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Latency Race Going Nowhere Fast
Open-outcry exchanges are now largely extinct, with most trading executed through global computer networks. The rate of these transactions is limited only by technology and, increasingly, the speed of light. But as latency reaches the point of…
Max Bowie: Asia Tackles Data Cost, Co-Lo, Competition Concerns
Asia-Pacific remains the darling of the global capital markets as other economies continue to struggle. But, says Max, as the region matures technologically, inevitable issues around cost, competition, connectivity and regulation may gradually turn…
Michael Shashoua: The Culture of Data Management
In Asia, investment firms and the vendors that serve them are considering creating the role of a data czar in addition to centralization and data integration. Michael hears the pros and cons of different approaches and their effect in and outside the…
Anthony Malakian: 2012: The Year of Untethered Freedom … and Doom
If Anthony were to say that 2012 will look a lot like 2011, would you be relieved or nervous? Hopefully it’s the former, because the only changes he sees coming in 2012 are anything but positive.