Messaging Standards in the Investment Services Industry: Why, What, When (and a Pinch of How)

ID Number: G00148297

25 May 2007

Mary Knox James Wolstenholme

Industry messaging standards are extending into new areas and sometimes overlapping each other. Firms must stay abreast of this complex landscape, selecting viable standards and flexible support methods.

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Table of Contents

Predictions

Analysis

1.0

Step 1: Identify Your Firm's Drivers for Adopting Industry Messaging Standards

2.0

Step 2: Recognize the Limitations of Industry Messaging Standards

3.0

Step 3: Identify the Industry Messaging Standards Relevant to Your Firm

3.1		Equities
3.2		Fixed Income
3.3		Derivatives
3.4		Foreign Exchange
3.5		Mutual Funds

4.0

Step 4: Assess the Likely Future of Chosen Standards

5.0

Step 5: Evaluate Alternative Adoption Methods, Given Requirements, Limitations, and Chosen Standards and Their Likely Future

5.1

Standards Adoption Methods

6.0

Recommendations

List of Tables

	Table 1.	Predominant Industry Standards Across the Transaction Life Cycle

Enterprise Architecture
Message-Oriented Middleware
Investment Services Systems

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