Articles by Jake Thomases
Citi Adds Middle Office Services to Victory Capital Management
The fully implemented solutions build on Victory's longstanding relationship with the bank.
JonesTrading Acquires Conifer Securities
The deal opens up access to new services for both firms.
What's Cooking For September's Waters
Jake Thomases and Tim Bourgaize Murray give a sneak peak at the stories they're working on for the September issue of Waters.
Celent Studies Risk Management in China
Asset managers in particular are dealing with highly varied risk management capabilities and technologies.
Maple Renamed TMX Group Limited
Maple completed its share transaction of outstanding TMX Group shares.
TMX Offers Pre-Trade Risk Tool
The offering is being made in part to comply with upcoming risk management regulation.
Knight is a Market Maker Once Again
NYSE will return direct market making responsibilities to the firm next Monday.
FX Broker Suffers DDoS Attack, Hong Kong Partner Turns to Prolexic
The most serious DDoS attacks are down, but that may be temporary. Global eSolutions can attest to the fact that they haven't gone away.
ICE joins IPC's Connexus
ICE customers can access trade lifecycle applications and market data through the financial extranet.
A White Knight for Knight Capital
An emergency cash infusion has given Knight a chance to win back Wall Street's confidence.
What Went Wrong at Knight?
Everyone knows there was a bug in Knight Capital's trading system. The question is whether that bug was in the machine, or out of it.
France Implements Transaction Tax
The seminal 0.2 percent tax, expected to be a guinea pig for other nations, goes into effect today.
Glickman Brings Together Custody and Hedge Fund Admin at Northern Trust
Coming from GlobeOp, Glickman will specialize in developing bespoke solutions in Northern Trust's hedge fund services.
Eris Exchange Seeks to Futurize, Standardize, Capitalize
Eris, the Greek goddess of discord, inadvertently started the Trojan War by pitting the gods against each other. Neal Brady doesn’t want a war, or even discord. He wants Eris Exchange to grow through the unity of standardized contracts. An innovative…
Nest Investimentos Chooses StreamBase CEP
Among other things, the Brazilian broker will use it for algorithmic trading and risk management.
ConvergEx TCA Goes Global
The upgraded TCA is now available in markets outside of the US.
Jake Thomases: A Step in the Right Direction
It’s not often that when it comes to introducing new regulations, the SEC garners appreciable industry support. But as Jake explains, one of the regulator’s most recent pieces of legislation affecting large swaths of the US financial services industry,…
Omgeo's Trade Matching Foray Approved by Chilean Regulator
Brokers will be able to access Omgeo's central matching via the Chilean central depository.
CMA Extends Connectivity and Raw Data from Brazil to New York
The Brazilian vendor allows New York firms to access market data and connectivity to the execution platform.
Dion Grows out of Hartmann's Back Office
As Hartmann's business changed, it was particularly interested in Invantage's reporting capabilities.
Japanese Firm Implements OneMarketData's OneTick
SBI Securities has added OneTick to its platform with the help of Intelligent Wave Inc.
Open Outcry is Silenced at ICE
ICE will shift all options execution to its electronic platform as of October 22.
Ospero Wants to Popularize a New As-a-Service Offering
Distribution-as-a-service may or may not catch on, but Ospero's vendor data center grid seems to be doing well.
DbSelect Adds Swedish Power Strategy
Coeli Asset Management launches its weather-based strategy to Deutsche Bank's hedge fund strategy platform.