While Fidessa has operated a worldwide network offering
buy side companies with connectivity since years, the new service allows firms to concentrate on their core operation and outsource their entire connectivity infrastructure to Fidessa.
Now, the sell side, smaller in size but not necessarily stature, is flanked by a beefed-up and certainly more sophisticated institutional investor
buy side which is spearheading more of its own research and hiring third-party supplemental research providers.
For the
buy side, JavTrader consolidates trade details and automatically routes them to Javelin's service bureau, JavCentral.
New Research Examines How the
Buy Side is Divvying up Slender Commission Budgets as the Research Payment Model Shifts toward a More Unbundled Structure
However, according to TABB Group in new research focusing on trends in CSAs, the
buy side is now in a better position to solve the complexities of commission management based on recent advances in technology and services.
Industry Barometer" Examines
Buy Side and Sell Side Opinions Covering High Frequency Trading, Co-Location, Trade-At Rule, Depth of Book Trade-Through, Stub Quotes and Large Trader Reporting Rule
However, McPartland notes, brokers' ability to provide trading platforms gratis to all of their buy-side customers will shrink in the next three to five years as TABB Group believes the
buy side will begin paying for these connections as brokers follow a cost-conscious approach to order-flow acquisition.
Addressing the relationship between the
buy side and sell side, McPartland says that although no single broker currently dominates across all Asian markets, over 90% of buy-side firms are unwilling to give brokers full discretion over their orders.
6 Billion in Commissions as Two Thirds of the
Buy Side Scrutinise Execution Services that Brokers Offer
Platform consolidation and the search for efficiency are driving many
buy side firms to look for a new OMS or EMS, but the current difficult financial climate has caused overall spending on these platforms to drop.
This illustrates that the methodology we use doesn't favour big firms at the expense of smaller vendors - instead, it seeks to acknowledge outstanding service, innovation, and the ability to specifically address the needs of the
buy side, which RIMES Technologies has clearly achieved.
LONDON -- RIMES Technologies, the leading integrator of financial data for the investment community, has won the 2007 Best Data Provider to the
Buy Side Award.