Category: TABB Group Research

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]

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 […]

US Equity Technology 2010: The Sell Side Perspective

Download Full Report Here The study focuses on US equity infrastructures and is based on conversations with CIOs, CTOs, and heads of technology at 24 sell side firms.  Bulge bracket firms accounted for one quarter of total participants, however this equates to two thirds of all bulge bracket firms.  The discussions covered usage and trends […]

Bloomberg – Regulatory Budgets No Match for Banks in OTC Push, TABB Says

U.S. regulators will need budget increases “orders-of-magnitude larger” than current levels to police trades in the $592 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market, according to Tabb Group analyst Kevin McPartland. Full Article Here TABB Group Report Here