Integrated Investing in a Connected World

After picking holes in banking infrastructures, and the lack of integration the institutions have with today’s connected world, there is one part of the market that really gets technology. They do not just get technology, but they lead in it.

Where?

Investment markets.

The investment markets are more than just connected with the world of technology today. They are integrated with it.

You only have to look at the exchanges, like the refreshed London Stock Exchange (LSE) and upstart Chi-x, to hear of trade processing taking place at the speed of light. Here are the latest stats to process a trade on LSE and Euronext:

                             2005                  October 2007
LSE                  140 milliseconds    6 milliseconds
Euronext           200 milliseconds    5 milliseconds

To put these speeds in context, the human eye takes around 200 milliseconds to blink.

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