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eOption to Add OptionsPlay Ideas to Platform
eOption becomes first online broker to launch OptionsPlay as free service
SunGard Creates TCA Solution for FX Trading
Product will help customers digest quality of FX executions.
UniCredit Connects to Euroclear for Triparty Collateral Pledge
This industry first takes advantage of the recent changes in Eurosystem rules that allow central banks to provide Eurosystem liquidity via a triparty platform.
Misys Launches FusionRisk Limits
Traders, treasurers and corporate bankers can now act on complete and timely risk information.
Quincy Taps O’Sullivan’s USAM for US Sales Push
Oakland, Calif-based low-latency microwave connectivity and market data provider Quincy Data is to use USAM Group—a New York-based outsourced sales agency recently set up by Feargal O’Sullivan, a former sales and solutions executive at NYSE Technologies,…
Sales Agency USAM Hires in NY, Chicago
Hires will allow USAM to offer outsourced sales agents in New York and Chicago to startups
Perseus Preps Mass-Market Precision Time-Synchronization Service
Data network and trading infrastructure provider Perseus Telecom is creating a lower-level version of its High Precision Time timestamping and clock synchronization service that can be easily ordered and provisioned online for use by a wider audience…
BT Launches Netrix HiTouch Data-Voice Integrated Turret in Asia
Telecommunications and trading turret provider BT has rolled out its BT Netrix HiTouch cloud-integrated touch-screen device──which combines voice and collaboration services with integration of market and risk data and in-house communications──in Asia,…
Bondcube Becomes European Crossing Network, Eyes 2015 Launch
Fixed-income trading platform set for Euro roll out after regulatory thumbs up.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: December 1-5, 2014
Introducing a new best-of roundup
Swedish Pension Fund Opts for Advent’s Geneva Platform
Stockholm-based two billion dollar pension fund will access the Geneva platform via a hosted provider.
Clearstream, BNP Paribas Sign T2S Agreement
Firms cooperating on asset-servicing model for European settlement platform.
WSI to Roll Out Upgraded Xceptor Vendor Data Manager
Next year's upgrade will make it easier and faster for clients to validate and format data.
Quandl Adds ORATS Options Data to Financial Data Search Engine
Toronto-based economic and financial search engine Quandl is adding fee-liable options data from Chicago-based options analytics provider Option Research and Technology Services (ORATS) to its online data portal to support users' equities technical…
Icap to Merge EBS and BrokerTec
The FX and fixed income trading platforms will be combined to form EBS-BrokerTec
Japan, Singapore Exchanges Cooperate on Co-Lo Centers
The agreement between JPX and SGX will boost connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region.
ICE Licenses Eris Methodology for 2015 Product Development
Pair target margin benefits with multi-year deal
Japanese and Singaporean Bourses Ink Partnership
Exchanges will cooperate on technology, product development.
DTCC, TriOptima Take Aim at European Repository Matching Rates
Connectivity between repository and reconciliation service looks to reduce matching failures.
Crédit Agricole Launches Derivatives Post-Trade Utility with FIS
The solution will allow investment banks to share IT services and resources, reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
TickSmith Makes Tick Data Analysis Tools Available on Amazon Cloud
The move will make it easier for clients to deploy data analytics in their existing Amazon cloud platforms.
Deutsche Börse Adds Options Liquidity Indicator to Eurex Analytics
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services, the data arm of German exchange group Deutsche Börse, has introduced a new analytics product for options contracts, dubbed Eurex IOC Liquidity Indicator for Options, to provide trading participants with greater…
Data Boiler Taps Ex-Goldman Exec as CTO
Big Data management and analytics provider Data Boiler Technologies has hired former Goldman Sachs executive Homer Cheng as chief technology officer, based in Irvine, Calif.
Data Boiler Hires CTO
Homer Cheng Joins From Goldman Sachs