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Talking Intelligent Trading with Andrew Delaney: ITS – An Architecture for Intelligent Trading
With just a week away from our inaugural Intelligent Trading Summit at London’s America Square conference centre – yes, that’s next Tuesday, March 4 so register to attend here if you haven’t already done so – I thought it would be useful to take a look at what’s in store. So here’s how we plan…
Can Operational Analytics & Performance Measurement Boost Trading Returns?
Latency measurement is an established practice that has been used with great success to optimize trading connections for business advantage, but will operational analytics become the next big business differentiator? A panel of industry experts at our A-Team Group Intelligent Trading Summit on March 4 in London will now discuss whether this latest development is…
Big Data Technology & Tools – Can They Deliver the Elusive Alpha?
One of the hottest topics in the industry right now is whether the ability to leverage Big Data in the trading environment, with the use of more sophisticated analytics, will deliver real competitive advantage. Some say the jury is still out, but our panel of leading experts at next week’s A-Team Group Intelligent Trading Summit…
Are Managed Services & Cloud Finally Going to Deliver the Promised Efficiency Benefits?
Has the industry finally reached a cost tipping-point where we will see more wholesale adoption of managed services and cloud capabilities, or are other benefits now outweighing pure cost considerations? Our panel of industry experts will discuss the speed at which these mainly cost-driven initiatives are now getting traction at the A-Team Group Intelligent Trading…
Bank Muddles Over EMIR Compliance Could See Strategic Acceptance of New IT Business Models
As many as half of Europe’s financial institutions will have been “caught on the hop” and are now having to catch up after the latest deadline for complying with the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) came into force last week, according to a leading industry observer. Elizabeth Goodchild, a senior consultant with Rules Financial, said…
Sapient Global Markets Details the Challenges and Opportunities of Trading on Swap Execution Facilities
As the US swaps market began the transition from telephone trading to electronic trading on swap execution facilities (SEFs) this week, a number of issues hung in the balance, including which of the SEFs that have registered with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will be successful, how vendors can support firms trading on…
Lucera Details On-Demand Infrastructure for Electronic Trading
Lucera, a spin off from Cantor Fitzgerald, brings its on-demand, high-performance infrastructure for electronic trading to market today, offering trading firms reduced time to market, lower capital expenditure, on-demand scalability and reduced operational risk. The company and platform emerged from Cantor Fitzgerald in April 2013, after the financial services firm released a group of employees…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: COREP/FINREP – Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
Last week’s Regulatory Update seminar, hosted by Lombard Risk, was an eye-opener for anyone who thought their work was done after the past year’s huge efforts on COREP. In particular, the session focused on the challenges to come with respect to reporting under CRD IV, FINREP and incoming Asset Encumbrance (AE) rules. Indeed, such is…
Talking Reference Data with Andrew Delaney: Putting it All Together
After several months of shoe-leather and elbow grease, the agenda for our March 6 Data Management Summit at London’s America Square conference centre is snapping into place. Our rapidly changing marketplace is yielding much food for thought, and plenty of fodder for some good debates. Helping us set the scene at the kickoff this time…
Talking Intelligent Trading With Andrew Delaney: A New Summit Takes Shape
A week after I last chimed in about our Intelligent Trading Summit in London on March 4 – to be reprised in New York on May 13 – our programme is taking shape. What we’ve pulled together is yet another step in our journey from Low Latency infrastructures into the very brave new world of…