Richard Clements

Every vendor manager we speak with tells us the same story: Data Usage Rights are at the forefront of the issues they deal with daily.

The purpose of financial regulation is ultimately to protect the consumer. There are hundreds of global financial regulations created by a myriad of regulatory bodies both in response to, and as a means to avoid, financial crisis, and to create stability and security in the financial systems.

Market data is already digital. The days of ticker tapes, when stock pricing was transmitted over telegraph lines and could be delayed more than 15 minutes, are long gone. Now pricing delays are measured in nanoseconds and digital data flies at speeds never imagined 20 years ago.