Editors letter
Opening Cross: When Will the Money Men Support Their Support Services?
The front office needs to have its market data teams' backs, not back them into a corner.
June 2016: Poignancy and People Power
While it’s important to focus on the technology that drives our industry, it’s similarly important to acknowledge the human aspects.
Opening Cross: Balancing and Evolving with Your Greatest Asset
A company's greatest asset isn't the products it creates, or even how it uses them; it's the people who create them.
Opening Cross: ‘Key’ Issues: Major to Minor, Minor to Major
If the sheer entertainment value of TV’s Lip-Synch Battle doesn’t have you singing along and mastering your pitch changes and switching between major and minor keys, then take my word for it: watching The Rock lip-synching to Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off…
May 2016: The Back Office Must Be Loving This
Fintech is all about the front office, but Victor says blockchain could shine the spotlight on the back office.
Opening Cross: The New Wave of New Wave of New Data
If old-school datasets are giving you the blues, try some green...
Opening Cross: Don’t Forget the Fundamentals
As we chase outright speed, we mustn't lose sight of the underlying data about a company that makes that speed so important.
Opening Cross: Test the Water Before Diving In (And Other Old Sayings with New Applications)
With so many complex new datasets promsing alpha, some vendors are doing the heavy analytics lifting for clients, while others are allowing users to first test the data in new ways.
Opening Cross: Don’t Let a Wine Week Be Data-Weak
Many readers will know that I’m fond of a nice glass of wine. But this wasn’t always the case. In fact, I was well into my twenties before my then-publisher persuaded me to try a spectacular Australian shiraz-cabernet blend by Penley Estate. I was…
April 2016: ‘A Changeable Marketplace’
Anthony discusses the need to be agile, especially in changing marketplaces with constantly shifting regulatory regimes.
Opening Cross: Digging for Gold in the Data Sandbox
The emergence of "sandbox" organizations and development environments are fostering a climate of innovation.
Opening Cross: To Ensure Data Quality, Keep Long Leases on Short Leashes
Sell-off-and-lease-back strategies require supreme—award-winning, even—confidence in your partners.
Opening Cross: Raising a Glass to Market Data’s Master Mixologists
Cocktails are an art. So is market data.And those who perform their task exceptionally deserve recognition.
Opening Cross: Don’t Undervalue the Unusual
Vendors are finding innovative ways to capture proprietary content, and to mine value from its increasing volumes.
March 2016: When Is Agile Not Agile?
"Agile means different things to different organizations and some have adopted it to a greater extent than others."
Opening Cross: Forget the Harlem Shake; Do the Deutsche Shuffle
Even before they confirmed merger negotiations, it was clear to see that the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse had much in common.
Opening Cross: Eco-system Warriors: It’s All About Access
The proposition of a third-party ecosystem of content and capabilities is simple: What can you offer me in return for what I can offer you?
Opening Cross: Roses? Say It With Data!
Romance isn't dead; at least, not according to the data...
February 2016: The Market Will Decide
Victor highlights the key criteria startups must meet in order to gain a foothold in the capital markets.
Opening Cross: Data Fees—Everyone Else is Doing It; Why Can’t I?
Nobody likes fees, especially if their purpose is merely to align with fees already charged by others.
Opening Cross: Automation Doesn’t Automatically Make You an Automaton
The next upgrade to systems automation is automating systems upgrades, according to startup DynamicIQ.
Opening Cross: Choose Your Partners for the ‘Year of the Ecosystem’
Choose wisely: The right partner can make or break your business.
January 2016: Creeping Along the Continuum
While it's impossible to know what the future might hold, it's almost guaranteed that upstarts will look to upend incumbents in 2016.
Opening Cross: Are You Entitled to Answers?
Can't handle the truth? Or just can't handle a lack of timely answers?