The Democratization of High Performance Infrastructure for Trading
TABB Group | Webinar
It’s no secret to anyone involved in highly automated and high turnover trading that costs are high and performance opportunities are low relative to the recent past. Add the pursuit of incremental speed to the mix, and the cost-benefit analysis becomes further skewed to the negative.
Fact is that theoretical alpha in this space is shifting in proportion from returns on proprietary infrastructure to returns on proprietary data management. And, as a result, players in this space need to update strategies for re-allocating limited resources.
Fortunately, third party solutions to maintain the performance of certain components of the trading infrastructure at lower costs are gaining adoption. Listen to Paul Rowady, Senior Analyst of TABB Group and Mark Casey, President & CEO of CFN Services as they discuss key shifts and how new solutions are bridging the gaps. Fill out the form below and you will be redirected to the recording.
PANELISTS
E. Paul Rowady, Senior Analyst, TABB Group
Paul Rowady, a senior analyst at TABB Group, has 20 years of capital markets experience, with a background in research, risk management, trading technology, software development and hedge fund operations.
He also has specific expertise in derivatives, highly automated trading systems, and enterprise data management initiatives. Rowady joined TABB Group in 2009 from Alphacution LLC, where he was managing director from 2004 to 2009, focusing on the design, development, strategy and research for market intelligence and data management systems. From 2001 to 2004, he served as managing director, research and knowledge management, for Ritchie Capital Management, LLC, a multi-strategy hedge fund manager, where he designed and managed the development of a centralized trading intelligence system, as well as real-time risk management dashboards. From 1996 to 2004, Rowady served as chief investment officer and director at Quantlab Financial, LLC, where he co-managed $6.5 million in venture capital fundraising to develop quantitative trading systems for global equity and futures markets. Prior to Quantlab, Rowady spent five years as a research analyst and portfolio manager at leading global derivatives shop O’Connor & Associates, LP. He earned a Master of Management from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.S. in Business Administration from Valparaiso University.
Mark Casey, President & CEO, CFN Services
Mark is the President and CEO of CFN Services. He has delivered results for clients in the global communications markets with companies including AT&T, Verizon and CSX for more than 20 years. Since 2001, he has led CFN Services in developing high-performance, network and application-delivery solutions for real-time, mission-critical applications. Mark has also pioneered the design and optimization of solutions that accelerate market data delivery and trade execution for the most sophisticated financial market participants worldwide. Under his leadership, CFN Services developed and operates the ultra-low-latency Alpha Platform™, a global, high-performance private cloud for automated trading across key liquidity venues in the equities, options, futures, derivatives, and FX markets.