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Risk.net – Number of OTC derivatives dealers could double after US reforms

At the moment, there are 15 major dealers in OTC derivatives, according to Kevin McPartland, a senior analyst at the TABB Group and author of a new study,OTC Derivatives U.S. Regulatory Update. He believes the number of major dealers could expand to as many as 30 over the next two to five years, as “the […]

SIN – Budgeting for Latency: If I Shave a Microsecond, Will I See a 10X Profit?

The trick is to make sure the money being spent to remove delays will be more than reimbursed by the profits achieved in the trading strategy that is improved by it, says Kevin McPartland, senior analyst at Tabb Group. “If I’m spending $1M to get one microsecond faster, will I make ten times what I […]

SIN – In Icap's World,Offense is the Best Defense Best Defense

Inter-dealer brokers (IDBs) execute about half of all OTC derivatives trades occurring between dealers; the rest, the dealers trade directly between each other. Language in the House bill could give the IDBs the remaining 50 percent of the market in dealer-to-dealer OTC derivatives trading, according to Kevin McPartland, senior analyst at the Tabb Group. McPartland’s […]

TABB Group Pinpoints the OTC Derivatives Regulatory Impact of The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 (H.R. 4173)

McPartland analyzes the language of the bill, describes what the OTC derivatives reforms can mean for the marketplace and what lies ahead once the Senate passes their version of the bill by early summer 2010 before a compromise bill is readied for President Obama’s signature. “Depending on the complexion of the bill enacted,” he says, “there […]

UK Response to Derivatives Reform: Protectionism or Pragmatism?

A TABB Group Commentary.  Download free here. Does the UK have a soft spot for OTC derivatives or do they just have a better grasp of reality than the rest of the globe? On 15th December 2009, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) and HM Treasury published a joint response to the “EU Consultation Document: […]

WS&T – Sell-Side Equity Technology Gets Smarter in 2010

So, the sell side will continue to invest in infrastructure to grow capacity as the market demand for trading U.S. equities grows, but McPartland predicts it will look for smarter ways to do this and that growth will be smaller in 2010 than in the past. Full Article Here [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyVyJD2vXdM]

Derivatives Regulatory Update Conference – Jan 13, 2010

Conference focused on “Strategies for the Coming Market Reformation I’m giving the keynote address, which will be an overview of the financial reform legislation passed by the House and what it will mean to the industry. I’m also moderating a panel on the same topic. Full Details Here

Business demands to outpace trading tech budgets in 2010

McPartland argues that because a completely virtualised and highly utilised infrastructure is still years away for sell-side equities technology, a large gap exists between what is currently possible and actually done. In that same vein, cloud computing will be a part of equity IT strategies in the future but security concerns leave it more interesting […]