Articles by James Rundle
Trustron Adopts Omgeo CTM
South Korea-based Trustron Asset Management has selected Omgeo Central Trade Manager (CTM) to handle its domestic post-trade equities activity, the firm has announced.
Buy Them! Buy Them All!
ICE's acquisitive mood and T2S lead this week's coverage.
Algomi Chief Takes Non-Exec Position at Baymarkets
Stuart Taylor will become a non-executive director of derivatives, fixed income and commodities software vendor Baymarkets AB, the firm has announced.
ConvergEx Enhances Open-Close Algorithms
New York-headquartered brokerage ConvergEx has upgraded its opening and closing auction algorithms for the NYSE, NYSE Arca and Nasdaq exchanges.
Doctoroff Stepping Aside as Bloomberg Rejoins
Michael Bloomberg will resume the post of CEO at the eponymous company he founded in 1981, having finished his term as mayor of New York City.
CME Clearing Europe Selects BNY Mellon as CSD
CME Clearing Europe has become a client of the central securities depository (CSD) operated by BNY Mellon, the bank has announced.
SunGard Wins Big in Singapore
SunGard has announced a raft of contract wins in Singapore for its managed services offering.
Saxo Appoints Ex-FOA CEO
Saxo Capital Markets UK has announced that Anthony Belchambers, former CEO of the Futures and Options Associations (FOA) will join the firm as a non-executive director.
James Rundle: Reporting for Duty
While Europe is forging ahead with its new reporting requirements, James says that problems with the basic elements are rendering it unfit for purpose.
Nobody Reads These Things Anyway, Right?
Deutsche's FCA penalty leads this week's coverage.
Barclays Plans Texas Tech Center
Barclays will open a technology campus located in McKinney, Texas, and aims to move in by fall 2014, the town's development body has announced.
KRX Adds Real-Time Price Banding
The Korea Exchange (KRX) has announced new safety measures for its derivatives market, introducing real-time price banding to prevent mass fluctuations.
Ghost in the Shell: AI Expands Beyond Algos
As market movements become faster and more complex, it is impossible for humans to react quickly enough to those changes, requiring machines to step in. Now, artificial intelligence is extending its reach beyond algorithms, permeating other aspects of…
FCA Fines Deutsche Bank for Extensive Reporting Errors
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has levied a fine of £4.7 million (approximately $7.8 million) on Deutsche Bank for submitting nearly 30 million incorrect trading reports over a number of years.
FBI Investigating Cyber Attacks on US Banks
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is working with the Secret Service, in order to investigate recent cyber attacks on American banks.
Israeli Bourse Mulls Trading Week Change
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) is considering a change in its trading week that will see it line up with standard practice at other exchanges.
BondHawk Launches Fixed-Income Platform
BondHawk Systems has announced the release of its BondHawk Trader platform, focusing on fixed-income trading on both the buy and sell sides.
Little Boxes
One of the big perks of this job is the amount of people that you get to meet and speak to, all over the world. A case in point was talking to the president of the Taiwan Stock Exchange this morning, last week it was a conversation with a technology…
Taiwan Exchange Completes Deployment of Second-Generation Trading System
Trade volumes are increasing and latency is decreasing globally, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region as trading desks become ever-more sophisticated. Participants are expecting, and in many cases demanding, the ability to trade multiple markets using…
Haifa Mulls Second Israeli Bourse
Israel's third-largest city is planning to open a second stock exchange in the nation, placing it in direct competition with Tel Aviv, media reports claim.
LCH.Clearnet Appoints Robinson to Head SwapClear Australia
LCH.Clearnet has announced the appointment of Marcus Robinson, who will fill the role of CEO for SwapClear Australia.
Calastone Signs Dimensional Fund Advisors
Calastone has announced that Dimensional Fund Advisors has joined its global fund transaction network service.
Montag Becomes Sole COO at Bank of America
Thomas Montag will become the only chief operating officer (COO) at Bank of America after his co-COO, David Darnell, accepted a new title at the tier-one firm.
Breaking Down the Doors
China Connect, algorithm libraries and the Buy-Side Technology Awards lead this week's coverage.