Opinion
Opening Cross: Simplicity Is the Best Policy
Every business is ultimately a sausage factory of sorts, differentiated by quality and complexity.
Time for Apple Watch ... Already?
It was probably inevitable, but can fintech make it work?
Final Thoughts on FIA Boca 2015
From portfolio compression to outages to CLOBs, some emergent themes from FIA Boca.
Opening Cross: Fresh Season, Fresh Faces, Fresh Ideas
Regular readers will know that I like to (over) use metaphors to make a point, and one old chestnut I return to again and again is Formula One racing. Though most often employed by myself and others to illustrate low-latency issues, the sport—which gets…
The Sleeping Bag Solution
Innovation from the field of medicine provides lessons for financial operations
HFT's Oceanic Moment
Could the future of high speed trading be seafaring?
IRD's Editor on BCBS 239 Progress
Firms taking action, even as architects of the principles prove slow to offer guidance
The Challenges of Patching
Patching is a challenge, but vitally important.
Time To Play Ball With Data
Centralization figures in several data management trends and developments
BAAM or Bust?
Blackstone, DE Shaw thicken the ranks of buy-side tech providers. Will Arcesium flourish?
Max Bowie: Hidden Indicators within the Data Itself
Max Bowie argues that analyzing data supply and demand might yield indications of future market movements.
Michael Shashoua: Shadow Play
Michael Shashoua looks at dark data and suggests its value is based on 'meaning' residing within large datasets.
Tim Bourgaize Murray: Fifty Percent, Give or Take
Tim Murray picks apart the recent SS&C-Advent tie-up and speculates that SS&C might have paid way over the odds.
Anthony Malakian: Remember, the ETF Space is Still Evolving
The rise in popularity of fixed-income ETFs will continue, despite there being 'issues' that need to be addressed.
March 2015: A Necessary Evil
SS&C Technologies' recent acquisition of Advent Software has the industry scratching its head.
Opening Cross: Dealing with a Diaperful of Data Do-Do
Market data's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it...
Sticking The Landing On BCBS 239
Readiness for risk stress tests may seem to lag, but data managers are making plans
The Cherry (Picking) on Top
The FCA's latest fine blows the mind ... just a little.
When Cyber Crime Becomes Cyber Hype
A headline-grabbing hack may be a bit overblown.
Kilburn's Corner: Market Data's ‘Giving Tree'
It's time for the industry that demands so much from market data to give something back in return.
The LEI's Next Frontier: Quality
Following establishment and growth of the identifier, maintaining accuracy is the next step
Old Bonds, New Pillars
Where to go for analytics-based intelligence is changing with needs.
Focus on LatAm's Exchanges
Brazil's influence still looms as Mila comes of age.
IRD's Editor on Definition of Big Data
Does financial industry data really meet the criteria?