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Lower cross-border latencies open HFT opportunities
Automated and high-frequency trading in Asia have generally lagged behind US and European markets. But as low-latency data availability increases, that may soon change.
Is DLT post-trade a solution without a problem?
Sources question landmark projects' ability to use technology at scale as further delay besets ASX deployment
People Moves: Deutsche Börse, Talos, Gresham, Tradefeedr, and more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Shannon Johnston (pictured), who joins Deutsche Börse as chair of the supervisory board's technology committee.
Bank's corporate actions overhaul 'saves hours,' but industry still seeks elusive silver bullet
Although some market participants are trying to automate corporate actions internally, full STP is unattainable without end-to-end buy-in from all participants along the event lifecycle.
MarketAxess rolls out DataBP's self-service portal to simplify market data licensing
MarketAxess is looking to scale its business and launch new offerings by leveraging DataBP's platform, which utilizes API and cloud-based technology, to optimize its management of post-sales relationships and market data.
Brokers eye regulatory info as growth dataset to ease banks’ compliance burden
For years, inter-dealer brokers have provided price data on the markets in which they broker trades. Now, they spy a new growth opportunity—providing tailored datasets of clients’ trading activity to help them comply with a growing and increasingly…
Shaking things up in the dark: Vendors build new tools for dark-pool trading in Asia-Pacific
New conditional order venues could bring more liquidity and sophistication to dark pool trading in the region.
People Moves: ASX, Nasdaq, Capco, FDIC, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Edwin Hui (pictured), who joins Capco as executive director and APAC data lead.
From overhype to practical use cases: the DLT projects that gained ground in 2021
WatersTechnology reflects on some notable distributed ledger technology projects.
People Moves: Cboe, Esma, ASIC, State Street, NeoXam, and more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Erik Thedéen (pictured), who has been appointed vice chair of Esma.
ASX goes live with new DLT-as-a-service platform
Synfini enables customers to access the exchange’s DLT infrastructure, data hosting, ledger services, and support.
SGX to roll out new market data licensing, usage tool
The exchange is partnering with DataBP to offer an online portal that includes customer-facing tools and back-office automation.
People Moves: Calastone, Securitize, Esma, State Street and more
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Ahsan Raza (pictured), who has joined Calastone as chief financial officer.
ASX builds ‘DLT-as-a-service’ offering to help prep market for Chess replacement
The exchange’s customer Daml sandpit has been up and running since January and has had over 20 firms log on. The next phase—its DLT cloud environment—will be ready in early October.
People Moves: SunTec, Broadridge, HKEX, Northern Trust, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from the past week, including Leon Stavrou (pictured), who's been promoted to head of business in Australia and New Zealand at Northern Trust.
People Moves: FactSet, AFMA, Finos, Tradeweb and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Linda Huber (pictured), who joins FactSet as chief financial officer.
ASX automates corporate actions with issuer forms
The exchange group has completed the multi-year program aimed at standardizing data capture and message delivery using the ISO format.
Shorter settlement cycles could hit non-US firms hard
As efforts continue to shorten the settlement cycle for US securities to T+1, market participants in Asia worry about the potential implications.
What can HKEx’s Synapse learn from watching ASX’s game of Chess?
HKEx is looking to leverage smart contracts for its Synapse platform. Sell-side participants are generally positive as to the reasoning behind the build, but observers warn the ambitious project still has challenges to overcome.
This Week: TP Icap, Confluence, Bloomberg, Iress-Cosaic, Tradeweb, SmartStream, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news
Users clash with ASX over changes to its DLT settlement system
Industry groups and tech experts are worried that proposed last-minute changes will introduce new risks.
As asset managers look to Asia for alpha, analytics & visualization tools take center stage
PineBridge Investments uses economic and time-series data analytics provider Macrobond Financial to better its economics research, which supports its portfolio managers and the firm’s overall investment thesis.
As ASX preps Chess replacement testing phase, other data & cloud projects progress
Testing on the new DLT-based platform will begin in July. The Aussie exchange is also making progress on its DataSphere project and has addressed ASX Trade after an outage last year, according to the company’s CEO.
Asia at the Forefront of Innovation—A Look at Tech Projects in the Region
WatersTechnology looks at some of the major projects coming out of Asia that are leading the way for firms around the globe.