MiFID is on everyone’s mind, buy-side, sell-side, and exchanges - or should we say market liquidity. But what is the City’s response so far, and what is Intel doing to support infrastructure developments? Nigel Woodward examines the current state of play.

Nigel Woodward Financial Services Director UK Intel

Welcome to the first issue of Intelligence in Finance – Intel’s new quarterly newsletter covering important topics across our activities in the financial services industry.

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With the November 1 deadline approaching, the intense speculation and uncertainty toward the end of last year has given way to a more pragmatic attitude in the market, says PJ Di Giammarino of JWG-IT. However, he warns that other than a few lawyers and consultants, very few vendors can put credible numbers on MiFID implementation costs.

PJ Di Giammarino CEO JWG-IT Group Ltd.

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The Exchange landscape looks set to shift dramatically over the next few years as banks demand new efficiencies. As traditional players, new MTFs such as Equiduct and Chi-x and new entrants battle to draw and create liquidity, a key factor in maintaining a competitive advantage is reducing the TCO (capital and ongoing cost) for technology. In context this has to be rolled into the current fixation on increasing speed and lowering latency.

Nigel Woodward Financial Services Director UK Intel

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Recent research conducted by Intel in the UK has shown the new Intel® Xeon® 5300 family of quad-core processors will handle much higher volumes than its predecessors. Intel has collaborated with the finance community to understand the technical requirements of low latency platforms to deliver optimally configured architectures.

Dimitrios Ziakas Enterprise Architecture Manager Intel

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Late last year, Intel held the first in a series of fasterFS events in London that explored the direction and opportunities created by quad core technology. Read how senior financial markets executives from Atos Euronext, Reuters, Credit Suisse Lehman and the London Stock Exchange plan to re-engineer their trading application infrastructure while significantly reducing the server and environmental footprint of their current operations.

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The arrival of the Intel® Core™ 2 Duo desktop processor has been well received on Wall Street. Much praise has been given to the performance enhancements and energy efficiencies of the new micro architecture. Find out how Intel is working with leading industry brands to optimise its infrastructure offering.

Christian Sommer Financial Services Solutions Marketing Director Intel

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