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On the Road to Derivatives Automation
Whether it's the tightened spreads in the listed derivatives markets or manual nature of the over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets, investment banks are looking to automate their derivatives desks. Dealing with Technology sits down with Jesper…
Swapstream Signs 33 Clients
Multilateral electronic trading platform for interest rate swaps (IRSes) Swapstream has 33 buy-side participants committed to the vendor's Early Adopter Program (EAP) for Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Swaps on Swapstream, according to a company…
Taking Advantage of New Market Opportunities in Algorithmic Trading
Electronic options market making has always been automated, at least on some level.
Industry Hazy on Project Rainbow
Seven investment banks have put the major derivatives exchanges on notice with their recent announcement that they plan to launch a multilateral trading facility (MTF) for financial derivatives, dubbed Project Rainbow, according to media reports.
London Metal Exchange Launches Online Hedging Tool
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has recently launched its own online steel hedging simulator, say officials. The interactive hedging tool is designed to help anyone interested in managing steel price risk to better understand the process of hedging, and…
The Changing Path of Derivatives Trading
Around the world, derivatives trading desks are changing. It doesn't matter if they are trading listed instruments, such as options or warrants, or the fat-margined over-the-counter (OTC) one-off contracts. Automation is making these instruments far more…
Common Technology Drives Derivatives Success for UBS
After a major technology overhaul that began four yeas ago, UBS Investment Bank is reaping the rewards by rolling out common technology across its various trading desks. So far, the listed equities derivatives desk has been the highest-profile…
Damaged Cables Cause India, Mid-East Latency
The flow of market data to and from India and the Middle East was disrupted by a damaged undersea telecom cable providing Internet connectivity to the region last week, though the impact appears to have been limited to slowing down communications, rather…
The Means Behind the Green
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Indian wealth management sector set for rapid growth
As India's economy continues its rapid expansion driving up individual income levels, wealth management providers in the country are poised for substantial growth. Once firms begin taking on additional clients, though, they'll require more advanced…
Liquidity sourcing tops buy-side business drivers for 2008
The need to capture liquidity sources across fragmented markets will clearly dominate investment managers' operational, strategic, and technology initiatives in the coming year. But along with that objective come issues of having to deal with more…
Sponsored Statement: Voice Recording for Compliance
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Asia-Pacific in Hot Pursuit of West
ASIA-Three of the key trends of the US market last year-latency, regulation and data volumes-will emerge as key drivers of market development in the Asia-Pacific region this year, experts say, signaling that the Asian markets are fast catching up with…
New Inputs Set to Gain Traction
Ratings & Indexes-As profits from established markets become harder to come by in highly competitive environments, index providers are developing more products to provide low-risk exposure to high-yield markets and sectors, as Jerry Moskowitz of FTSE…
Research Faces 'Consumer' Revamp
Research & Commentary-The research industry is in a state of flux, with numerous trends contributing to the pace of change. Michael Mayhew of Integrity Research Associates predicts that buy-side firms will increasingly internalize research generation and…
Credit Challenges Remain in 2008
Content Focus: CREDIT-The credit markets faced a major setback last year in the sub-prime crisis, which created the still-ongoing credit crunch. Yet experts believe there remain opportunities for the market to rebound in 2008.