
Deutsche Börse has begun providing members of its Xetra cash market with the same latency statistics that it rolled out to members of its Eurex derivatives market earlier this year ( IMD , Nov. 6), to show firms their latency to and from the exchange and…