Latency
Latency: Industry Ups Focus on Measurement
The race to zero of eliminating latency from data distribution and processing continued apace in 2009, though firms also became more critical of their ability to accurately measure latency, to assess their status compared to their peers.
Report: Bloomberg Gains as Spend Falls
The financial industry will spend $22.7 billion worldwide on market data and related services this year, a decline of 1.5 percent from $23 billion in 2008, primarily as a result of budget and staff cuts at end-user firms that have led to reductions in…
Poll: Firms Focus on Latency Measurement
More firms have increased their budgets for latency-related projects during 2009 than at the trough of the financial crisis last year, but are focusing spend largely on internal monitoring and measurement projects rather than large capital outlays,…
Keynotes: Asia Emerges As 'New West' in More Interconnected Markets
The keynote speakers from Thomson Reuters and Interactive Data at last week's Asia Pacific Financial Information Conference delivered a rallying cry to market participants in the region to prepare for the challenges resulting from anticipated rises in…
A Lesson in Latency from LA
Last Thursday night, seeking inspiration for my column, I had the pleasure of watching a playoff game between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In a 45-minute seventh inning, the Yankees came back from a 4-0 deficit to end the…
RTS and Fixnetix in low-latency alliance
RTS Realtime Systems Group, the Ravensburg, Germany-based trading systems provider, has teamed up with Fixnetix to provide ultra-low-latency trading tools for the high-frequency trading community accessing European equity and derivatives markets.
Handling the Growing Buzz
High-frequency trading is at a crossroads. The barriers to entry for high-frequency trading have never been this low for buy-side firms. At the same time, sell-side brokers are facing a low-latency arms race trying to make sure they can deliver the…
Evolving Demands Lead Wedbush to Diversify
Automated trading has been constantly evolving over the past decade as trading technology progresses, but its overall effect on the cash equities markets has not changed: Trading margins continue to come under increasing pressure as more firms want to…
Keeping Up with the Co-Los
Low-latency data and its surrounding technologies have become big business. I hadn't realized just how big until I saw a report last week from Brazilian exchange group BM&F Bovespa showing the increases in direct market access trading, and specifically…
Unveiling Data’s Potential
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The Sound and the Fury
There's been a lot of buzz in the financial markets over the past week on how a former Goldman Sachs employee, Sergey Aleynnikov, allegedly downloaded his former employer's proprietary trading "secret sauce." Some coverage in the business press…
From Russia With Latency
With a birthday coming up at the end of the month, I was expecting some cards, so I was encouraged to see one arrive in the mail this week from some business contacts in Russia. However, when I opened the envelope, I realized that all was not as it first…
Will Non-MVPs Strike Out?
The New York Yankees and New York Mets both moved into billion-dollar new stadiums this season, despite the financial constraints associated with the turbulent economy. And while I can't vouch for attendance at Citi field, the Yankees have played to sell…
Sponsor’s Statement: Unveiling Data’s Potential
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Latency Still Vital, But 'Smarts' is New Focus
While latency continues to be a competitive differentiator for trading firms, they are placing more emphasis on how they leverage their technology in smarter ways to create greater benefits, according to panelists at last week's North American Financial…
Panel: Take Dual Approach to Tackling Capacity
Capacity issues resulting from more algorithmic trading and increased data volumes continue to vex industry participants, who are taking a dual approach of trying to predict capacity requirements while reducing the number of applications that need access…
Green Data: Impact vs Low Latency?
Milliseconds matter, but so does public opinion. Professor Michael Mainelli, executive chairman of London-based think-tank Z/Yen Group, says trading can remain competitive while dealing with issues more important than latency.
Solving the Latency Problem
As algorithmic and black box traders continue to grow their share of trading volume on the electronic markets, the importance of managing message latency continues to grow in parallel. For those firms that can receive the quotes the quickest and execute…
Panel: China Demand for Data, Tech to Grow
A growing economy, burgeoning numbers of retail investors, and the need for technology to compete with Western markets are all driving demand for market data in China's financial markets, according to panelists in Shanghai.