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Fixed Income Panel Talks Fragmentation and SEF Rules
A panel at a recent Tabb Group conference on the future of fixed income debated the delay in implementing SEF rules and the effect of venue aggregation.
Fixed Income Panel Talks Fragmentation and SEF Rules
A panel at a recent Tabb Group conference on the future of fixed income debated the delay in implementing SEF rules and the effect of venue aggregation.
American Financial Technology Awards 2012: The Winners and Why They Won
The American Financial Technology Awards, now in their eighth year, seek to acknowledge the best IT projects, driven by buy-side and sell-side end-users themselves. Waters congratulates this year’s winners.
American Financial Technology Awards 2012: Best Mobile-Strategy Initiative — Bank of America Merrill Lynch
This new category for the 2012 American Financial Technology Awards reflects the world’s increasing use of mobile devices like Apple iPads and iPhones, and BlackBerrys to perform financial functions previously reserved for the desktop computer. Bank of…
American Financial Technology Awards 2012: Best Cross-Asset Trading Initiative — Bank of America Merrill Lynch
It is becoming less acceptable for trading platforms to lack multi-asset capability. Another kind of consolidation was already on Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s (BAML’s) mind in mid-2010, when it strove to provide a fully integrated client experience…
Waters Announces 2012 American Financial Technology Awards Winners
Last night, Waters hosted the eighth annual American Financial Technology Awards banquet, following the Waters USA conference, at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square.
BofA’s Reilly: Mobility About Risk and Data Control, Not Cost Cutting
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has internally distributed 55,000 BlackBerrys and 5,000 Apple iPads, as well as 20,000 devices that it supports as part of its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy. In one year, it handles 2.6 billion instant messages, 1.2…
Update: Industry Mulls COBA’s EU Tape Proposals
Planned commercial model for a consolidated tape of pan-European data attracts positive reaction, but needs input from more parties, industry says.
FPL Releases Data Standards for Post-Trade Transparency
Guidelines could be a step towards introduction of a pan-European consolidated tape.
BAML's Walker: It's Not All About Speed
The message at the European Trading Architecture Summit (ETAS) in London this morning was clear: When it comes to developing cutting edge capital markets trading infrastructure, it's not all about speed.
FXall Adds Three Banks for Options Pricing
FXall, the Thomson Reuters-owned foreign exchange (FX) platform, has announced the addition of JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to its Multibank Options offering.
BAML, SunGard Forge Treasury Knowledge Alliance in Asia-Pacific
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) and SunGard are set to launch a treasury knowledge platform in the Asia-Pacific.
HFT's Delicate Balance
During a recent high-frequency trading webcast, industry leaders discussed the difficulties around creating an effective HFT environment, how to manage those costs, and how the market is evolving. It’s a delicate balance, but a necessary one for any…
High-Frequency Trading Webcast
Waters gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on October 11, 2012 to discuss what technological and operational initiatives firms are employing in their high-frequency trading strategies
EFIS 2012: From Low-Latency to Big Data, Firms Must Maximize Tech Value
To get the most out of limited budgets in an uncertain economy, firms must find new uses for existing technology investments, panelists say
Wealth Management to Get a Tech Facelift?
The Bär-BAML deal may point to a sea change in the wealth management space as IT plays a large role in the acquisition.
Growing Pains: Bär–BAML Deal Highlights IT’s Role in Wealth Management Consolidation
Details of last week's agreement signal a steady rise in costs devoted to IT as acquisition activity in the space continues.
Julius Bär Acquisition of BAML IWM to Incur Significant Tech Costs
Running parallel platforms, infrastructure upgrades, and migration will constitute a large piece of total transaction costs, estimated at CHF400 million ($411 million).
Dalglish Appointed CTO at UBS
After two years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Tom Dalglish moves to UBS, where he will work on improving access to reference data
Michael Shashoua: Data-Handling Storms
At the recent Toronto Financial Information Summit, participants considered whether analytics, visualization, or management and governance techniques deserve the most attention as the industry seeks to comply with new regulation and standards. Michael…
Seeking Answers For Data Sourcing and Sorting
At the Toronto Financial Information Summit, attendees and panelists considered how to make their data management more effective, whether through analytics, visualization or otherwise
FXall Adds FX Options
Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse were involved with the development process.
FPL Updates Execution Venue Reporting Guidelines
New guidelines focus on the European market, promoting greater transparency between brokers and buy-side firms.