Financial markets have undergone tremendous changes in the last decades. Next to the automation of the trading process and the improvement in market quality, High Frequency Trading (HFT) plays a major role in financial markets. This thesis provides a background on the evolution of financial...

Information is the global currency of today and nowhere is it more true than in financial markets. Specialized agencies like Reuters, Bloomberg and Dow Jones invest large sums to develop the fastest, most accurate and most reliable systems of delivering thousands of news every day to investors...