Canada
Citihub Moves Scher to New Toronto Office
IT advisory firm Citihub Consulting has opened a new office in Toronto at 140 Yonge Street, and has relocated associate partner Greg Scher from New York to lead client engagements from the new office and better support Citihub's "growing base of…
Activ Preps PoP in TMX Co-Lo
Market data and ticker plant provider Activ Financial is building a point of presence (PoP) in Canadian exchange group TMX Group's co-location facility in Toronto, to provide traders subscribing to Activ's Canadian data services with low-latency access…
UPDATE: Canadian Data Vets Found CFSI Advisory, Development Firm; Win Activ Canadian Distribution Deal
Toronto-based startup Collaborative Financial Services Inc, a provider of services that include business development consulting for companies seeking to enter the Canadian market, and an ecosystem of integrated partner products and development…
Activ Financial Readies Lynx ATS and CX2 Feed Handlers
Market data and ticker plant provider Activ Financial is building out new feed handlers for Lynx ATS, Omega ATS's new Canadian alternative trading system, and CX2, Chi-X Canada's second ATS, to provide domestic and US customers with complete coverage of…
TR Bows Canadian MBS Pricing
Thomson Reuters has launched an evaluated pricing service for Canadian mortgage-backed securities as part of its Thomson Reuters Pricing Service that prices 2.5 million global fixed income securities, derivatives and loans daily, to help clients assess…
Guilty Bankers Should Be Counting Rocks on a Prison Beach, Says Consultant
Alex Jurshevski wasn't even supposed to appear on the over-the-counter (OTC) and central clearing panel at the Toronto Financial Information Summit. It was only because of flooding in the city that the founder of Recovery Partners, a consultancy, was…
Don't Equate Canadian OTC Derivatives Reform With US Reform
Much of what regulator Aaron Unterman had to say at the Toronto Financial Information Summit about Canadian over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives reform would have sounded familiar to any American in the audience. Canada’s approach to reform largely mirrors…
Toronto FIS: HFT Proponents Prompt Re-evaluation
Canadian bankers and regulators fought off attacks against high-frequency trading practices at the Toronto Financial Information Summit. A pending study of its effects may validate their position or cause a reconsideration.
Tick Data Bought Out by Management, VC
Former Penson data business is sold to management team and ex-Pension execs by Desjardins brokerage subsidiary.
ITG Canada Colocates With TMX
ITG Canada and its crossing network, Match Now, have completed their technology migration into the TMX Datalink colocation facility.
Startup iPerform Data Bows Near-Real-Time Bond Pricing
More frequent pricing will create greater transparency for traders and index providers, officials say.
Canada's Alpha to Offer On-Demand Data via Xignite
Newly-designated exchange will deploy two phases of web services data delivery between now and year-end.
Costs, Regulations Drive Firms to Review Data, Tech in Toronto
As data budgets remain tight, more firms in Toronto are focusing on implementing more flexible data architectures that are customizable, scalable and sustainable.
Fox River Crosses Into Canada
The SunGard subsidiary is looking to fill demand for specialized Canadian equity algorithms.
Canada Investment Managers Confident on T+1 Matching
Survey of 15 operations chiefs reveals readiness for new matching rules, concerns over LEI and reporting requirements in the Great North.
