Structured Products Gain Traction in Eastern Europe
[ Source: Orc Software ]
December 2008-
Eastern European financial markets are increasingly looking beyond equities and other “plain vanilla” investment products. As markets mature, a move to more sophisticated investment products follows naturally. The current economic unrest has accelerated this trend. Trading in warrants, certificates and other structured products is now growing rapidly across Continental and Eastern Europe. From this follows an increasing need for technology to support “financial engineering.”
Data Visualization Tools Help Traders Achieve Best Execution in Today’s Ultra-Fast Moving Markets
[ Source: Panopticon Software ]
May 2008-
Security traders today face two major challenges: the markets in which they operate have become highly complex and ultra-fast, while at the same time the fiduciary duty of best execution is viewed more seriously than ever. Wayne Wagner explains how data visualization applications help traders achieve best execution by informing them of developing situations quickly enough to prevent sub-standard executions. Advanced data visualization software platforms have emerged in recent years as solutions ....
The Advantages of Enabling Order Execution in Hardware
[ Source: Solace Systems ]
August 2008-
In order to avoid lost opportunities and customers, sell-side firms need to guarantee the rapid delivery of trade-related messages to avoid lost and late messages through back-office order processing systems. Traditionally, firms have relied on software- and server-based systems to process trades. With the increasing volume of orders, the widespread adoption of algorithmic trading systems and the demand for lower latency, existing systems are not able to keep up with the demand. Solace Systems' hardware ....
Multi Symbol Spread Trading White Paper
[ Source: Aegisoft, LLC ]
June 2008-
This whitepaper explains what multi-symbol spread trading is an how it works.