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With Routing Analysis, TCA Providers Leap Into Principal-Agency Puzzle
TI Fact adds to suite of TCA and automated execution services
Enthusiasm's Up, But Corporates' Electronification Remains Work in Progress
Industry members discuss the growth of electronic trading of corporate bonds
RiskVal, Quantitative Brokers Partner on Fixed Income Trading Platform
RVQB will use QB's algorithm Legger in an end-to-end platform
FIA Principal Traders Recommend Axing Trade-Through
White paper suggests broad-based overhaul of Reg NMS
Russell Investments, Integral Launch FX Network
New platform designed to offer superior netting for institutions
Clearpool Unveils Iris in Aim to Improve Dark Pool Execution
Iris aims to combat more nimble high-frequency traders.
Top Stories of 2014: The Buy Side Beefs Up
Variety and volatility framed this year's tech developments
Liquidnet Launches Trade Advisory and Execution Solutions
New hires to deliver Liquidnet's next gen of execution services & quant trading strategies
Azul's JVM to Boost Orc's Automated Derivatives Trading Engine
Orc Liquidator to leverage Azul's Zing.
BCS Financial Taps Horizon’s Market-Making Platform
Russian broker BCS Financial Group has selected Horizon Software's derivatives market-making capabilities and exchange connectivity throughout Europe.
Best Bets on Best Ex
After a pair of best execution analysis services were announced this week, Tim compares the problem (and solutions for it) to a national pastime: picking relative to a spread.
TABB Group Launches Equities Market Trading Venue and Routing Analytics Service
Research and consulting firm TABB Group announced the launch of Clarity, a U.S. equities market trading venue and routing analytics service designed to help money managers, institutional investors, brokers and trading venues standardize, gather,…
KOR Group Launches Best Ex Analysis Program
Boutique research and consulting firm KOR Group has launched its Best Execution Accreditation services, providing the buy side with regulatory compliance as well as information around execution quality and potential transaction cost reduction.
Tabb Delivers ‘Clarity’ with Trade Data, Routing, Fill Rate Analytics
Research firm Tabb Group has unveiled a new trade data and routing analysis service, dubbed Clarity, that will help market participants monitor and benchmark the impact on execution price performance of routing strategies for US equities trades that…
Tabb Unveils Trade Routing, Fill Rate Analysis Service to Improve Buy-Side Execution
Research firm Tabb Group has unveiled a new trade data and routing analysis service, dubbed Clarity, that will help market participants monitor and benchmark the impact on execution price performance of routing strategies for US equities that include…
Olivetree Securities Updates OTAS for UK-Based Best Ex
The London-based agency brokerage is now using its former spin-off OTAS Technologies' TradeShaper for trade management and market microstructure analysis, as well as best execution oversight capabilities.
ConvergEx Completes Actant Integration
The global brokerage services provider says its LiquidPoint options technology business has completed software integration with high-performance trading solutions vendor Actant
First Derivatives Launches Delta Tools for Calypso Platform
Software and consulting services provider First Derivatives has launched Delta Tools, a suite of monitoring, testing and application management tools designed for the Calypso cross-asset trading platform.
Calypso Selected by Central Banks for Capital Markets Operations
Calypso Technology is to provide the French and Spanish central banks, Banque de France and Banco de España, with its capital markets operations system.
Simulation Tools Key as Managed Futures Funds, CTAs Optimize Execution
A potent mixture of in-house, futures commission merchant, and boutique brokerage-provided algorithms now play a part in commodity trading advisors’ and managed futures funds’ trading activities. Tim Bourgaize Murray examines why a new cadre of…
RTS Releases New Version of RTD Tango Trader
Trading technology vendor RealTime Systems Group (RTS) has released a new version of its click and algorithmic trading front-end, RTD Tango Trader 2.0, including a chart analytics package and algo development services.
Markit, Hobart Capital Collaborate on Commission Management
The financial information provider and agency-only brokerage based in London have come together to provide Hobart's buy-side customers, which range from mutual funds to Delta One desks, a new solution for managing direct commission sharing agreements …
BCS Taps Arqa Technologies for Back-Office Software
BCS Prime Brokerage has implemented backQORT, automated back-office software from Arqa Technologies.
Deutsche Bank Launches US Equity Options Platform
Part of the bank's Autobahn electronic trading business, the offering will provide access to CBOE, International Securities Exchange, NYSE's Arca and Amex venues, Boston Options Exchange, and BATS Options.