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Ground Zero: Digital Currencies in Asia
As cryptocurrencies gain interest from investors around the globe, Wei-Shen Wong examines the splintered Asian marketplace to see how regulators are adopting different strategies when it comes to overseeing these complex instruments.
SunGard Turns to Videogames for Analytics Engine Boost
SunGard’s Adaptiv Analytics to enable banks to run up to 100 million valuations per second
GreySpark Study Yields Pre-Trade Risk Best Practices
Recently published research from London-based capital markets consultancy GreySpark Partners has yielded a number of best practices designed to help sell-side firms manage a range of risks associated with their electronic trading activities.
Industry Split on Impact of ESMA Data Plan
Industry participants and experts seem divided over the likely outcome of European regulator the European Securities and Markets Association’s consultation process as well as over the impact of the provisions on end-users and data providers, after ESMA…
Investment Banking Platforms Set to Become More Social
As regulations continue to reshape the global financial marketplace, single-dealer platforms are being forced to rethink how they operate. Influenced by ever-increasing consumer use of technology and social media, and determined to put their clients in…
GreySpark Partners Targets APAC Region with Sydney Office
Global technology consultancy GreySpark Partners has opened an office in Sydney to expand its operations across the Asia Pacific region and provide consulting services to local institutional investors and banks.
Circuit Breakers Adequate for Flash-Crash Prevention
A recent report by London-based consultancy GreySpark Partners has found that circuit breakers and venue controls on algorithms should be sufficient measures to control aberrant behavior related to algorithmic trading, without a need for further…
GreySpark: HFT Growing Despite Regulation
High-frequency trading (HFT) continues to grow in popularity, despite regulatory efforts to curb the practice, according to a report by London-based consultancy GreySpark.
The Best of the Sell Side in 2012
The pick of Waters' sell-side coverage from the past year.
FIX Protocol Offers Connectivity Solution for Some, But Not All SEFs
The open Financial Information Exchange Protocol (FIX) will allow a relatively painless connectivity method for order book Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs), but not those that operate on a request-for-quote (RFQ) basis, says the latest research from…
SEF Survival Depends on Differentiation
GreySpark research outlines the current picture of the swap execution facility landscape.
GreySpark: SEFs to Encourage Order Book Trading, More Data, New Data Products
Emergence of SEFs will lead to data volumes and new products and services similar to equities and options markets, consultancy says.
Vendor Relationships: What Lies Beneath
Consensus among buy-side firms is that there can sometimes be a world of difference between expectations and reality when dealing with a vendor. Steve Dew-Jones canvasses opinion on the most important considerations before awarding a technology or…
Hedge Funds Sharpen Focus on Collateral Management Tools
From equity finance add-ons to collateral transformation, hedge funds are scrutinizing their broker relationships and collateral allocation more than ever. Tim Bourgaize Murray explores how funds, seeking to mitigate operational risk, are warming to…
GreySpark Partners with Velocimetrics
Strategic collaboration launched for latency measurement.
Whither Volcker? Firms Brace for Deadline as Delays Anticipated
The Volcker Rule’s deadline for public comment has passed, with a sea of responses from organizations all over the world. Implementation dates are currently debatable, but compliance with the regulation will require structural and technological change…