Abstract
Overview
Introduction
As financial markets remain sluggish, capital market institutions are
increasingly focused on cost control in the middle and back office to provide
an efficient organisational structure. Issues such as regulation, product
differentiation and the development of new technologies has driven the need
for organizational efficiency and balanced IT investment to remain competitive
and add value.
Scope
- Highlight trends and key areas of activities within capital markets
sell-side trading sectors
- Provides market opportunities & forecasts for applications expenditure and
debt vs equity spend
- Vendor positioning for the financial markets trading space
Report Highlights
IT strategy continues to be dominated by cost control as financial market
institutions face ongoing margin pressure. While institutions are hesitant to
pursue investment opportunities, technology-driven solutions are being seen as
necessary to differentiate and gain competitive advantage amid tough
conditions.
While MiFID (due April 2007) is an EU regulation, it has an effect on US
institutions that have operations in any of the EU member states. By aiming
for optimal transparency across all trading venues, the ruling gives firms a
passport to trade by making it mandatory for a sell-side firm to state
publicly prices for equities traded on its own book.
With the continued high level of algorithmic trading, brokers will need to
find new and inventive ways of adding value (a changing of the value-chain
model). There will also be added pressure to produce efficiency metrics for
the buy side to differentiate between different algorithms from not only
suppliers but also non-electronic methods.
Reasons to Purchase
- Understand trends and key areas of activities within capital markets
sell-side trading sectors
- Gain insight into how the interplay of end-user trading, regulation & FSI
dynamics are driving a renewed focus in growth initiatives & IT investments
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