Articles by John Brazier
London Stock Exchange-Deutsche Börse Merger Suffers Potentially Terminal Setback
LSEG refuses European Commission’s antitrust demand to sell stake in Italian platform MTS, placing proposed merger in jeopardy.
Neptune Adds Nomura, Jefferies to Bond Utility Network
Collaborative network for pre-trade bond indication sharing adds Nomura and Jefferies to liquidity pool.
Trumid Aims to Introduce Market Intelligence to Bond Trading Screens with Bond Stream
Application aims to enhance market intelligence in bond trading through customizable view of Trace data feeds on a single screen.
Regulatory Forbearance May Not Be Forthcoming for VM Rule Changes
A last-ditch plea to regulators to take a lenient approach once the variation margin requirements come into effect may fall on deaf ears.
Convergex Taps Ancoa for AWS-Hosted Market Surveillance Platform
Agency-only brokerage taps Ancoa for hosted platform in response to increasing regulatory demand for market surveillance tools.
CloudMargin Appoints Filipe Rodriguez as Chief Technology Officer
Buy-side collateral management technology vendor hires multi-industry veteran to lead global product, technology development.
Clearstream Joins Target2–Securities in Fourth Migration Wave
The industry's largest central securities depository completes its migration to the pan-European platform, alongside CSDs from Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Austria.
BT Acquires IP Trade to Boost Unified Trading Comms
Unified communications and collaboration solutions provider to be integrated into BT portfolio of cloud-based solutions.
CG Asset Management Selects Indata’s iPM Epic Platform
Investment management firm adopts Indata's trading platform for increased automation and cloud-based functionality.
New Tech Still Fixed-Income Liquidity’s Savior
New technology platforms and models are finally starting to have an impact on the fixed-income market's historic trouble spots.
Variation Margin Requirements: The New Big Bang
On March 1 this year, a new set of requirements for variation margins on derivatives trades take effect that will affect nearly all market participants across both cleared and non-cleared derivatives. In the run-up to the deadline, John Brazier finds…
Nasdaq Seeks To Move Beyond Blockchain Proofs of Concept
Following its successful proofs of concept with blockchain initiatives, Nasdaq is exploring how the technology can be brought to the wider market.
Asset Management One Taps Ullink for Xilix Pre-Trade Risk, Compliance
Japanese investment group implements pre-trade risk and compliance elements of Ullink’s Xilix execution management system.
Japan Stock Exchange Invests in Risk Analytics Vendor OpenGamma
First investment in fintech firm from Japan Exchange Group is in London-based risk analytics vendor.
Bloomberg Tradebook to Discontinue Foreign Exchange Business
Bloomberg to concentrate foreign exchange efforts through FXGO platform, Tradebook FX platform to be discontinued from March 1.
BNP Paribas Securities Services Invests in Compliance Fintech Firm Fortia
Fintech vendor specializes in development of machine learning, artificial intelligence for compliance and regulatory requirements.
LSE, Boat Services Offer Smart Report Router for Mifid II
Open-access Smart Report Router to determine when trade reports to be published under new Mifid II obligations.
LSE, Boat Services Launch Tradecho Mifid II Smart Report Router
Open access Smart Report Router to determine when trade reports to be published under new Mifid II obligations.
Linedata Acquires Outsourcing Provider Gravitas
Acquisition expands Linedata’s outsourcing and middle-office portfolio, regional presence in North America.
Tora Expands into Europe with Jersey Office
Jersey operations to expand vendor's offering for European clients in face of increasing regulatory demands.
Buy-Side Tech: 'Alternative Facts' Edition
John offers some alternative facts concerning the buy side and its technology capabilities.
Renaissance Capital Taps Itiviti Platform for Trading Consolidation
Moscow-based investment bank to replace legacy systems with modular trading platform for options market-making, algo trading.
ITG Extends Posit Coverage to Thai Equities Market
ITG also to roll out PowerScore trading measurement system across Asia-Pacific region.
Risk Focus Launches Regulatory Subsidiary RegTek
New subsidiary vendor to exclusively focus on regtech solutions, to offer set of compliance solutions from Report-it suite.