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Regulation Takes Priority for Data Spend in '07
A major theme of 2007 was the introduction of key, market-changing regulations, which generated a new focus on regulatory compliance for data managers and data-related projects. Most significant were the European Commission's Markets in Financial…
Reference Data Raises its Profile
The market data world's alter-ego, reference data, gained traction in 2007, with new regulation and an increased focus on risk management fueling investment in projects for cleaning and centralizing data.
E-FX Outlook: Automation on the Rise
As the industry continues to digest the credit market's meltdown, foreign-exchange (FX) trading volumes continue to boom. DWT sits down with representatives of the major FX banks Credit Suisse, HSBC and Saxo Bank to discuss the major technology trends…
Panels: Firms Must Cut Internal Latency
The growth of data volumes from new trading and reporting venues, and the need for ever-lower latencies for algorithmic trading, are forcing firms to re-evaluate their existing data infrastructures and consider dual tiers of technology, to eliminate…
The Amsterdam Exchange
ROUNDTABLE
The Paris Debate
ROUNDTABLE
The Frankfurt Deadline
ROUNDTABLE
The MiFID Party Is Far From Over
WELCOME LETTER
The New Liquidity Risk
WATERS BRIEFING
Reliance on brokers for equity trading on the rise
Despite the proliferation of electronic and self-directed trading tools across the investment management universe, a new industry report shows that issues such as increasing market volatility, changing commission arrangements, and fragmented liquidity…
Quantifying value in a qualitative world Assessing the true value that asset management firms derive from their IT investments is usually a subjective - and hence contentious - exercise. But that doesn't mean it cannot be done, and done accurately and ob
Despite the proliferation of electronic and self-directed trading tools across the investment management universe, a new industry report shows that issues such as increasing market volatility, changing commission arrangements, and fragmented liquidity…
TCA products crowd the market in the wake of Mifid
When Mifid came into force at the beginning of last month, two of the largest service providers in the industry unveiled transaction cost analysis (TCA) products to assist firms in meeting the directive's requirements for best execution.
Credit Risk to Drive Data Demand
Market data will become a "critical component" of credit risk management for dealers, hedge funds and regulators following this year's sub-prime crisis and resulting fallout, as market participants seek better ways to value credit derivatives, according…
Rating Agencies Face Brussels Probe
The Committee of European Securities Regulators last week outlined its timetable to review the role of rating agencies in the wake of this summer's credit crisis, responding to a request by the European Commission in September. This article from Credit…
Data Consumers Still Struggle with Volumes
Rising market data volumes-resulting from new execution venues created in response to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and firms turning to emerging and niche markets to drive growth in higher margin businesses-continues to be the key…
SuperD Adds Inflation Products to Pricing Platform
Derivatives data and pricing software vendor SuperDerivatives is adding support for inflation-linked securities and derivatives to its SD-IR interest rate derivatives pricing module in response to client demand for data to hedge inflation risk in fixed…
MTS Revises Data Packages, Fees for '08
European bond trading platform MTS will change the way it packages and charges for data via vendors to introduce an "all-you-can-eat" model from the start of next year, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Bringing Transparency to European Bonds-Part 2
A year ago, there were already suggestions that the trade reporting requirements of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive-which came into force on Nov. 1-could extend beyond equity markets. Niteen Sharma, then compliance manager at bond trading…
Crunching Credit Data's Hot Issues
The credit markets have taken a battering in recent months. However, there is renewed interest in fixed-income and associated credit instruments-from investors, dealers and regulators (which are monitoring rating agencies and also weighing mandatory…
Brokers, Vendors Predict More Exotics, Credit Algos
In the wake of this year's sub-prime meltdown, fixed-income market participants are predicting that traders and investors will seek out new structured and derivative fixed-income instruments over the next year, while the more liquid asset classes will…
Reuters Builds "Lite" Tool for Emerging Markets Data
Reuters has released a streamlined version of its Reuters Electronic Trading (RET) quoting and trading technology to allow Brazilian bond dealers to disseminate prices for and electronically respond to requests for quotes in fixed-income securities.
Panel: Collaborate on Data Sourcing
Collaborative, knowledge-sharing relationships between vendors and clients are the most effective and reliable methods for obtaining data, according to a panel on best practices for data sourcing.
China Embraces Change; More Needed
Differences between Western and Chinese financial markets are narrowing fast, though concerns still exist around data quality and piracy, according to a panel discussing data solutions for East Asia.