Category: TABB Group Research

TABB Group Says OTC Derivatives Reform Implementation Will Cause Data Levels to Surge as Much as 400%

This is the press release for my latest research study: “Technology and Financial Reform: Data, Derivatives and Decision Making”. TABB Group Says OTC Derivatives Reform Implementation Will Cause Data Levels to Surge as Much as 400% OTC Derivatives Firms Will Spend $3.4 Billion on Clearing and Back-Office Technology in 2011 Meeting the Need for Low […]

Principal Trading Groups (PTGs) Set to Act as Market Makers for Interest Rate and Credit Default Swaps

Principal Trading Groups (PTGs) Set to Act as Market Makers for Interest Rate and Credit Default Swaps, Says TABB Clearing Access and ‘Click-to-Trade’ Will Make or Break PTG Swaps Market Entry Following Dodd-Frank Reform Rules Implementation NEW YORK & LONDON, July 19 2011 – Financial regulatory reform efforts covering over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives are setting the […]

HFT makes up a third of OTC energy swap trading (FT Alphaville)

FT Alphaville picked up on the video we posted at TabbFORUM (ahead of our official press release tomorrow, July 19)  regarding my new study on the entrance of prop trading firms into the fixed income swaps markets.  Despite the fact that reading your own voice transcribed verbatim is a little painful, the FT does a […]

The Emerging Market Resurgence: Access, Risk and Reward

This is the press release for my latest research piece focused on the emerging markets. Emerging Markets Remain Popular with Buy-Side Investors but Prime Brokers Hold Keys to the Kingdoms, Says TABB; New TABB Research Shows Investors Seek Sector- and Company-Based Investment Strategies over Emerging Market Groupings in Their Continued Search for Alpha NEW YORK […]

Survey gives thumbs up for new swap trading rules (Financial Times)

TABB Group recently conducted a poll of swap market participants regarding varies issues surrounding the creation of swap execution facilities (SEF) and the proposed rules from the CFTC and SEC.  This is the FT’s overview of our findings (which are currently available to clients and contributors here).  The industry thinks SEFs will be good for […]

TABB Group Industry Barometer: Swap Execution Facilities – Participation Request

With the comment period behind us and final rules only a few months away, the definition of Swap Execution Facility (SEF) is still unclear and the market impact of proposed rules still uncertain. TABB Group would like to assess the industry’s opinion on a few key SEF issues as regulators work towards a final rule […]

TABB Says the Number of Swap Dealers Will Surge, Doubling If Not Tripling to 30 by December 2011

This is the press release for my latest research report: Top 15 OTC Derivatives Dealers Set to Spend Nearly $675 Million in 2010/2011 to Prepare Technology for Dodd-Frank OTC Derivatives Trade Execution and Central Clearing Mandates Spending May Continue into 2012 Based on Implementation Timelines Set by Regulators NEW YORK & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With passage of […]

TABB Says Capital Markets Firms are Simplifying Trading Infrastructures, Redefining the Total Area Network (TAN)

This is the press release for my latest research report on data center networking.  You can find a more detailed executive summary here.  Now to the PR: Despite the cost and complexity created by meeting high bandwidth, low latency and global reach requirements sought by capital markets firms trading across asset classes globally, the industry’s […]