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…
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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…
A-Team IQ talks to SunGard’s Harold Finders and Yassine Brahim about the takeover of GL Trade; what the Oracle-Sun tie up means for the fintech industry; Why Brazil is becoming the offshore location of choice for the European financial sector; following Lehman’s collapse, why knowing your counterparty is essential for risk management; market data platforms for the real world; can Twitter deliver results for fintech companies, and more…
A-Team IQ meets with Niall Cameron, Markit’s man charged with replicating the company’s OTC success in equities; How the credit crunch has put new pressures on market liquidity and brought about new scrutiny; Examining Europe’s fragmented markets with clutch of new MTFs; Risk drives data innovations; Low latency in a flash; Know your exposure; Getting the measure of best execution, and more…
Get IT right for risk management; Risk analytics rise to the fore; Certification – standard bearers; IT challenges for financial institutions in 2009; Valuations at face value; Case study – HighStep seeks edge in knowledge management; Can commodities ride the credit crunch wave?; The network perspective of low latency; and FX wholesale banking automation…
