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This week: Genesis, SmartStream, MarketAxess, Allianz GI, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
So long, Sseoms: Vendors vie to onboard Bloomberg clients ahead of April sunset
Sseoms competitors are stepping into the breach left by Bloomberg’s move to sunset the sell-side focused suite of services. This could be a chance for a new premier provider to snap up some business, while leaving others to reevaluate their standing in…
Ion Group acquires Dash Financial in move to bolster options execution
The deal will allow Ion to pair Dash alongside Fidessa as it looks to “own the sell-side technology space.”
Instinet Poised to Integrate New “Green Screen” Strategy
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments and green technology are not new phenomena across the capital markets, although they have struggled to gain widespread acceptance. But now, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, investors’ priorities…
Covid-19 Disrupts Innovation in US Treasuries Market
The pandemic has caused setbacks in electronification and streaming in the US government bonds market.
This Week: MEMX, IUAM/SS&C, Northern Trust, EBS and BME
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
Low-Code Movement Gains Converts, but Skeptics Remain
What if you could create your ideal, fully-functional application without writing a single line of code? With low-code and no-code platforms, you can—with a catch … or two, or three, or four.
LiquidityBook to Roll Out Trade-Matching Engine
The vendor also has plans to expand further into the institutional space with two additional rollouts in 2021.
Trading Technologies Preps September OMS Launch
The anticipated replacement for its X_Trader platform will share a tightly integrated ecosystem with its EMS, and will debut a raft of new order handling features.
oneZero Expands into Institutional Market
The vendor has been adding members to its team with buy-side and wholesale broking backgrounds.
Buy-side Firms Reject EMS Brokerage Charges
Some users favor a licence fee over per-trade charging—and have forced vendors to make the switch.
Dash Plans Redesigned OEMS Release for Q4
Blaze 7 will feature an enhanced, integrated suite for options volatility traders.
TradingScreen Continues OMS Expansion on the Buy Side
Vendor firm will release enhancements to allocation, pre-trade compliance, and reporting and analytics in September.
Northern Trust to Add Options and Derivatives Outsourced Trading Capabilities
The custodian bank will receive and transmit European listed options and derivatives orders from buy-side clients.
Data Integration, Interop Drive State Street’s Alpha Platform Strategy
The bank and Charles River are planning the next phase of enhancements to the Alpha trading platform.
Scrutiny and Frictions Follow EMS Vendors into Fixed Income
Aggregators are facing resistance from venues and attracting the attention of regulators.
Covid-19 Reveals Need for Better Comms Plug-Ins for Traders
Traders should have real-time voice modules in trading systems and the ability to add detailed notes to replicate trading floor experience.
Itiviti Aims to Speed Up Bloomberg SSEOMS Migration Process
The vendor expects to have the first migration projects, which were signed in the third and fourth quarters of 2019, completed by the third quarter of this year.
Game On: Can the Video Game Industry Teach Banks Something About Visualization?
Capital markets firms are continually looking for new ways to package and visualize a rising tide of information. It turns out there’s another industry looking to handle the same challenge—the video game industry.
Itiviti Automates FIX Connectivity Ahead of Possible "Connectivity Crunch"
The Swedish tech vendor is hoping to capitalize on disruption in the OMS space by offering an automated solution for migrating FIX rules and for FIX certification.
For the App Interoperability Movement, 2020 will be a Big Year
While progress was made in the desktop application interoperability space in the last year, Anthony Malakian says 2020 is likely to see some major developments that will help to push this movement forward.
Blockchain in the Capital Markets: Slow Progress in 2019
While real blockchain rollouts are still few and far between, some firms made progress in 2019. Here are 18 projects in some stage of development.
This Week: Fidelity Digital Asset, State Street, HSBC, Instinet, INTL FCStone, Quantopian
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
The Rise of the Algo Wheel
An examination as to how the buy side is embracing algo wheels and where the challenges still remain.