In this issue, A-Team IQ explores how low-latency technologies are being applied to the reference data environment; looks at the rise of the Single Dealer Platform (SDP) in capital markets; asks whether Asia is shaping up to assume the mantle of HFT Nirvana; looks at how regulation’s impact extends beyond the banks; assesses the impact of the MiFID review; reports on A-Team’s Benchmarking of valuations data suppliers; analyses the data management challenge of enterprise risk; argues that both fixed income and foreign exchange are ripe for electronic trading; and more…
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In this issue, A-Team IQ muses about the Flash Crash and what regulators should be focused on instead; what’s lurking beneath the surface of the Dodd-Frank Act for the reference data industry; Oracle’s purchase of Sun and direct competition with IBM and HP in hardware and capital markets; what the future holds for a leaner Swift; A-Team’s fragmentation world tour; lessons from the NY/NJ metro area in connecting to alternative markets; next gen smart order routing; voice trading’s continuing vital role; Thomson Reuters’ Eikon Desktop replacing the 3000 Xtra; benchmarking valuations data, and more…
A-Team IQ takes a look at why financial markets IT is starting to take cloud computing seriously; an inside look at virtualisation specialist VMware; the impact of derivatives transparency on data management systems; pre-trade risk controls - preventing “fat finger trades” and financial calamity; BM&F Bovespa’s plan for world (exchange) domination; heterogeneous data replication proves invaluable to global financial institutions; A-Team Insight Exchange showcases ultra high performance computing, and more…
A-Team IQ takes a look at algo going mainstream; Swift’s Chris Church re-evaluates market strategy in the wake of the credit crisis; NSX now playing with the low-latency big boys; how Northern Trust, BNY Mellon and other valuations teams are performing under the spotlight of regulatory scrutiny; a field trip to Colt–one of London’s busiest network nodes; FTEN considers the options for direct electronic access to European markets; Leonid Frants, principal and founder of OneMarketData looks at seamless data management, analytics & CEP; Orange discusses how unified communications can boost trader productivity and profitability, and more…
A-Team IQ takes a look at the new giants of liquidity, Citadel and Getco; why the often-overlooked corner of the reference data business—corporate actions—has suddenly grabbed the market’s attention; Swift and entity identification…another look at BICs; how practitioners are identifying the prime suspects of latency as a first step toward minimising it; SIX Telekurs’ David Lecompte makes the case for a renewed focus on quality and processing; PolarLake’s John Randles believes alignment with business is crucial, and more…
A-Team IQ looks at the challenges Swift faces in breaking down the barriers to pan-European clearing and settlement; we visit Equinix’s data centre in Slough and discover the new hotbed of power and money; after more than two decades of trying, establishing an enterprise risk management system is still a challenge; how investment banks are using algo trading and DMA techniques in the commodity futures markets; the (dis)harmony of liquidity risk, and more…
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