I'm interesting in finding out the technology spent on communicating
ideas in between securities firms (institutional trading divisions of
Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, etc. specifically) and their
institutional asset managers clients (Hedge funds and mutual funds)
and how much those asset managers spend on communications and
management of those communications. Examples of communications and
idea technologies include FIX lines (SAVVIS, STN), ring-down lines
(IPC, BT), communications software (IM, email, VoIP, phone systems),
document management, etc. Again this is specific spend between brokers
and their institutional clients.