Special report

Celent: Asian Exchanges Lag on Data

Although demand for market data in Asia continues to grow, especially with increased electronification of trading in equity and index options, exchanges in the region will focus less on generating revenues from data sales in 2009 than exchanges in Europe…

Data Demand in a Downturn

With the financial markets in turmoil, 2009 brings an increased focus on data quality for better risk management and generating alpha from new asset classes, tempered by cost controls in response to the current fragile economy. This roundtable gathers a…

Come What May

Now that 2008 has been consigned to the pages of history, financial technologists confront a challenging year ahead as the markets reinvent themselves during this global slowdown. What used to be extremely difficult jobs are now nigh-impossible as IT…

Riding the Dragon in 2009

A year ago, traders and technology vendors in Asia were riding a growing wave of liquidity and technology adoption. Direct market access (DMA), alternative trading systems (ATSes) and crossing networks steadily increased throughout the region as…

Counter Party Risk - Managing Counterparty Risk

The recent market turmoil has highlighted the need for improved counterparty data management, and counterparty risk has become a new buzz word. Inside Reference Data gathers leading industry professionals to discuss the most successful strategies to…

Case study Perfect partners

Guernsey-based Corazon Capital has been through a number of organisational changes in its twelve-year history, which culminated in the implementation of a new investment management platform developed by Third Financial Software at the end of last year …

Technology spending to drop 5% during 2009

Ongoing challenges impacting financial market participants is likely to drive down technology spending at buy-side firms even though they are being spurred by regulators and investors to enhance their enterprise-wide risk management and transparency…

Panel Weighs Cost vs. Capacity, Latency Issues

Trading firms are optimizing existing systems while selectively investing in new technologies to meet ongoing latency demands in the face of cost pressures resulting from the current economic climate, according to participants in a panel discussion…

Truly Going Global

Anyone trying to predict the future of exchange evolution should be familiar with the standard industry boilerplate: Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. With that said, however, it's an amazing time to watch these new global exchange…

Speed Meets Excellence

Stock exchanges have come a long way-from the marketplaces where sellers and buyers met each other to engage in trade to today's electronic platforms, where participants can trade thousands of securities on a daily basis in only a few milliseconds. To…

The New Face of Exchanges

Over the last few years the global market structure has undergone unparalleled changes. DWT sits down with Michael Krogmann, head of section cash market for Deutsche Börse, and Joe Mecane, executive vice president and chief administrative officer (CAO)…

Exchanges Betting On New Business Models

Over the past few years the industry has seen an energetic rebirth of alternative trading systems (ATSes) that has put new pricing, performance and innovation pressures on the staid exchange community. In response, exchanges are exploring numerous new…

'08 Data Spend Flat, Driven by Asia, EMEA

Firms worldwide will spend $23 billion on financial data in 2008-the same as in 2007-with a drop in outlay in the Americas but an increase in EMEA and Asia, according to research released by Burton-Taylor International Consulting.

European Corporate Actions - The Standards Journey

The European corporate actions market is experiencing a growing number of complex notifications, putting additional stress on already over-worked teams. Standardization is the obvious way to solve the problems, but it is still not hitting the agenda in…

Hedge fund IT spending to fall below $1 billion

As hedge fund managers square up to the most precipitous market challenges in their history, the global hedge fund industry will likely have to contend with the prospects of fewer funds in business, lower total assets under management, and slashed…

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