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BondWave Debuts ‘Labs’ Data Arm, Launches QCurves
Officials say the new service will help traders and investors better forecast municipal bond prices.
Donnelly Financial, ICE Data Services Ally for Fund Filing Tool
ICE Data Services' reference data, taxonomies and evaluated prices will be key to fund firms correctly filing N-Port forms under next year's regulation.
LCH Adds BNZ as Clearing Member
Clearinghouse adds first New Zealand member amid other developments in Asia-Pacific
SIX Launches Advanced Settlement After Vontobel Pilot
New system will centralize the generation and management of settlement instructions.
Finastra Gives Clients Access to UnaVista ARM Via LSE RegTech Program
Finastra is the twentieth vendor to join the program since its inception in February.
UPDATE: IHS Markit Partners with Deloitte for Mifid II Managed Service
Collaboration will combine IHS Markit Outreach 360 Deloitte compliance advisory services.
Redline Adds Thomson Reuters FX Feed to InRush Ticker
The new handler supports Thomson Reuters' high-frequency Binary Multicast Feed
UPDATE: Cloud Network Operator GTT Buys Perseus for $37.5 Million
The deal, completed last week, sees GTT aquire Perseus and its ultra-low-latency international data and trading infrastructure.
R3 Supports Isda for Blockchain Standards Work
Blockchain consortium will work with trade body for common standards on smart contracts and distributed-ledger development
Investment Firm Exotix Hires Ex-Roubini CEO to Lead New Research, Analytics and Data Division
Standalone RAD unit will help European clients prepare for MiFID II by unbundling research from investment banking operations
Red Deer, TheySay Partner for 'Deep Text Analytics'
Red Deer will leverage TheySay’s NLP technology to help buy-side clients extract investment signals from swathes of Big Data.
Park Square Upgrades Tech in Straight-Through Processing Drive
Credit provider selects IHS Markit’s thinkFolio platform for portfolio modelling and compliance.
Hedge Fund Village Capital Partners with Ullink for Post-Trade Support
Implementation extends Village Capital's use of Ullink's XILIX EMS, which now supports a range of post-trade processes.
Private Equity Firm Warburg Pincus Completes Stake Acquisition in Avaloq
The acquisition by Warburg Pincus aims to accelerate Avaloq’s long-term growth and value creation strategy.
Misys, D+H Complete Merger to Launch Finastra
Former Misys CEO Nadeem Syed to take the helm of the newly-minted software vendor following the completion of the merger between Misys and D+H.
Thomson Reuters Releases Blockchain Smart Oracle
The Smart Oracle, called BlockOne IQ, will push external data into the blockchain.
IBM Takes Aim at Regtech Space Using Cognitive Technology
IBM marks its first major product launch in the financial services regulatory space with the roll-out of new cognitive solutions educated by Promontory professionals.
S&P Eyes Buy-Side Performance with Portfolio Analytics Tool
S&P Global Market Intelligence’s new Portfolio Analytics platform combines the vendor’s data with clients’ own proprietary content to allow portfolio managers to assess and communicate the drivers of their performance, officials tell Joanne Faulkner.
Net Vet Cubbon Saddles Up at Colt
Cubbon brings a career of networking technology experience, including at other financial extranet providers.
Nasdaq Launches Analytics Hub for Buy Side
Joanne Faulkner reports on Nasdaq’s new hub that allows investors to apply machine intelligence techniques to proprietary and third-party datasets to create new signals that they may not have been able to access on their own.
Boylan Leaves Goldman Sachs for Biz Dev Role at Dash Financial
Bob Boylan joins Dash Financial from Goldman Sachs, where he most recently led the bank's electronic trading hedge fund sales team, following several years as head of its broker-dealer and international electronic institutional sales group.
Northern Trust Aims to Increase Execution Transparency with New FX Algo Suite
Suite of algorithms, combined with Northern Trust liquidity panel and fee structure, to provide holistic view of FX trading process.
Thomson Reuters Integrates Eikon with Symphony
Joint customers will be able to share Eikon content directly via the messaging platform.
Brazil’s B3 Exchange Enlists Perseus for Trader Time Synch
The agreement is exclusive for an initial two-year period, and marks the first deployment of a Grand Master clock in a southern hemisphere financial center.