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Financial markets leaders must act to prepare themselves for the momentous changes they will face over the next decade. They must be able to succeed in an environment where analysis, not knowledge, is the value creator. IBM has a unique combination of financial markets insight, high-powered research and technology expertise to help you optimize your business like no other firm. To learn more, review these "Ideas from IBM."

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For nearly a century IBM has been working with the world’s leading financial services institutions building industry skills. Listen to speaker presentations and read event presentations on driving high performance, delivering low latency and enabling business value.

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Creating a world-class platform for low latency market data delivery
IBM acquires InfoDyne. InfoDyne provides software that is designed to enable today's highly competitive trading firms and other venues to process exploding data volumes at microsecond response rates.

IBM System x iDataPlex
Put the heat on your competition—Not in your data center. The new System x iDataplex gives you massive scale-out computing power—without the massive power bill.
How much is a microsecond worth?
How much is a microsecond worth?
Into the future: The fast track for financial markets—from acceleration technologies to hybrid systems and more, IBM has the deep engineering, architectural and application capabilities to help firms deliver world-class systems that meet today's challenges.
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Get global. Get specialized.
Financial markets firms have historically avoided the commoditization trap by innovating to create new products and services. Yet today, growth opportunities are evaporating, and meaningful future expansion will come from new markets.
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Optimize, Innovate & Grow
Financial markets firms require a continuous evolution of their operations to keep pace with the explosive growth of new technologies and strategies that can drive profitable growth. (SIFMA 2007 Technology Management Conference & Exhibit papers)
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Keeping personal information personal
Governance, risk and compliance programs and policies not only help financial institutions run their businesses more efficiently, but are increasingly mandated by governmental regulations. A critical component of meeting these requirements is protecting the security and privacy of customer information.
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Get your data at the speed of business
IBM saw the need for industry specific software that is focused on your front office. Our solution includes a platform that is designed to meet the performance aspects of today's low-latency, high volume, time-sensitive market data requirements.
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Optimize your IT environment
In today’s competitive financial management industry, the speed at which you can deliver information and services is the key to creating a competitive advantage. To meet this challenge, financial markets companies are increasing their focus on IT resource utilization and efficiency.
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Navigate the new financial landscape
Financial service organizations have become so laden with and dependent upon their technological infrastructure, they are practically IT companies in their own right. Formerly known as Information Technology Services (ITS), IBM Global Technology Services (GTS) offers a portfolio of solutions that blend business and technology to help banking, insurance and financial markets organizations compete with leading-edge approaches to the issues they face.
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Enterprise risk management: Aligning design principles to corporate goals
As most financial institutions have taken steps to increase their firm's value creation and capital productivity, further business optimization will likely require substantial transformation of their organizational structure and operating environment. Implementing an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) function, properly integrated with key management processes, is a critical task facing many firms.
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Financial markets in 2015 — Turning risk into opportunity
How can financial market leaders position their firm to keep pace with the momentous changes they will face over the next decade? This executive brief explains and summarizes our study findings into a view of the industry, and acts as a guide to help prepare your firm for the future.
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Aligning behind client interests: The soothing power of relationship-based asset management
If you're in the retail asset management business, the sound of the morning paper hitting your desk probably has become an antacid moment. Upsetting headlines about market timing. Biased investment advice. Out-of-court settlements. A relationship-based business model that allows financial advisors to take advantage of a wealth of client data to generate trust may be just the right medicine.