Data Management
Research Faces 'Consumer' Revamp
Research & Commentary-The research industry is in a state of flux, with numerous trends contributing to the pace of change. Michael Mayhew of Integrity Research Associates predicts that buy-side firms will increasingly internalize research generation and…
FTSE Takes Over Enviro-Tech Index, Relaunches Straits Times
Index provider FTSE will this week confirm that it has begun calculating and disseminating index data on the ET50 index of the 50 largest environmental technology companies, which it took over from investment manager Impax Asset Management at the end of…
Mashing Up Wall Street
Financial firms are finding commercial uses for formerly "social" technologies as cost-effective and direct tools for collaboration and communication. By Penny Herscher, president and chief executive, FirstRain
Investment Alternatives Drive Index Demand
As investors look for new markets and investment strategies, development of new indexes will help them diversify their assets. By Jerry Moskowitz, president, FTSE Americas
Research's Technology Revolution
Just as technology improved the management of trade orders between the buy side and sell side, new research tools and protocols are starting to solve communication and management problems between buy-side research consumers and sell-side providers. By…
News Consumers in Search of Better Search
The way that traders obtain news and other information is changing as mainstream news becomes a commodity and end-users seek out niche sources and ways to customize content.
Credit Challenges Remain in 2008
Content Focus: CREDIT-The credit markets faced a major setback last year in the sub-prime crisis, which created the still-ongoing credit crunch. Yet experts believe there remain opportunities for the market to rebound in 2008.
Deutsche Börse Revamps Data Policy
Deutsche Börse will this year implement a new fee policy for firms that use the exchange's real-time data to generate derived values such as indexes, risk and portfolio analytics, and for use within non-display applications such as algorithmic trading…
Execution Venue Competition, Post-MiFID
Despite a host of potential new European trading venues and data sources created as a result of MiFID, it may prove hard for new markets to grab share and create value. By Paul Pickup, director, Trading Technology.
SICOM Plans Data Overhaul
The Singapore Commodity Exchange (SICOM) is replacing its market data system to enable the exchange to handle greater data volumes and to introduce new data services this year.
Exchanges Must Seek 'Intellectual' Innovation
In the face of competition from their members and a consolidating market, exchanges need to answer end-user issues while also coming up with the Next Big Thing-or "Next Big Think." By Rafah Hanna, head of data at MTS
London Stock Exchange Spells Out 2008 Priorities
With exchange mergers focusing efforts on integration, the London Stock Exchange sets out the data and technology projects that will be most relevant to customers in 2008. By David Lester, chief information officer, London Stock Exchange
Algos Face Fragmentation, Complexities in '08
Algorithmic trading and smart order-routing applications will need to balance market data from multiple venues with clearing and settlement data, post-MiFID. By Bob Fuller, non-executive director at Fixnetix, and former chief executive of Equiduct.
'Smart' Bombs to Ignite Liquidity Explosion
As competition increases and European markets divide to serve different trader requirements, smart order-routing algorithms will not only become more widely used, but more sophisticated, and will need to capture and analyze data on not just prices, but…
Taming the Wild, Wild Web
In the last couple of years, the Internet has become pervasive and global, spawning an exciting generation of Web 2.0 applications like podcasts, blogs, wikis, P2P social networking, Semantic Web mashups, and 3D virtual worlds. The latest consumer…
2008: The Year of ...?
There's an old Roman saying: "Always follow a fat Pope with a skinny one." After 2007, when Regulation NMS and the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) went into full effect and the credit market melted down, what can the industry expect…
BOX Weighs Possible Platform Migration
BOSTON-Keeping in line with New Year's resolutions, the Boston Options Exchange (BOX) plans to reevaluate and possibly diversify its server providers, DWT has learned.
IT Spending Up in 2007
BOSTON & LONDON-Despite the credit crunch, financial services firms have spent more on IT investments in 2007 than previous years, say industry watchers.
TSX Shelves Controversial Data Fees
The Toronto Stock Exchange has put on ice plans to charge data clients according to the number of servers running analytical programs that consume TSX data, after a frosty response to the proposed fees from end-user firms.