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The Bottom Line in 2009
The data management world is already anticipating how the credit crunch will affect the industry in the coming year. Carla Mangado asks what the future holds for reference data teams, budgets and priorities
Standards Matter
The lack of standard symbology continues to be a fundamental problem in financial markets, and the credit crunch has further emphasized that there is an imminent need to fix this issue. Carla Mangado explores the opportunities for a commercial entity to…
ECB and Finsoft Propose Reference Data Utility
The European Central Bank (ECB) and Finsoft Financial Systems have jointly proposed the introduction of a public securities reference data utility. The data model of the Centralized Securities Database (CSDB), the financial instruments database at the…
Thor Hammers Out Quant House Data Deal
New York-based high-frequency-trading hedge fund Thor Asset Management USA is expanding the number of real-time exchange datafeeds it sources via low-latency data vendor Quant House, officials tell Inside Market Data.
OCL Adds a DealHub Deployment
LONDON-Options Computer Limited (OCL) has deployed its DealHub internal trade netting tool with an existing client-bank, enabling it to reduce more than 100,000 component trades to 1,000 aggregate trades, say vendor officials.
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.
Broadridge Expands Ascendis Suite
NEW YORK-Financial technology outsourcing provider Broadridge Financial Solutions will add institutional brokerage features to a product in its Ascendis suite of offerings, say vendor officials.
Seamico Selects GL Net for DMA
BANGKOK-Starting in early 2009, clients of Thai broker Seamico Securities will be able to route its orders to the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) via a new direct market access (DMA) offering from Seamico, according brokerage officials.
Transparency worries persist in post-Mifid era
More than a year after Mifid's implementation, the European buy side continues to suffer from poor market data and inadequate post-trade transparency. When the regulation came into force in November last year, it required that all trades executed in the…