Articles by James Rundle
Caplin Launches Mobile Trading App for FX
Caplin Systems has announced the release of its mobile trading application for foreign exchange (FX), Caplin FX Mobile.
SimCorp Adds Data Capabilities in Dimension 5.6
Copenhagen-headquartered vendor SimCorp has announced the latest release of its flagship Dimension platform, which includes data capabilities specifically geared toward asset managers and owners.
MillenniumIT Preps Surveillance Algo Library
Market surveillance and compliance teams always have one perpetual challenge in modern markets: staying ahead of the curve.
Fidessa Signs Five for China Connect
Five brokers have enlisted Fidessa to assist with connectivity for the upcoming Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program, ahead of its go-live in mid-October.
Traiana Upgrades Matching Engine
Traiana has announced the launch of its new cross-asset matching, allocation and confirmation engine, Harmony Securities.
BMO Selects Charles River IMS
BMO Global Asset Management (GAM) has selected Charles River's Investment Management Solution (IMS) for use in its London and Hong Kong operations, the vendor has announced.
Faisal Selects SunGard for Risk Management
Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt has tapped SunGard's risk management suite in order to enhance its operational apparatus, the vendor has announced.
Fingers Crossed for a Smooth Ride This Time
Incoming EMIR requirements and patent trolls lead this week's coverage
CCL Launches Co-Comply
Governance, risk and compliance consultancy CCL has announced the launch of its CCL Co-Comply platform, a delivery system that automatically updates regulatory content to ensure current compliance.
ICE Purchases Automated Trading Patents
The IntercontinentalExchange Group (ICE) has announced the acquisition of several patents related to electronic trading strategies, in an implicit bid to protect clients from predatory patent buyers.
Eurex Adds Trade Capture Connectivity
Derivatives venue Eurex has announced that BrokerHub and Vectalis have connected to its Trade Entry Services, with ITG's RFQ-Hub set to sign up shortly.
Scila Snatches Contract Win with Optiver
Scila AB has announced a six-month contract with high-frequency trading (HFT) firm Optiver, in which its market surveillance product will be evaluated for its capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region.
DTCC Promotes Senior Staff to Repository Leadership Roles
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced that Ian McLelland and Chris Childs will head up its European trade repository (DDRL Europe) and DTCC Deriv/Serv, respectively.
Thomson Reuters Debuts KYC Web Portal
Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of its web-based portal for Accelus Org ID, its platform for know-your-customer (KYC) compliance.
James Rundle: Rise of the Machines
While it’s popular to think of artificial intelligence as the harbinger of doom for humanity, James says AI has definite, critical applications for modern financial technology.
Rise of the Machines
Machine learning and the Waters Rankings lead this week's coverage.
Flexenet Acquires Network Services Division from Speakerbus
Communications provider Flexenet has announced the acquisition of Speakerbus's Network Services division.
Waters Rankings 2014: Best AML Compliance Solution Provider — NICE Actimize
If anyone had any doubt whatsoever about the need to have an effective anti-money laundering (AML) compliance regime in place, the past few years will have put that to rest. One need look no further than three recent examples where financial services…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Complex Event Processing Solution Provider — Software AG
Few names are as synonymous with a single technology as Apama has become with complex-event processing (CEP). From its beginnings in 1999, the platform has changed hands over the years, most recently passing into the control of German giant Software AG,…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Market Surveillance Provider — Nasdaq OMX
Given the complexity of modern markets and the penalties for regulatory infractions, it’s impossible to ignore the need for a competent market surveillance system. Just going through the motions won’t work, however, and the need for sophisticated, cross…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Trading Floor Communication System Provider — IPC
Traders at top-tier firms today need it all—good degrees from the best universities, impeccable work records and excellent references, a proven ability to perform under pressure, and the ability to pick up the telephone. The last point may seem redundant…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Datacenter Provider — Equinix
Scale might be important, but for large numbers of financial services organizations, doing it on their own is too costly a prospect, particularly when it comes to datacenters. The modern facilities used by both buy-side and sell-side firms are demanding…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Cloud Infrastructure Provider — BT
It took a while for the cloud to percolate through the collective filter of the financial services industry. Treated with suspicion at first, the idea eventually refined itself through discussion and application into a workable model for many firms, but…
Waters Rankings 2014 Winners’ Circle: IPC
After winning the best trading floor communications system provider category in this year’s Waters Rankings for its Unigy platform, we caught up with IPC’s vice president of product management, Ranjan Singh, to talk about global deployments, the focus on…