Emerging Technologies
Opening Cross: Things That Go Bump in the Night
The combination of Halloween and Mercury in retrograde is creating some haunting technical glitches and cost challenges for the data industry.
Thomson Reuters to Retire 3000 Xtra
Thomson Reuters has notified customers that it plans to withdraw support for its Reuters 3000 Xtra legacy market data desktop terminal after Dec. 31, 2013, and has begun the process of decommissioning the platform’s corresponding services and local…
Tradeweb Revamps Retail Fixed Income With BondDesk Buy
Tradeweb Markets, a builder and operator of fixed income and derivatives marketplaces, has completed the acquisition of BondDesk Group, a provider of retail fixed income wealth management and trading technology, which Tradeweb purchased in September.
Mongolia's ResCap Securities Live on NRI/Omnesys/GII Platform
Nomura Research Institute's Financial Technologies India (NRI FT India) division has partnered with Omnesys Technologies and Global Investment Initiative (GII) to build and modernize financial and trading infrastructure in the Mongolian marketplace via a…
BATS Enlists Interactive Data for Low-Cost Data Terminals
US exchange operator BATS Global Markets has launched two new desktop data and analytics workstations, developed in conjunction with Interactive Data and based on the vendor's own terminal products, utilizing BATS' free-of-charge equities data.
November 2013: Another Rod for Our Own backs
Almost seven years ago to the day, when I was still editor of Buy-Side Technology (BST), I wrote in one of my editor's letters that by launching the BST Awards, we had inadvertently made a rod for our own backs ─ while the awards represented a move in…
South African CSDs Create Collateral Management Industry Forum
South African central securities depository (CSD) Strate, and Deutsche Börse’s Clearstream international CSD have announced the creation of a Collateral Management Industry Forum for the South African financial market.
NYSE Euronext and ICE Postpone Merger Closing Date
NYSE Euronext and IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) have delayed the closing date of the $8.2 billion merger transaction, as the deal is still pending European regulatory approvals.
60 Seconds with Eric Clarke, Orion Advisor Services
Eric Clarke, president and CEO, Orion Advisor Services
Change Management: CIFC's Enrique Smith on IT and Finding God
From the day he walked through the door at CIFC, Enrique Smith was tasked with rebuilding the asset manager’s technology stack. Making big changes isn’t an issue for him, if his personal life is any indication. By Jake Thomases with photos by Amy Fletcher
Thomson Reuters to Slash 3,000 Jobs
Thomson Reuters has announced that it will cut around 3,000 jobs from its Financial and Risk unit, despite reporting positive net sales for the division in its third quarter results this week.
ISE Shuffles Data Execs, Soule Exits
The International Securities Exchange has reorganized the team of executives responsible for the exchange's market data, resulting in an expanded role for business development officer Jeanine Hightower and the departure of former head of market data Jeff…
Letters from Geneva: EFG International's COO Mark Bagnall
Contemporary private banks are more engaged with capital markets and regulatory authorities than ever before, which some say spells their demise—and yet the need for their services grows, fueled by emerging affluence in new parts of the world. It is a…
Michael Shashoua: Central Potential
The ongoing and increasing efforts to centralize key reference data elements in single locations could be coupled with other data management innovations now being explored or already underway. Michael identifies these elements and innovations, and…
James Rundle: Patterns of Behavior
While technology has allowed for ever more intelligent market manipulation over recent years, James argues that the intelligent application of emerging methodologies also provides the sell side with the means to effectively and comprehensively beat the…
BI-SAM Adds Frongello for Client Training
BI-SAM has announced that Andrew Frongello has joined the firm as its director of learning and development, focusing on client training programs run by the vendor.
Misys Appoints Häring as CMO
Global technology vendor Misys has announced the appointment of Martin Häring to the position of chief marketing officer (CMO).
Deutsche Börse Names Information Mosaic's Keller CIO
German exchange group Deutsche Börse has appointed René Keller group chief information officer for the exchange's IT and Market Data and Services division, and group-wide head of applications and infrastructure, effective Feb. 1, 2014.
Chinese Exchange to Cooperate with Nasdaq
Shanghai-based China Financial Futures Exchange (Cffex) and the Nasdaq OMX Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the World Federation of Exchanges’ annual meeting to strengthen cooperation and promote mutual development.
BT Nabs MarketPrizm CEO Randery
Network and telecoms provider BT has appointed Tanuja Randery president of strategy and marketing at BT Global Services, responsible for driving the growth of the division.
BT Hires MarketPrizm CEO
Tanuja Randery, CEO at MarketPrizm, has left the Colt subsidiary to take up the post of president, strategy and marketing, at BT Global Services.
Electra, Eagle Form Strategic Alliance
Software provider Electra Information Systems is partnering with Eagle Investment Systems. Through the alliance, three of Electra's solutions will be directly made available to Eagle's buy-side clients.
SocGen Transfers Securities Operations to Accenture Post-Trade Processing Platform
Accenture has announced that Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking (SG CIB) has begun the transfer of its securities processing back-office operations to the Accenture Post-Trade Processing system, a service launched by Accenture and…
ITRS Raids Fidessa for Senior Sales, Biz Dev Hires
UK-based real-time systems and latency monitoring vendor ITRS has hired Angie Walker as global head of sales and Ian Salmon as global head of business development. Both join from UK trading technology provider Fidessa, where Walker was enterprise sales…