Real-time financial trading: test and opportunity for IP network providers

Publication Date	September 2008
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	15
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00561

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Summary

Real-time financial trading is an emerging opportunity for telco-led IP network providers in the next two to four years, but it will be a testing ground too. Initial requirements for low-latency, high-speed networks and secure data hosting will be followed by multiple requirements to offer managed services around network performance monitoring, applications management, and service support, as well as possibly wholly new electronic trading technologies. The pace of regulatory change and commercial innovation in this sector is accelerating, which means that telecoms operators have an important responsibility as the hosts for technology innovation.

Content

Financial services a ripe opportunity for telcos
Real-time trading becoming a vertical in its own right
Telcos underpin financial trading market
- Secure base for growing into managed services space
- Exchange network deals 2007-08
- Telco providers in financial trading markets
- Altnets challenge incumbents
- Regulatory changes affecting financial trading markets
- The future for real-time trading and ECNs
Conclusion
- BT Global Financial Services is the standard-bearer
Appendix: Service providers in real-time financial trading
- Players include incumbents as well as newcomers
Table of figures
- Table 1 Telecoms service providers in the real-time trading markets
- Figure 1 BTs exchange network agreements, 2008 vs 2007
- Table 2 Service providers exchange network deals, 200708
- Figure 2 Financial trading in the news
- Table 3 Financial services company spin-offs, 2007-08
- Figure 3 Importance of non-equity trading, and foreign exchange turnover
- Figure 4 Real-time financial applications management