Articles by James Rundle
Waters Rankings 2014 Winners’ Circle: Bloomberg
In this year’s Waters Rankings, Bloomberg won three categories—best sell-side OMS provider, best portfolio management system provider, and best EDM system provider. James Rundle speaks to the heads of those three business units about their technologies,…
Waters Rankings 2014 Winners’ Circle: Multifonds
Multifonds swept the vote in the best accounting system provider category in this year’s Waters Rankings. We caught up with CEO Oded Weiss to talk about how the industry environment has improved in the last few years, the importance of data in modern…
The Critical Asset: Buy Side Embraces Data Governance, but Challenges Remain
While the concept of data governance has been around for several years, regulation is providing a fresh impetus to convert theory into practice. However, changing the perception of data and established cultures in buy-side organizations is harder than it…
ITG Acquires RFQ-Hub
Agency broker ITG has announced the acquisition of derivatives platform RFQ-hub.
Zschach Joins CLS as CIO
Tom Zschach is set to join the foreign exchange (FX) risk-mitigation utility CLS Group as its chief information officer come September 1.
Red Box Lands Tradition Deal
Red Box Recorders has announced a global contract with with inter-dealer broker Tradition, under which the firm will record over 8,000 channels of communication for the firm in the UK and Americas.
Confisio, Dion and Traiana Debut Collateral Valuation Service
Ahead of impending regulatory mandates, Confisio Managed Services, Dion Global Solutions, and Traiana have announced the launch of a collateral valuation reporting service.
First State Super Selects BarraOne for Risk Management
MSCI has announced that Australian superannuation fund First State Super has selected its BarraOne risk management platform.
Nasdaq Ships Surveillance Tech for trueEx
Nasdaq OMX's Smarts surveillance platform will oversee both the swap execution facility (Sef) and designated contract market (DCM) operated by trueEX, the exchange group has announced.
CFTC Extends DTCC-Swift's LEI Designation
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has extended the designation of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation-Swift (DTCC-Swift) as the provider of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs).
The Wheel Keeps on Turning
Thoughts on recovery in the fi-tech space to open the week.
Saxo Bank Appoints Bressan as Equity Products Chief
Saxo Bank has announced that Alessandro Bressan will become its global head of equity products.
Rapid-Fire Appointment Sees O'Malia Take Isda Top Spot
O'Malia as the new Isda CEO less than two days after resignation from US regulator made public
UK SFO Launches Criminal Probe into FX Market
The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), has announced that it is opening a criminal investigation into purported fraud in the foreign-exchange (FX) market.
Rapid-Fire Appointment Sees O'Malia Take Isda Top Spot
US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner Scott O'Malia has been confirmed as the new CEO of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda), less than 48 hours after his resignation from the US regulator was made public.
Bank J Van Breda & C° Selects ABN Amro for Clearing
Belgium-based Bank J.Van Breda & C° has selected ABN Amro Clearing as its general clearing counterparty for over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions.
LSE, Omgeo Link Matching Platforms
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) and post-trade specialist Omgeo have announced a partnership where the former's UnaVista platform will link with the latter's Central Trade Manager (CTM) for the matching of synthetic equity swaps.
Clearstream, Deutsche Bank Partner for Collateral Management
International central securities depository (ICSD) Clearstream and Deutsche Bank have announced a partnership that will see the two firms develop a triparty collateral management service.
CITIC Selects Fincad for Analytics
Pricing and risk provider Fincad has announced that CITIC Securities, one of China's largest investment banks, has selected its F3 analytics platform to support its Asian equity derivatives operation.
Bahrain Bourse Goes Live with Nasdaq Tech
Bahrain Bourse has implemented and gone live with a new trading engine built from Nasdaq OMX's X-stream technology, the two exchange groups have announced.
Walter Mitty Does Wall Street
Waters Rankings winners and hedge fund cyber-attack scenarios lead this week's coverage.
INTL FCStone Selects Duco
London-based INTL FCStone Ltd has chosen Duco Cube to handle reconciliations for its exchange-traded derivatives and London Metal Exchange businesses.
Notenstein Takes SimCorp for Front and Middle Office
Notenstein Private Bank has selected SimCorp's dimension platform, the vendor has announced.
GFI Selects Torstone for Reconciliations
Torstone Technology has announced that GFI Group will use its Inferno platform to handle reconciliations.