Trading & Risk Technology

When it comes to upgrades, firms typically weigh the cost and hassle of installing and testing a major release versus benefits of features in an intermediate release. “The nice thing about an IR is that you are dealing mostly with code enhancements, rather than rewrites,” said Jeffrey Garbus, a 20-year veteran of database architecture. “So [...]

Storing information in the age of Big Data has been a challenge for just about everybody. The more data you have to store, the more you have to spend. Right? Not necessarily. Sybase’s latest version of Adaptive Server Enterprise can reduce your storage investments with new technologies, such as data and Large OBject compression. Firms [...]

Knowing when to hold ‘em and fold ‘em, i.e. predictive analytics, involves processing a lot of data. Knowing when to walk away and when to run requires a business intelligence infrastructure that can handle all of that and more on an absolutely massive scale. Enterprise Data Warehouses can do that, but they typically hog a [...]

Have you noticed the masses of new information out there? Data volumes won’t be shrinking any time soon. Have you noticed all of the new regulations your firm has to comply with now? And you’ve surely seen that there are tons more waiting to drop. That is why David Newman, vice president of research at [...]

Big banks lost more ground this week when a report by international regulators found that higher capital requirements would not drastically impair growth. The Bank for International Settlements in Basel stated Monday that a one percentage point surcharge increase would slow annual growth by less than 0.01 percentage points over eight years. In short, the [...]

Sure, traders in the front office feel squeezed beneath unprecedented volumes of Big Data, but so do techies in the back office. Sybase obviously had the oft-neglected developer in mind when planning Tuesday’s techcast on the latest in Adaptive Server Enterprise: ASE 15.7. “Language and Productivity Advances for Application Development” explored new application tools for [...]

Lace up your shoes and upgrade your trading infrastructure. Take your mark and install new hardware. Get set and co-locate your computer services with the market center. But before you go, know that you’re still not prepared to win the race to zero latency. Front runners in high-frequency trading are leading by a lap because [...]

Motivated by years of recession or a few terrifying minutes of market depression, last week was exciting for remedial action by regulatory authorities. Large financial institutions are looking at higher capital reserves, and traders are more likely than ever to see older circuit breaker rules give way to new ones. Cash or Surcharge? The world’s [...]

Keeping pace with the rate of change can seem impossible, especially with the 24-hour news cycle — and global markets reacting instantaneously to it. That is why financial services professionals require real-time access to the latest information no matter where they are. And that is why SAP is hosting a half-day executive innovation seminar Tuesday [...]