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IT Spending to Drop in 2009
LONDON-Sell-side IT organizations should plan to do more with less as industry experts predict a double-digit decline in IT spending for next year.
ZepInvest Preps Commentary Portal
Online financial content aggregator ZepInvest will this week unveil a Web portal that provides access to premium, subscription-based financial news and commentary in one place for a fraction of the cost of subscribing to all the sources separately.
Web Info Needs Reliability Checks
Growing volumes of investment-targeted information in blogs and online sources, and the investment industry's increased focus on it as a source of potentially market-moving data, could lead to the development of a rating system to determine the…
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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.
TheMarkets Rolls Out 'In Brief' Email Alerts
Bank consortium research platform TheMarkets.com will this week unveil a new service that distributes snapshots of research and analyst changes to its buy-side broker research clients via email.
YouDevise Hires for Asia Growth
Trade ideas distribution utility YouDevise has added another staff member to its recently opened Hong Kong office, in response to rising volumes of trade ideas over its Trade Idea Monitor system from broker-dealers in Asia Pacific as global investors…
YouDevise Speeds Up Trade Ideas
Trade ideas distribution utility YouDevise has rolled out changes to its technology in response to demand from sell-side and buy-side firms to be able to speed up distribution and capture of trade ideas, which is being driven by current market volatility…
Asia Passes U.S. in 2009 IT Spending Growth
HONG KONG-Asia is expected to hold steady, while IT spending in the U.S. will likely slow next year to more than originally expected, according to a recent report published by Forrester Research.
Smart Order Routing to Go Beyond Equities
Smart order routing is going beyond the equities market, according to industry observers. "Foreign exchange (FX) is a big player ... it's definitely moving to multi market," says Adam Honoré, senior analyst at research firm Aite Group, who spoke during a…
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Proquote Adds Martin Data for Treasury App
The London Stock Exchange's data terminal vendor Proquote has launched a new product targeted at the UK treasury market, dubbed Proquote Treasury, which incorporates specialist content sourced via a recently formed relationship with UK-based Martin…
TheMarkets Expands Direct Broker Feeds
Investment bank consortium-owned research portal TheMarkets.com has begun an initiative to expand the number of independent research providers and brokers providing direct feeds of research data to its portal, as an alternative to third-party research…
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TheMarkets.com Steps Up FactSet CallStreet Integration
Investment bank consortium-owned research portal TheMarkets.com last month augmented the corporate events data available on its research platform with the addition of new data from FactSet CallStreet, which provides calendars, audio links and transcripts…
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Wachovia Rolls Out TheMarkets' MeritMark Platform
Wachovia Securities recently rolled out TheMarkets.com's MeritMark Web-based broker vote platform to its clients, to automate the collection and distribution of buy-side feedback on sell-side research personnel and services to the broker-dealer, vendor…
Code Red Gives Red Alerts a Facelift
Boston-based software vendor Code Red is beta testing a "soft release" of version 3.3 of its Red Alerts research management software with a group of hedge fund clients, which officials say represents a "significant upgrade" to the system's user interface.
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