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Oliver Muhr

senior vice president, SunGard’s MarketMap

18
Apr
2012

Mobile market data: New opportunities for capital markets and asset management firms

Contributor: Oliver Muhr

SunGard conducted a survey late last year to better understand how banks and financial institutions are adopting and implementing mobile market data solutions. Smartphone usage and adoption continues to grow. Research and consulting firm Celent [i] estimates that in 2012, Smartphone units will grow 35% (to 620 million units). For financial firms, mobility is still a technology that can be leveraged to capture new business and maintain a leadership position. Capital markets firms are leveraging the technology to provide their institutional trading clients with commentary and market insights while wealth management firms are providing account information, data, trading and research information to their wealth management clients.... read more

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Oliver Muhr

senior vice president, SunGard’s MarketMap

8
Mar
2012

Historical market data trends for 2012

Contributor: Oliver Muhr

Earlier this year, SunGard published a list of top historical market data trends for 2012 forecasting that firms will need this information to: Ensure more timely and consistent risk reporting in order to improve transparency and meet new regulatory requirements Support alpha and algorithmic trading Build accurate economic forecasts and predict systemic risk. Interviews with our customers, surveys conducted by our product management teams and research done by the Aite Group, TABB group and others led us to identify some important trends in historical data management.... read more

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Oliver Muhr

senior vice president, SunGard’s MarketMap

18
Nov
2011

Statistical data and systemic risk – A view from the European Central Bank

Contributor: Oliver Muhr

Is it possible to predict future crises based on economic indicators from the past? Two ECB leaders, Andreas Hake, head of division, statistical information services, and Jean-Marc Israel, head of division, monetary and financial statistics, joined SunGard’s MarketMap for a webinar.... read more

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Posted in Efficiency, Global Trading, Risk & Reg Reform, Transparency |

Oliver Muhr

senior vice president, SunGard’s MarketMap

4
Nov
2011

Market data: Pain points and game changers

Contributor: Oliver Muhr

Every two years the market data community (consumers, exchanges and vendors) convenes at the World Financial Information Conference (WFIC) to discuss the trends and issues impacting the industry. This year’s conference, attended by over 600 international delegates, was held in San Francisco in October.... read more

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Oliver Muhr

senior vice president, SunGard’s MarketMap

11
Aug
2011

Save money and improve efficiencies in market data management – Part 2 of 2

Contributor: Oliver Muhr

In 2010, global spending on market data infrastructure grew to $7.8 billion according to estimates by Aite Group. Infrastructure, along with market data, is at the heart of any financial firm's business strategy. Added demands like anticipated regulation on pre-trade risk controls and increasing fragmentation in the markets will only increase the pressure to spend.... read more

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