Articles by John Brazier
Vescore Completes Implementation of SimCorp Dimension
Swiss asset manager, formally known as Notenstein Asset Management, implements SimCorp investment book of record solution.
Acquisition of Etrali Fuels IPC’s Global Goals
Acquisition of compliance specialist grows IPC System’s solutions options and regional presence in Europe and Asia-Pacific.
European Central Bank Taps SIA-Colt for Target2-Securities Connection
ECB to utilize the SIA network infrastructure to connect to pan-European securities settlement platform.
Liquidnet Expands Execution & Quantitative Services Business with New Duo
Jerry Casey joins Liquidnet as head of trading strategy, while Craig Viani joins Liquidnet’s Algo Services group.
Fixed-Income Liquidity: An Alternative FIX
Numerous market participants have responded to the problem of shallow liquidity in fixed-income markets with the launch of new trading platforms, but without any tangible success.
RHB Investments Taps Fidessa for Asian Trading Platform
Malaysian bank implements front-office platform for Asian algorithmic trading.
Barclays, Credit Suisse Acquiesce to SEC Dark Pool Settlements
Barclays and Credit Suisse agree to pay $70 million and $84.3 million, respectively, to settle cases of misrepresentation of dark pool operations.
Horizon Software Appoints Thieullent as New CEO
Sylvain Thieullent steps up to take lead at Horizon, Jean-Marc Delfarguiel announced as company president.
Singapore, Taiwan Exchange Agreement Signals Future Intent
TWSE subsidiary to join SGX as trading member, facilitating trading links between the bourses.
ParFX Expands Platform to Include Hungarian Forint
FX trading platform also adds six new currency pairings for European, American and Asian currencies.
PRA’s Bailey Appointed as New FCA Chief Executive
Prudential Regulatory Authority’s Andrew Bailey steps up to take UK regulatory hot seat starting in July.
AxiomSL Launches Solution for Banking Counterparty Credit Risk Exposure
New solution for standardized approach for measuring counterparty credit risk exposures (SA-CCR) to ease pressure from Basel regulatory reforms.
Neptune Collaboration to Enhance Standardization, Liquidity to Fixed-Income Markets
Initiative to ease access to fixed-income liquidity through standardized information opens to wider bond markets.
Liquidnet Rolls Out New EMEA Block Trading Algo Suite
EMEA Next Gen Algo suite to provide combination of block trading and broader market execution functionality.
Nikko Asset Management Taps Vermilion for Global Reporting
Japanese asset manager to roll out VRS across its global operations for reporting requirements.
smartTrade to Implement eFX Trading Infrastructure at Bank of China
Bank of China (Hong Kong) opts for the LiquidityFX platform to support its growing electronic foreign exchange trading.
TriOptima Launches Automated End-to-End Margin Processing Service
triResolve Margin launched in response to new regulatory measures for margining uncleared OTC derivatives.
Legacy Systems: Mission Impossible or Mission Unnecessary?
How do you solve a problem like legacy technology? Capital markets firms are constantly plagued by issues arising from or associated with technology that is no longer fit for purpose, leading to security, compliance and competitive risk.
AFTAs 2015: Best Compliance Initiative—State Street Global Exchange
GX Compliance platform boasts a flexible rules engine, combined with data and resolution-management tools to provide a fully auditable control process.
AFTAs 2015: Best OTC Trading Initiative—Convergex
The ultimate result of streamlining requests for quotes (RFQs) means that a formerly manual process that could take upwards of five minutes to complete is halved.
Optiver Taps Torstone for Inferno Sub Ledger Solution
Standalone implementation of sub-ledger module by Dutch market maker represents duo of firsts for Torstone Technology.
Prophet Capital Selects Broadridge Portfolio & Trading Platform
The structured credit hedge fund adopts integrated trading and operations platform for scalable infrastructure.
Maybank Taps Fidessa's Equities Trading Platform
Brokerage division of investment bank implements Fidessa equities platform in response to fragmented Asian markets.
The Top 10 Features of 2015: A Year in Headlines, Part Two
Discover which of the Waters features stood out in 2015.