Sell-Side Technology/Special
Trading, Latency and Risk Management Define Sifma 2008
NEW YORK-Neither a down market nor the year's first heat wave could keep financial technologist from this year's Technology Management Conference and Exhibit hosted by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma) in Midtown Manhattan…
Sifma 2008: A Sneak Peek
Editor's Note: Although the theme of this year's Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's (Sifma's) Technology Management Conference and Exhibit may be "Managing IT in Financial Services During the Credit Crisis," it hasn't deterred a…
Smart Routing to Define Brokerages
Until the launch of the Chi-X multilateral trading facility (MTF) and the implementation of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) in Nov. 2007, smart order routing was a foreign concept for many European market participants. Since then,…
A Letter From Your Host
Welcome to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's (Sifma's) Technology Management Conference and Exhibit-the industry's premier educational event for technology management professionals.
Crunch Time For Smart Order Routing
Smart order routing has been around in the U.S. markets ever since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) changed its order handling rules back in the late 90s allowing for the introduction of alternative trading systems and ECNs. In Europe,…
Solving the Smart Routing Dilemma
Smart order routing (SOR) may be old hat to U.S. market participants, but since the implem-entation of the E.U.'s Markets in Financial Instrument Directive (Mifid), it has gained an entirely new life in Europe. To help sort out the issues surrounding…
Tech, Culture Hamper Cross-Asset Adoption
More markets going electronic and certain trading technologies becoming increasingly commoditized are two of the reasons for the rise in cross-asset trading seen recently, according to industry experts.
Liquidity Management No Longer an Option
After the onset of the credit liquidity crunch beginning in August 2007, the importance of being able to locate and exploit liquidity has never been greater to the buy- and sell-side communities, according to industry representatives who spoke during the…
Should IT Be Profit Center Or Service?
As IT organizations gain finer management capabilities over their shared infrastructure, such as compute and data grids, many people are finding their roles changing as well.
Bleeding Out Latency
Establishing a low-latency infrastructure within a firm consists of more than deploying the fattest networking pipe or deploying simple point solutions, according to industry participants.
Wish You Were Here
On May 14, DWT held its 14th annual DWT conference and exhibition at the Hilton Tower Bridge in London, drawing financial technologists from the City and Canary Wharf and points north, east, south and west. Having attended these events for the past…
MTFs' Sentiments on Settlements
At the DWT 2008 conference and exhibition, Eli Lederman, CEO of Turquoise, and Peter Randall, CEO of Chi-X, were brought together to discuss the evolving European market structure. What follows are highlights of the lively conversation.
New Markets, New Challenges
LONDON-Financial technologists from The City and Canary Wharf descended on the neutral turf of Hilton Tower Bridge last week to attend the 14 th annual DWT conference and exhibition. They were able to see how their colleagues continue to deal with…
Going Cross Asset
As demand for complex executions continues to grow, many sell-side firms are finding that deploying cross-asset trading platforms is no longer a luxury. DWT assembled a panel consisting of Steve Grob, director of derivatives products and strategic…
NYSE Euronext Strengthens Cross-Asset Offerings
As traders continue to demand easier access to a variety of market centers in order to execute multiple-instrument trading strategies, officials at NYSE Euronext have been working to deliver new cross-asset trading capabilities.
Conquering Cross-Asset Trading
Developing and deploying a true electronic multi-asset trading system is one of the greatest challenges a financial IT organization can face today. Not only are there many technology integration issues; there are also the broad range of cultural…
Cross-Asset Trading: Ready for Prime Time
In recent years, we have seen a steady growth of cross-asset trading, but there is a long way to go. Liquidity and technology are still the biggest obstacles to e-trading, according to a recent European e-trading survey carried out by the Securities…
Financial Technologists Reveal Earnings
NEW YORK-To get a picture of how much jobs in the financial IT industry pay these days, Dealing with Technology 's sibling publication Waters magazine asked its readers to reveal what they expect to earn annually in terms of base salary, cash bonus and…
Overcoming Grid Challenges
With rapid changes in hardware and new third-party service offerings, firms looking to deploy and grow their grid computing environments face new and familiar challenges. DWT editor Rob Daly sits down with Jingwen Wang, vice president of products with…