By Mike O’Hara, The Realization Group and George Andreadis, TreoTrade Data is becoming increasingly important in the new economy and has been called the world’s most valuable resource. So how can we help financial services firms unlock this value? Legacy systems Over the last two decades or so, as banks and asset managers have tried to put systems and processes in place to build business value, their legacy technologies have often been a limiting factor, in particular because of their siloed approach to data. For example, a bank might want to develop an application for...

This blog originally appeared on the Napatech website and is reproduced here with permission   In the world of fin tech, data capture has never exactly been the sexiest area of development.   That title tended to be reserved for areas such as low latency solutions, analytics, or even risk management. But as market participants ready themselves for a new wave of trading rules, and as competition among cutting edge trading firms has shown no sign of abating, the importance of data capture has taken on much greater significance.   Whether a firm wants to optimise trading...