Opinion

Nasqaq’s Foreign Exchange

What exactly draws US exchanges to European brides? Ask the NYSE’s John Thain, who brokered the exchange’s merger with Euronext, or Nasdaq chief executive Bob Greifeld, who—it was revealed as IMD went to press—is about to fork out $3.7 billion to buy…

Under the Surface

The growing use of volatility surfaces is bringing greater transparency to complex instruments, but is creating significant technology storage and processing requirements. By Matt Skinner, a director at cross-asset data management vendor Xenomorph

Everything Must Go

Don't touch that dial! It's Max's crazy clearance sale! Do you need to expand your data business? We have established data vendors for sale at affordable prices! Are you an exchange? Get the latest look with your very own distribution business! How can…

And Then There Were Two

Shock news! Last week, after secret negotiations, two parties unveiled a massive deal that took the market by surprise. One of our most respected figures is taking on a new role to help steer a struggling team to a revival. Yes, Roger Clemens is…

Reuters Buy Will Face Regulatory Hurdles

Critics of Reuters' efforts to raise its share price above the £4 barrier will have enjoyed Friday's 25 percent rally to close above the £6 per share mark on news that the vendor is considering a possible takeover approach from rival Thomson Financial.

Complexity driving automation

The global investment management industry is continually evolving in terms of sophistication and the complexity of instruments traded by buy-side firms. This, in turn, is driving the development of back-office technologies designed to process these…

A shift in the balance of power

Hedge funds, especially start-ups, operate at a huge disadvantage. Compared with larger, better established asset managers, small hedge funds do not have access to the appropriate tools to manage their trading operations. This is because, as a start-up,…

Smoke and mirrors

It's time to revisit the perennial challenge of hedge fund valuation practices. Investors may now be asking more pertinent and accurate questions by way of due diligence studies regarding how managers price their portfolio holdings, although many funds…

In search of the perfect hybrid

There has been significant consolidation in the transfer agency space in the last few years, to the point where a handful of providers now account for the bulk of the global buy-side industry. But as David White explains, not all transfer agents are…

And the Winners Are…

The results are in, the votes have been counted, and this week the Inside Market Data awards will be announced, recognizing the talent and innovation that has shone within our industry during the past year. And the winners are…

Down the Mifid Rabbit Hole

Alice heard the Rabbit say to itself, 'Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!' … Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with…

The CEP Conundrum

Relationships can be complex. Specifically, recognizing relationships between different data inputs can be a complex process, and one that can prove even harder to transfer from the brain of a trader to a computer. And with trading strategies becoming…

Going Green, Seeing Red

It wasn't until I received a faxed notice from the Stockholm stock exchange about a trading firm last week which actually arrived ahead of the same news via an email consolidator that I realized the market data industry is pretty darned environmentally…

Shadow Complex

Demand for independent pricing shadows the rise of complex structured finance transactions as regulatory scrutiny increases. By JR Rieger, vice president of Global Evaluations, Standard & Poor's

Reference Data Hits the Headlines

Since the launch of Inside Reference Data in April last year, I've had little opportunity to keep in touch with my old friends at corporate actions data and software vendor Xcitek and data management provider Asset Control. But both firms graced the…

Hitting the Gas

When Exegy and HyperFeed first unveiled the idea of a hardware-accelerated, appliance-based ticker plant at last year's SIA show, it was greeted with a mixture of awe and bewilderment. Some struggled to comprehend the new technology. Others said it…

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