Emerging Technologies
First Call, CCBN Founder Parker Named EidoSearch Chairman
Jeff Parker, founder of First Call and CCBN StreetEvents, and a former chairman and chief executive of Thomson Financial, has joined Toronto-based pattern recognition and analytics provider EidoSearch as chairman of its board, to help guide the vendor to…
Alpha Omega Makes Global Launch of Post-Trade Solution
Alpha Omega Financial Systems, a post-trade technology provider based in San Francisco, has globally launched FIXAffirm, a post-trade solution based on the industry standard FIX protocol.
Citi to Mix Retail and Institutional Flow in Mexico
With its new Mexican order facilitation platform, Retail Price Improvement, Citi will provide full penny price improvement to retail investors, and ultimately institutional investors, on the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV).
Chilton Announces Surprise Departure from CFTC
Bart Chilton, one of the most senior figures in the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has announced that he will leave the regulator at the end of his term as commissioner.
Newedge UK to Partner with GMEX MTF
French broker Newedge has joined forces with Global Markets Exchange Group International (GMEX Group), a market operator, consultancy, and technology provider.
DataContent's Harris Talks China at WFIC Part 2
Following a panel discussion on business inside China at the World Financial Information Conference in Lisbon, Keiren Harris, Hong Kong-based director of market data consultancy DataContent speaks to IMD about the types of data in demand in China, and…
Markit Taps former UBS CIO Trogni for Solutions
Michele Trogni, former group chief information officer at UBS, has joined data provider Markit in New York as managing director and global head of the vendor's solutions business (which is co-headed by Daniel Simpson, who joined Markit as a result of its…
Brownstone Investment Group Taps Martines for Munis Trading
The fixed income investment firm has hired Matthew Martines as new managing director for its municipal trading and electronic market-making units.
Liquity Names Director of Operations and Technology
Private equity marketplace Liquity has appointed Julian Jaffe director of operations and technology to design and pilot the company’s technology strategy.
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…