Articles by James Rundle
Lessons Learned from Conference Season
Looking at the tenor and tone of the financial services technology debate so far this year.
SS&C Launches Investment Intelligence
SS&C Technologies has announced the launch of Investment Intelligence, its business information tool that operates across cloud, mobile and other platforms.
Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Joins BT Radianz Cloud
The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) has become a member of the BT Radianz Cloud network, according to an announcement from the British telecoms company.
IP Trade Integrates Red Box for Voice Recording
Trading communications system provider IP Trade has announced that it will partner Red Box Recorders, integrating the firm's technology into its own for video and voice call recording.
Backstop Acquires PerTrac CMS
Backstop Solutions Group (BSG) has announced the acquisition of PerTrac's CMS product line, which provide customer-relationship management tools for institutional, buy-side clients.
ConvergEx Readies Electronic Blue Sheet Compliance
ConvergEx Group has announced that its LiquidPoint options trading software will be fully compliant with Electronic Blue Sheet (EBS) requirements in the US, once they come into force on November 1, 2013.
FICWG Eyes Cross-Asset Standardization
The Fixed Income Connectivity Working Group (FICWG) has completed its cash bond trading connectivity specification, and signed a number of inter-dealer brokers, exchanges and dealer-to-client platforms as adopters of the standard, expanding the fixed…
Broadridge Debuts Swift Trade Confirmation Product
Broadridge Financial Solutions has announced the launch of its service for Swift Global Electronic Trade Confirmation (GETC), allowing institutional brokers a higher degree of automation when dealing with buy-side clients.
Mobile Strategies for Financial Services Firms Webcast
Waters gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on April 25, 2013 to discuss the operational and technology challenges facing firms in light of widespread adoption of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) initiatives.
Algorithms, Arbitrage and Broken Things
Settling for a settled debate over high-frequency trading.
ITG Takes XIP OMS to the Cloud
Execution and research broker ITG has announced that its ITG Order Management System (OMS), formerly known as Macgregor XIP, has been relaunched with a hosted solution offering.
James Rundle: The Heat of the Moment
There’s often a pressure to be seen to be nimble and adaptive to the latest technologies, whether it’s cloud, mobility, Big Data or anything else. However, according to James, as budgets get leaner, it’s important for firms to assess whether technologies…
Capital Banking Solutions to Package IBM Middleware
Technology vendor Capital Banking Solutions (CBS) has announced that IBM will provide certain middleware modules for its CapitalBanker platform.
IPC Enters China with Minsheng Deployment
IPC Systems has announced that Minsheng Life Insurance, based in mainland China, has selected and rolled out its Unigy trading communications system.
BNP Paribas Integrates Swift for Collateral Protection
Global custodian bank BNP Paribas has announced that it has partnered Swift in order to enhance its Margin Protect software, by integrated standardized messages.
Getco Selects EuroCCP for Interoperable Clearing
US-headquartered market-maker Getco has chosen central counterparty clearing house (CCP) EuroCCP to provide interoperable clearing for its European GETMatched platform.
Transparency and Consistency Drive Markit’s Risk Upgrade
Markit has announced the release of two significant new tools for its Portfolio Valuations Service, which deal with scenario analysis and the computation of Value-at-Risk (VaR).
CLS Elects Five to Board
CLS Group has announced five new additions to its board of directors after shareholder elections, which now totals 24.
SEC Names Co-Heads of Enforcement
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that George Canellos and Andrew Ceresney have been named as the co-directors of its Division of Enforcement.
Phatra Rolls Out Charles River
Thai investment manager Phatra Securities has implemented the Charles River Investment Management System (IMS) to operate its multi-asset trading activities.
MacKay Shields Takes Markit EDM
New York-headquartered MacKay Shields, an investment manager with approximately $78 billion in assets under management, has selected Markit EDM for its data management requirements.
Royal London Assessing Performance with Teknometry
Performance analytics vendor Teknometry has announced that it has signed an agreement with Royal London Asset Management (RLAM), to provide investment performance analysis across the firm's entire portfolio.
Intelligent Design for Institutional Technology
New technologies aiming to solve problems, rather than paper them over, are a refreshing change of pace.
Clearstream, Standard Chartered Partner on Collateral Management
Deutsche Börse's post-trade arm, Clearstream, has announced that it will develop a collateral management platform alongside Standard Chartered Bank to service mutual clients.