Securities Industry news from FierceFinanceIT

There's long been arbitrage activity that requires tight links between the futures and options markets in Chicago and the stock markets in New York. To grease that activity, there's been a lot of... Read more...

It's fair to say that collateral management was seen as a sleepy backwoods area that got much more attention after the credit crisis (credit crisis news) took hold. Counterparty risk, of course, got... Read more...

So how much do you really want to monitor your employees? Many executives and front-line managers have little stomach for hardcore electronic eavesdropping. It seems sort of sinister and underhanded.... Read more...

Is market and market-related data a crucial driver of success in the wealth management industry? Well, it could be in a couple of ways. Obviously, if a wealth management firm (wealth management news)... Read more...

There's no indication that the historic Flash Crash of May 6 was the result of targeted action by someone bent on harming the United States. But financial terrorism is a concept that has gotten some... Read more...

Smart order routers came of age years ago in part to trading firms with their National Best Bid and Offer (NBBO) requirements. But Securities Industry News notes that these systems are undergoing... Read more...

Cloud computing (cloud computing news) has made huge gains on Wall Street in some areas, like customer relationship management and human resources. But in more core financial areas, the trend has... Read more...

Historically, Fidelity Investments (Fidelity news) has been seen as a mutual fund company. Some of you also know the company as a massive retail stock brokerage and a benefits outsourcing service... Read more...

Does the sheer volume of information exchange really mean anything? You bet it does. Market data appliance company Exegy is working with Essex Radez, a direct exchange and co-location services firm,... Read more...

We used to measure trade execution times in seconds. Then milliseconds, then microseconds. Are we now on the verge of the nanosecond era? That's one billionth of a second, which is pretty fast!... Read more...