Trading Tech

Firms Increase Focus on Latency, Capacity

More than three-quarters of end-user firms monitor latency and capacity issues on a real-time basis with dedicated staff, although only 7 percent can claim that their internal data infrastructure operates sub-millisecond, with 33 percent running at…

Vendors: Turmoil Prompts Quality Focus

Data providers must focus on the quality and breadth of the data they offer if they are to increase the value of their services during tough market conditions, said a panel of vendors at last week's European Financial Information Summit.

OptionMetrics Preps Historical Tick Analytics

Options analytics provider OptionMetrics is building an archive of historical options tick data in order to run specialist volatility analyses to enable quantitative analysts and traders to determine optimal trading and hedging strategies.

Bellegarde: Data Never More Important

The European data industry must adapt to new technologies and market forces in the face of an economic crisis if established providers are to remain competitive, according to NYSE Euronext group executive vice president and head of European execution…

Taming the Dark Pools

With the low barrier of entry to developing and deploying new dark pools of liquidity, the industry has experienced a dramatic growth in non-displayed liquidity venues in the past year. However, with that growth many industry participants say it's time…

Timing Is Everything

In early January the editors and publisher of DWT and Buy-Side Technology sat down to determine how best to serve our readers and we came up with an idea to launch a new conference covering the subjective and elusive topic of "best execution."

New Tech and Planning Deliver Lower Latency

LONDON-Financial firms are facing opposing forces in the latency battle, according to industry participants. Organizations are attempting to reduce costs but also to increase speed in a scenario where data volumes require more system capacity, they say.

Leadership Key for IT Hires

NEW YORK-As firms on Wall Street grapple with the current turmoil in the financial markets, they are looking to well-rounded IT professionals to help get them through it, according to industry experts.

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