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Financial markets data optimization from IBM

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The goal
Optimize and enhance
Data and application functionality. Excessive use of exchange feeds and high-end solutions. Vendor penetration within your organization. High costs related to data licensing, technology, fragmented sub-optimized processes and regulatory and audit requirements. The financial markets data optimization solution from IBM is designed to address these issues.

The advantage
Industry-leading financial markets capabilities
IBM has extensive experience with data management engagements and can help you develop a roadmap to address your needs today—and in the future.
  • We offer knowledgeable business consultants who can address your data management needs—over 1,200 Global Business Services professionals dedicated to financial markets globally.
  • Proven technology—the New York Stock Exchange’s real-time processing runs on a system built around IBM's mainframe computers and infrastructure software, designed to accommodate the expanding volume of trading on the exchange and the growth in messaging that has accompanied it.
  • Broad-based experience—IBM clients comprise 100% of Fortune 500 financial markets firms and 83% of Fortune 1000 financial markets firms.

The benefits
Lower costs, higher quality data and improved timeliness
The financial markets data optimization solution from IBM can help you improve the efficiency of your data processes and:
  • Optimize data across the organization.
  • Address the data scalability challenges of tomorrow.
  • Manage multiple sources of data in a consistent and reliable manner.
  • Deliver high volumes of data—with low latency—to applications across the enterprise and black-box trading systems.
  • Place a high priority on the production and distribution of accurate, timely data to end users.
  • Meet stringent fiduciary responsibilities by providing correct data to both the internal and external regulatory departments and agencies.

The approach
Manage and optimize data
Market data services spend is typically in the top five expense items of financial institutions. It can run in excess of US$100 million for mid to large organizations, due to the cyclical nature of the financial markets and merger and acquisition activity. Combined with the complexity of the commercial contracts that support market data services, it has become a full-time occupation to manage the environment—let alone proactively optimize it. The efforts of several organizations, while successful in the short term, often have to be repeated 18 months later. The financial market data optimization solution from IBM has been successful in helping financial markets organizations break this cycle.

The financial advantage
A tangible return on investment
Developing and executing a data strategy must be performed with a focus on eliminating the risk associated with change, reducing investment cost and providing a return on investment over the entire life cycle of the project. The financial markets data optimization solution can help provide both the expertise and components needed to bring a tangible return on investment. By optimizing and centralizing data you can:
  • Optimize supply and demand management.
  • Help reduce costs and increase efficiency.
  • Improve data distribution.

Next steps
 
Questions about this solution? Contact an IBM Financial Services specialist.

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