New Japanese translation of this white paper is available for download below. To download the English version, 
The A-Team Algorithmic Trading Directory - 2009 Edition is now available for download–with updated information and more profiles. The Algorithmic Trading Directory is the industry’s only reference for professionals active in the algorithmic and electronic trading community. The directory provides an easy-to-use guide to help buy-side professionals understand the algorithms on offer from their brokers and other trading counterparties and suppliers, where to find them, and who to talk with about them.
The English version of this white paper is available for download below. To download the Japanese version, 
The ongoing turmoil in financial markets is creating a tough time for European trading technologists and connectivity specialists. As MiFID slowly grinds its way through the marketplace, new execution platforms are launching on what feels like a weekly basis. The European marketplace is seeing liquidity fragment – perhaps more slowly than some would have predicted or would like – between established primary exchanges and an array of new execution platforms, including multilateral trading facilities, broker-sponsored dark pools, independent dark pools and combinations of the above.
A-Team group takes the temperature of the reference data community at FIMA in London earlier this month. Find out what guests at the Avox drinks reception had to say about the current market conditions and their hopes for 2009.
The trading environment in Asia is strikingly different to the US and Europe, given the often vast differences between domestic regulations and market practices. This lack of harmonisation across the region proves problematic when attempting to determine concepts such as best execution and this is holding back the development of electronic trading to some extent. Moreover, the fact that the Asian stock exchanges have traditionally been very protective of their own markets and tend to be domestically focused has not helped matters. When the environment is one country, one execution venue, the incentive is much lower to adopt electronic trading methods and processes.
Reference Data Review - Issue 69 - October 2008 (1.5 MiB)
Liquidity is fragmenting rapidly as new execution venues unveil compelling alternatives to traditional exchanges . More and more financial institutions are deploying integrated, smart order routing platforms for connecting to the increasingly broad diversity of trading venues, locating liquidity across markets, and executing on that liquidity quickly and efficiently.
Corporate actions has been a popular topic of discussion over the last few months, with the DTCC’s plans for XBRL and ISO interoperability, as well as the launch of Swift’s new self-testing service for corporate actions messaging, STaQS, among others. However, it has not been a good start to the year for many of the corporate actions processing vendors and the market is reflecting the general economic downturn, with many vendors reporting drops in profitability.
A-Team’s OTC Valuations research report is the industry’s only guide to the complex business of valuing assets.
Entity data management has historically been a rather overlooked area of the reference data landscape, but with the increase focus on managing risk, the industry is finally taking notice. It is now generally agreed to be critical to every financial institution; although the rewards for investment in entity data management appear to be rather small, the consequences for getting it wrong are severe. Settlement, legal, financial, regulatory and reputational risks are all inherent in a failure to properly manage entity data.
The EU’s MiFID regulation is forcing major changes in the European financial services industry, creating new competition to existing market structures. In the post-MiFID environment, liquidity will no longer be ‘sticky’ but will roam the marketplace in search of the best deal.
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Download New White Paper from A-Team Group and Sybase
The lack of a single, holistic view of enterprise risk among financial institutions has been identified as a key factor in the ongoing financial crisis. With data organized along business lines – largely on a silo basis – risk managers have been merely measuring the risk of firms’ vertical operations, rather than truly managing it. The result has been a lack of real information on holdings, exposures and counterparties, and an incomplete view of enterprise risk.
Industry practitioners expect regulators to impose a more stringent regime upon the financial services industry in the wake of recent events. Meanwhile, risk managers are struggling to establish a view of group-level risk. It’s becoming clear to executives that that a truly enterprise-wide approach to risk management must be underpinned by a consistent, managed approach to data.
The need to establish a standard platform that addresses the data management challenge an enterprise approach to risk requires, is now being recognized by financial institutions as a critical element as they review their risk operations. This Briefing, produced by A-Team Group on behalf of Sybase, gives some insight into issues surrounding the creation of a standard enterprise-wide data architecture and offers guidance on how a risk ecosystem can be achieved. Download your free copy below.
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