Transparency, Efficiency and Networks Reshaping Financial Services in 2010
Financial institutions worldwide are cautiously optimistic about 2010. While CIOs are not planning huge IT budget increases, they are focusing on three main areas: (1) improving transparency, (2)...
View ArticleThe new OTC regulations and you
Over the next two to three years meat is going to be put on the bones of both the US ‘Dodd/Frank’ legislation and the proposals of the European Commission. The precise shape of the regulation is still...
View ArticleAwaiting the regulatory flood
The MiFID II consultation period is closed and we now await the legislative proposals. What are the main implications for brokerage firms and their technology planning?
View ArticleThe evolution of electronic trading: When is fast, fast enough?
Over the past year or two, a lot of digital ink has been devoted to technology wars that are re-shaping our capital markets. The terms latency, low-latency, ultra-low latency; high-frequency trading;...
View ArticleCapitalize on Change
Wherever you sit or whatever job you do, you’ve just witnessed the biggest change to the financial services industry in living memory. A wave of regulations , the growth of emerging markets, and...
View ArticleMega-exchanges and the blur factor
In the past few months, it’s become clear that the trend of mega-exchange formation is already underway. Combinations include the London Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange, Singapore SGX’s bid...
View ArticleWith algorithmic trading, how can broker-dealers satisfy the buy-side’s...
Broker-dealers are grappling with the conflicting needs of the buy-side in an algorithmic trading market that grows more complex by the minute. Buy-side firms have an embarrassment of riches when it...
View ArticleMarket Data: the financial advisor’s cornerstone for enhanced service
In an uncertain market, financial advisors must constantly prove their value and build client trust. The ability to do this well relies on being productive, efficient and cost-effective at all times,...
View ArticleMarket data in the cloud: Scalable, mobile, cost-Effective
As trading strategies evolve and grow, so too does the need for innovation in market data. Over 1,300 institutional investors surveyed by Barclays Capital in April reported that they execute more than...
View ArticleFutures are safe
“Futures are safe”, that’s not an expression you hear very often. Let’s face it, in a world where most people’s exposure to futures markets is limited to watching “Trading Places” and hearing nightly...
View ArticleAre dark pools good for markets?
At SunGard’s City Day in Hong Kong, a panel looked at the issue of dark pools and how they can impact the wider market. Were they good for all investors? And how has the picture in Asia changed in...
View ArticleListed derivatives trading: Is your stomach strong enough?
Today’s futures commission merchants (FCMs) seem to be enjoying an almost permanent boom. March 2011 saw the highest volumes ever recorded across the world’s listed derivatives markets, excepting only...
View ArticleMining gold from rust belts
Global, international, emerging markets… these are words that I hear and use often throughout the day. It was interesting and enlightening to listen to analyst, Meredith Whitney’s keynote presentation...
View ArticleDealing with market abuse practices
Regulatory compliance is top of mind for every regulated firm across the globe. Market manipulation and insider trading activity proved to be trending topics among thought-leaders and delegates at...
View ArticleEmerging markets in Latin America: More than Brazil
A couple of years ago you wouldn’t have been far wrong in thinking “Brazil” every time you read ‘Latin America’ or ‘LatAm’. But today there are vibrant, expanding markets throughout Central and South...
View ArticleThe reign of derivatives
Investors and trading firms have always made the most of the symbiotic relationship between the equity and derivatives markets—devising strategies that exploit the strengths and weaknesses of each. The...
View ArticleMarket data and China: Meeting the needs of the growing investor community
Providing investors with low latency market data that is cost-effective, requires minimal infrastructure and provides real-time financial information from liquidity points in the global marketplace are...
View ArticleTaking the QCC challenge seriously
A recently approved options order - a type of block trade called the Qualified Contingent Cross (QCC) —is challenging the status quo of the listed options markets. It’s also raising questions about the...
View ArticleTrading in the Middle East: Spotlight on opportunities discussed at SunGard’s...
One of the major themes of this year’s London City Day was ‘Capitalizing on Change’ and the Middle East and Africa have seen quite a bit of change in 2011. So it was not surprising that the session...
View ArticleSave money and improve efficiencies in market data management – Part 1 of 2
The volatility in the financial markets is driving cost-cutting initiatives back to the top of every business manager’s list of priorities. As more markets become electronic, market data terminal...
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