Welcome to the annual Securities Industry News Buyers Guide and Resource Directory, where we present a categorized who's who of systems and service providers as well as a look forward at the trends that will affect our readers in the year ahead.
Much has changed since our 2007 edition, which is hardly surprising given the blink-and-you'll-miss-it nature of the financial services industry. Exchange mergers were announced at a rapid clip--Deutsche Borse's Eurex with the International Securities Exchange, the Nasdaq-OMX-Borse Dubai tie-up, and Nasdaq's purchase of the Boston Stock Exchange and Philadelphia Stock Exchange, to name a few--making the formation of NYSE Euronext, which was finalized in April, and CME Group's combination of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board Options Exchange, closed in July, seem almost old hat.
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