Articles by James Rundle
James Rundle: Dark Alleys
The topic of cyber warfare and security is often associated with other industries, but more than ever, it’s becoming applicable to the wholesale capital markets. James says that protections and discussions are no longer optional—they’re essential.
Tales from Cloud City
I'm filing this letter from London's Heathrow airport, where I'm preparing to head to Singapore for our inaugural Asia-Pacific Trading Architecture Summit.
Deploying Professional-Grade Mobile Technology Across the Enterprise - webcast
Waters gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on June 19, 2013 to discuss the strategies leading and the challenges facing the financial markets of tablet and mobile device implementation across the enterprise.
Futures Trade Bodies Combine as FIA Global
The Futures and Options Association (FOA) and the Futures Industry Association (FIA), trade groups representing participants in derivatives markets, have agreed to merge, and will become a single organization under the name FIA Global.
Santander Takes Fonetic for Dodd-Frank, Mifid Compliance
Spanish voice analytics specialist Fonetics has announced that Santander has deployed its record keeping solution in seven of its international trading rooms.
BCS Gains FCA Authorization, Launches Brokerage
Russian financial group BCS Prime Brokerage has gained regulatory approval from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and is launching its international brokerage business.
SEFs at the Starting Gate, Technologists Prep for Challenges
On May 16 this year, US regulators finalized long-awaited rules that govern various aspects of how swap execution facilities will operate. Several years after the draft rules were first announced, attention now turns to the technology challenges…
Datawatch Agrees Panopticon Purchase
Big-data specialist Datawatch has announced an agreement to acquire Swedish visualization and analytics vendor Panopticon.
CameronTec Signs CEESEG for Catalys
Infrastructure provider CameronTec has announced that the Central and Eastern Europe Stock Exchange Group (CEESEG) has signed a five-year deal for its Catalys range of products.
TeraExchange Signs NFA for SEF Regulatory Services
The National Futures Association (NFA) has announced that TeraExchange has signed a pre-launch regulatory services agreement (RSA) with the industry body as part of its application to become a swap execution facility (SEF).
Marking Time on Mifid II
Europe, surprisingly, seems to agree on something.
JPMorgan Debuts Collateral Management Tools
JPMorgan has announced the launch of Collateral Central, its collateral-management tool suite for buy and sell-side clients.
MTS Launches European IRS Platform
MTS, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange, has announced the launch of MTS Swaps, its platform for the electronic trading of interest-rate swaps in Europe, aimed at buy-side institutions.
Progress Agrees Apama Sale to Software AG
Progress Software has reached an agreement with Software AG over the sale of its complex events processing (CEP) arm, Apama.
Eurex Adopts Deutsche Börse Architecture
Eurex Exchange has fully migrated its trading architecture to parent company Deutsche Börse Group's, following the move of the fixed-income derivatives segment.
Deutsche Bank Launches Autobahn Mobile
Deutsche Bank has announced the debut of its Autobahn Mobile initiative, an app-based portal to the bank's sales, trading and research material as well as events calendars and foreign exchange (FX) market data.
Tibco Acquires StreamBase Systems
Infrastructure provider Tibco has announced its acquisition of complex events processing (CEP) vendor StreamBase.
Natixis Joins CLS as Settlement Member
CLS Group has announced that Natixis has upgraded its membership of the service from a third-party participant to a full settlement member.
US Trade Bodies Request Cross-Border Swaps Relief
A consortium of US industry representative groups has written to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), requesting a six-month extension to relief from cross-border implementations of swaps trading rules.
Work is a Thing You Do
Getting to grips with new ways of working.
Avaloq Launches Singapore BPO Center
The Avaloq Group has announced that it will open a business process outsourcing (BPO) center in Singapore, targeting Asian wealth managers based in the city state.
Three FCMs Join MarkitSERV Credit Centre
Citi, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) and Goldman Sachs have signed up to MarkitSERV Credit Centre, Markit's pre-trade credit-checking facility for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives transactions.
Otkritie Appoints CEO, Senior Team Ahead of Global Push
Moscow-headquartered brokerage Otkritie Capital has announced the appointment of Nikolay Katorzhnov as its new CEO, along with several other senior-level hires and promotions.
ConvergEx Adds Real-Time Margin Tools
New York-based agency broker ConvergEx Group has announced the addition of real-time margin calculation tools to its LiquidPoint product.