The majority of market makers for financial products face very stiff competition to provide prices to their clients. Those who can provide their prices quickest to the market always get an edge on the competition, however, to provide an executable price to their clients, complex calculations are required in the background. Gathering all the input […]
Following the banking crisis, margins have decreased and competition has increased, leaving fewer untapped areas of revenue generation. Many banks are now turning their focus inwards, reconsidering the way they generate Sales Management Information (MI) and redefining how this is used to reach out to clients. This introspection has revealed that many banks are unable […]
The rise of electronic and algorithmic trading has led to larger volumes of market data during a trading session. Fast asset classes such as equities and FX often challenge the network bandwidth during busy market conditions. FIX has become the prominent protocol for market data. FIX is however very verbose and its performance limitations have […]
Since the breakthrough of social networks the way people interact and communicate has changed in an astonishing way. Newly presented numbers in a study on social media show that social networks are estimated to reach 2.55 billion people by the year of 2017. Given the world’s population now stands at more than seven billion people […]
Under the new European Market Infrastructure Regulations (EMIR) both counterparties involved in a trade are required to report their side of the transaction to a Trade Repository (TR). While financial counterparties and large organisations are able to meet these requirements themselves, smaller operations and individuals may not have the resources to invest in the necessary […]