What is a Market Data Benchmark Review?

In our benchmark review we aim to capture and analyze business spend, document and record internal workflows and compare these results with standards we view lead the industry. The review is broken down into down into 4 sections

When to escalate w/ Vendors?

When engaging with a market data vendor during a renewal, escalation can be a highly
effective negotiation strategy. Most individuals’ tasks with managing these
market data vendor renewals have no authority to approve spend.

What are soft dollars?  

Soft dollars are a means of paying for market data and research services through a brokerage firm’s account rather than your own company’s account. In general, soft dollar arrangements are allowable, so long as the services purchased with client commissions are used by the investment management firm to support their investment decision making process.   

Market data is the lifeblood of financial institutions that are on a quest to garner vital information to surpass customer expectations and create market differentiation.

Effectively tracking market data spend across the organization can be a challenge for most firms. Implementing an inventory management system and using business intelligence software for spend reporting can lead to large cost savings.

S4 Market Data has partnered with ydotm to launch LATAM FX Rates and Bitcoin LATAM FX Cross Rates on the MarketDesk free mobile app.

Vendor and Exchange audits are at an all-time high and failure is not an option. Here are some practical tips that can help you meet the challenges and achieve favorable results.

The first two articles in this series focused on the Challenges of Managing Market Data and Market Data Licensing Recommendations. Now we focus on market data vendor management.

The first article in this series focused on the Challenges of Managing Market Data. Now, we will help guide you through the complex world of market data licensing.

The market data needs for the financial services industry is at an all-time high. With constant expansion, it’s becoming an increasingly critical component of the business, touching nearly every aspect of it.