Business Trends: Financial Markets

Introduction

With income growth moving positively yet remaining volatile across most financial markets sectors, the overlook for technology remains hesitant with institutions choosing IT projects that demonstrate considerable cost savings and return on investment. Institutions have realised that technology investment is vital for long-term sustainability and maintaining competitive par.

Scope

• The report analyzes the opinions of 100 senior IT/business professionals in the US, UK, France, Germany, Benelux and Switzerland.
• It covers the Asset / Fund Management, Corporate / Commercial Banks, Investments and Securities Services, Trading / Brokerage and Hedge funds sectors.
• The report provides an insight into key IT spending trends and issues currently facing these sectors.

Highlights

Institutions are focusing on increasing revenues with strong IT budget growth as this environment deals with increased competitive market pressures. Additionally, all segments are focusing on creating customer centric enterprises.

Investments and securities services firms are looking to better manage, hedge and mitigate their risk by investing heavily in risk management systems, whereas fund managers are increasing IT spend in their payment systems.

Two of the key drivers for increase investment in algorithmic trading stems from the need to keep up with competitors and the growing demand from customers. In addition to these drivers, hedge funds are also using the need for increased revenue and tracking liquidity (which is critical to their business models) as catalysts as well.

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