Open Debate on Latency Numbers is ‘Healthy’, But Just How Fast is Fast? By Simon Garland, Chief Strategist at Kx Systems
At 18 Apr 2008 06:04:07 in MDI-Contributed Article, Market Data Insight
Everyone is keen to climb on the low latency bandwagon. This is due to several factors, not least the exponential growth in market and trade data volumes that exchanges and financial institutions are having to process. Others include the growth in derivatives and algorithmic trading, the scores of new assets and asset classes being traded, and the increase in the number of players in the financial markets, particularly in emerging economies.
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