Tech
New European Fixed Income Market to Launch
The stock exchanges of Ireland and Malta are collaborating on the fixed-income debt securities market.
Deutsche Bank Americas CEO Waugh to Step Down
After 12 years on the job, Deutsche Bank's local head is moving to an advisory role.
Fidessa Releases Japanese Version of its Fragmentation Index
Fragmentation in Japan has increased enough that Fidessa thought it was time to release a product tailored for that market.
Redline Releases Pre-Trade Risk Solution
The vendor says it will expand the offering into new asset classes and for smart order-routing in the coming months.
TMX Atrium Adds MJT Software to Trading Community
TMX Atrium expands options community choice with addition of MJT Software Development.
TradeKing Automates Internal Monitoring
As social media became a larger part of the broker's marketing strategy, it could no longer manually monitor and archive it for compliance purposes.
Charles River Discusses Future Enhancements to Data Service
Charles River plans to expand support for international fixed-income instruments and constituent-level benchmark data.
March 2012: Wide Awake in India*
Jet-lag didn't slow Victor down during his recent trip to India.
Big Data Is Big Stuff
The phenomenon of Big Data, now a proper noun in its own right, reflects the inexorable growth of data volumes, and the velocity and variety of those volumes, across the financial services industry, presenting market participants with a host of…
Special FX: The Evolution of e-FX Trading
Foreign-exchange trading has changed considerably over the past 10 years. Daily turnover has doubled, spreads have tightened dramatically, and the market has opened up to new entrants as never before. At the heart of this is a shift to electronic trading…
Direct Edge CEO William O'Brien Plans to Go Global
William O’Brien, who once rejected his exchange roots, took over a tiny ECN and grew it into one of the biggest equity exchanges in the world. Now he’s looking at new markets for Direct Edge. By Jake Thomases
Numbers Game: Gauging the Impact of Big Data Part II
In the February issue of Waters, the first part of this feature defined Big Data in terms of volume, variety and velocity. But what does this actually mean for the financial services industry and the technology considerations necessary for dealing with…
Call Auctions: Trading in a New Old-Fashioned Way
Call auctions are one of the oldest forms of stock trading. Plenty of people would like to have an auction option, yet no such system has existed for more than a decade. AX Trading is giving an electronic version another shot. By Jake Thomases
Business Continuity in the Cloud
The cloud offers enhanced IT service availability and flexibility, but customers need to understand their responsibilities in order to achieve this. By Mike Small
Max Bowie: Vote for Democracy—Data Democracy!
In politics and finance alike, incumbents that don’t live up to expectations are shown the door when their terms run out. With abstraction, virtualization and open-source technologies set to facilitate previously complex displacements, Max says vive la…
Michael Shashoua: Selling Fatca Globally
Firms in the US and abroad are beginning to get a clearer picture of what foreign tax withholding regulation will look like, following the release of proposed rules under the law. Yet US regulators can expect varied levels of cooperation from other…
Anthony Malakian: Getting Schooled in Data Quality
After writing a feature on data quality this month, Anthony has some new opinions on the issue of data quality—even if he still knows more about how to bet on horses than solving the industry’s data woes.
James Rundle: The Devil in the Details
The regulatory freight train is rushing full speed ahead in the opening months of 2012, but not without sincere attempts to derail it along the way. As well as that, James says, regulators are making efforts to gain real insight into how the financial…
Zombies and Clouds and BCP—Oh My!
Sure, a zombie attack is unlikely, but isn't preparing for the unexpected the whole point of business-continuity planning?
Kamakura Releases Risk Manager Version 8.0
New iteration includes enterprise-wide overviews of risk.
Insert Cloud Pun Here
The maturation of discussions over cloud computing is an encouraging sign for the technology.
Traiana Enhances Harmony CreditLink with FX Derivatives
Digital Vega incorporates software into Medusa platform.
Capco Adds to NY Office
Mark Reeves will move from London to New York to focus on North America operations.
Anova Debuts Ultra-Low Latency Route
Firm claims ultra-low picosecond latency.