Data Management
The Hunt for Low Latency
As technology continues to progress, what once was considered low latency, such as a 20 millisecond window, is now considered middling or even laggardly.
Stand Up, Joe the Data Manager
Last week, Americans went to the polls to elect a new president, and voted for a platform of hope and change. So now that the election is finally over, I hope my evenings will change from being dominated exclusively by my fiance's recent diet of Wolf…
LSE Folds Level 1 Plus Into Top-of-Book Feed
The London Stock Exchange is to merge the standalone version of its Level 1 Plus mid-tier datafeed early next year with its regular Level 1 datafeed, enhancing the content delivered to Level 1 subscribers by consolidating data and analytics that had…
Vhayu, StreamBase Alliance Wins RBC Deal
Tick database and analytics provider Vhayu and complex event processing software vendor StreamBase are claiming success for a partnership the vendors announced in May to deliver a pre-integrated tick analysis platform for historical and real-time data,…
As DJIA Sees Uptick, Indexes Face Change
A chill blew into New York City last week, blowing the leaves from the trees, and apparently blowing a wind of change into that key economic indicator, the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow closed up 889.35 points (a 10.88 percent gain) on Tuesday…
Aite: Spend to Rise on 'Unstructured' Data for Algos
Industry spend on unstructured data for use as an input to algorithmic trading strategies is expected to double over the next three years, from a predicted $75.5 million in 2009 to more than $141 million in 2011, according to a report from research firm…
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Editor's Letter - Once bitten twice shy
The speed and volatility of the changes we've experienced in the global equity markets over the past few weeks have been nothing short of spectacular. The Vix, the CBOE's volatility index, reached an all-time high of 81.17 on October 16, although by the…
Month in Numbers
"We are watching all of our counterparties incredibly closely at the moment, because we have never had a situation as unique as this that warranted suspending brokers on a regular basis"
Insurance industry IT spending to shift gear
IT spending in the insurance sector will be less hard hit than the banking sector in 2009, but will shift to focus more on risk management and compliance, a Datamonitor report has found.
Vhayu partners with Alphacet for alpha generation
Vhayu Technologies, a provider of enterprise tick data solutions, has partnered with Alphacet, a developer of quantitative tools, to provide users with an integrated tick database and alpha generation platform. This, according to Vhayu, will help firms…
Fear and populism
Plummeting stock prices, rising numbers of house foreclosures and steadily growing unemployment rates have led to loud calls for increased regulation. But countries should avoid knee-jerk reactions to the current financial crisis. By Emily Fraser
Quantifi unveils version 9.1
Quantifi, the New York-based provider of analytics and risk management technology, has released version 9.1. Highlights of the new offering include: