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Seeking Low Latency in Financial Markets (Strategic Focus)

Published by: Datamonitor

Published: Oct. 22, 2008 - 10 Pages

Overview: Catalyst; Summary; Key Messages; Datamonitor does not believe investment in low-latency infrastructure will stop; Customers may become more conservative in their sourcing; Low-latency infrastructure is still a technical sale; There will continue to be opportunities for small, technically advanced vendors; Expect more M&A in low-latency infrastructure; Table of Contents; Table of figures; Market Opportunity; The profile of buy- and sell-side firms differs greatly; Datamonitor does not believe investment in low-latency infrastructure will stop; Customers may become more conservative in their sourcing; Expect more M&A in low-latency infrastructure; The evolution of the need for speed; Decimalization leads to changes in strategic behavior; Venue proliferation provokes fragmentation of liquidity; Algotrading enables the pulverization of orders; Now quants want automation to streamline model creation; Europe's single market initiatives drove exchange consolidation; MiFID encourages multiple trading venues in Europe; Direct feeds speak to the need for lower latency in decision making; Ticker plants are upping their game with value-added services; Proximity hosting addresses the challenge of physics; Customer Impact; CEP technology has multiple applications in the financial markets; CEP can be applied to smart order routing, but there are alternative approaches; FPGAs are in vogue for hardware acceleration; Competitive Landscape; Messaging; Market data distribution platforms; Feed handlers/ticker plants; CEP Engines; Data caches; GemStone; GigaSpaces; IBM and Oracle; Tick databases; Alpha-generation platforms; Field-programmable gate arrays; CPUs; Nvidia; AMD; Monitoring and measurement; ITRS; NetScout/Network General; Network Instruments; Niksun; NetQoS; Corvil; Trading Metrics; Correlix; SeaNet Technologies; Go to Market; Low-latency infrastructure is still a technical sale; There will continue to be opportunities for small, technically advanced vendors; Recommendations; Demonstrate financial robustness as well as technical excellence; Seek alliances with other specialist vendors to offer a broader solution; Seek to add value by taking some of the workload off the main transactional systems
APPENDIX: Methodology; Ask the analyst; Datamonitor consulting; Disclaimer
List of Figures: Figure 1: Proximity hosting

Abstract

Introduction

With the number of trading venues proliferating and automation growing in certain asset classes, the capital markets' need for ultra-low latency, both in market data and trades, is growing.

Scope

Financial markets, particularly equities, options and derivatives, but also increasingly FX
Networking, messaging, chip technology

Highlights

Low-latency infrastructure for the financial markets is a fast-moving space that shows no sign of slowing down in the face of the greater crisis in the global banking and financial services industry.

Reasons to Purchase

Gain an insight into how vendors are moving to meet the ever greater demands for low latency in the financial market
See how some of the larger vendors are seeking to get into a space which has hitherto been dominated by small start-ups

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Seeking Low Latency in Financial Markets (Strategic Focus)

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