Articles by James Rundle
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Winners' Circle—Markit
Markit scored twice at this year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards, taking home the honors for data management and best pricing/valuations service. Waters speaks to Daniel Simpson, managing director and head of enterprise software, and Armins Rusis, managing…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Pricing/Valuations Service—Markit
There are many companies that offer buy-side firms with pricing and valuation services, but few have the reach and reputation that Markit does for its work in typically hard-to-price assets. That’s hardly surprising when you consider that the company,…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Commodities Trading Platform—Misys
Sophis returns to the top of the commodities category for the second time in the BST Awards after having won this award in 2009. The firm has a lengthy buy-side pedigree, having been founded in 1985 by Hervé Vinciguerra. Misys acquired the Paris-based…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Buy-Side Risk/Portfolio Analytics Product—LCH.Clearnet
Given continuing regulatory change around risk and the cost of trading, innovative solutions that can combine the ability to crunch intensive calculations while still maintaining confidence through a list of definitive inputs are like gold dust—hard to…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Winners' Circle—Eze Software Group
Jeff Shoreman, co-president of the Eze business at Eze Software Group, discusses the future of the company’s products, having won the best buy-side EMS and best buy-side OMS categories in this year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards. Interview by James Rundle
Euroclear Confirms UK T+2 Settlement from Next Year
Euroclear UK and Ireland has said it is coordinating with a number of UK venues to ensure that shortened local settlement cycles will be in effect from 2014, in line with regulatory mandates.
ICE, DTCC Announce Closure of NYPC
The IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) have announced that New York Portfolio Clearing (NYPC) will be wound down, with interest-rate futures listed on NYSE Liffe US moving to ICE Clear Europe.
Icap Appoints COO
Inter-dealer broker Icap has announced that Ken Pigaga will take on the role of global chief operating officer.
James Rundle: Round Pegs, Square Holes
James takes away several key points from this year’s European Trading Architecture Summit, the most pertinent of which is that sometimes, the benefits of projects and technology initiatives are often hard to see at the start.
European Commission Proposes Trade Secrets Law Harmonization
The European Commission (EC) has proposed new rules on the protection of so-called trade secrets, seeking to harmonize the definition and enforcement of guidelines among its member states, in a move that could have ramifications for the financial…
CLS Adds Iwadare to Board
CLS Group has announced that Hirochika Iwadare, general manager of the global markets trading division at Bank of Tokyo Mistubishi UFJ, has been elected to the CLS Group Holdings board of directors.
Société Générale Deploys Etrali on Paris Trading Floor
Etrali Trading Solutions has announced that the Paris trading floor of Société Générale will use its OpenTrade communications system from December, following on from similar implementations in Moscow and New York.
ASIC Implements First Derivatives Surveillance System
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has gone live with a market surveillance system from First Derivatives, the vendor has announced.
Amid Upgrades, Fiserv Announces TradeFlow on Linux
Fiserv has announced that its post-trade processing TradeFlow product, recently upgraded with connections to MarkitSERV, will now be available on Linux.
Big Data, Small Print
The emergence of new technologies is changing the operational models of bank IT.
ETAS 2013: Innovation is Needed, But Not without Controls
Panelists at the 2013 European Trading Architecture Summit (ETAS) debated the role of innovation and flexible development within bank IT departments, saying that while inventive ways of delivering service are needed, they have to be moderated with good…
Instinet Upgrades Commission Management Tools
Instinet, the equity execution services arm of Nomura, has announced a raft of updates to its Plazma commission management platform.
ETAS 2013: To Meet Challenges, IT Needs "Commando" Units
In his keynote address at the 2013 European Trading Architecture Summit (ETAS), Pierre Dulon, CIO at Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CA CIB) said that in order to address the challenges of the new banking environment, IT as a function…
Survey Suggests Dramatic Drop in BlackBerry Support
BlackBerry is still the dominant mobile technology issued to employees, but the quintessential corporate device is likely to be phased out soon, according to buy-side consultancy Investit’s recent survey of its IT benchmarking members.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Jim Trotter, BI-SAM
Jim Trotter, managing director, performance and reporting at BI-SAM, talks to Waters at the 2013 Buy-Side Technology Awards in London.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Alan Hamilton, Equipos
Alan Hamilton, CEO at Equipos, talks to Waters at the 2013 Buy-Side Technology Awards in London.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: John Legrand, Eagle Investment Systems
John Legrand, managing director, head of EMEA and APAC at Eagle Investment Systems, talks to Waters at the 2013 Buy-Side Technology Awards in London.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Padmesh Thuraisingham, Markit
Padmesh Thuraisingham, managing director and global head of portfolio valuations at Markit, talks to Waters at the 2013 Buy-Side Technology Awards in London.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Ewan Scott, Markit EDM
Ewan Scott, director of buy-side sales at Markit EDM, talks to Waters at the 2013 Buy-Side Technology Awards in London.