Author Archives: Ian

The Outlook For FX

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Ian

As the markets start to weather the storm of the great recession, what does the future behold for FX ? FX has always persisted itself as a robust and growing asset class. According to the last Bank of Operational Settlements … Continue reading →

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Challenges for High Frequency Trading in 2010

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Ian

I read an interesting article in the FT earlier this week entitled High Frequency Trading (www.bit.ly/4J9ERj). The main points were that High Frequency trading now accounts for 42% of US equity volume. This has been driven by co-location strategies, placing servers … Continue reading →

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What Role Does Innovation Play In A Downturn Market

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Ian

Innovation means many things to many people. For me, Innovation is centred on introducing changes through new methods, ideas or products to drive competitive advantage and gain market share. Boom To Bust Historically, in boom years, the trend of innovation … Continue reading →

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The Next Big Thing in Innovation – Complex Event Processing

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Ian

As reported by the FT, Vendors and customers alike have it as an article of faith that investment in data processing technology can impart competitive advantage – or “Vorsprung durch Technik” as Audi the carmaker has been telling us in … Continue reading →

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