Infrastructure
Best Market Data Provider (Vendor): Thomson Reuters
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
Arkéa to Integrate NeoXam’s PMS
Paris-based asset manager selects NeoXam technology to bolster front and middle office.
Clearing Executives Remain Skeptical on Blockchain
Senior CCP specialists say some emerging technologies have promise, but significant hurdles remain.
Nasdaq Sees Bright Future as Technology Provider
CEO Friedman said exchange's competitive advantage lies in the technology it provides to other markets.
Buy Side Lacks Skills to Handle Alt Data, Says Goldman Sachs Quant
Lack of skills for evaluating alternative datasets remains an industry problem, with firms looking to hire data scientists and technologists to make use of the new data.
GMEX and DAG Team Up on Digital and Blockchain Venture
Joint venture aims to collaborate on innovative solutions, projects and initiatives that will bridge the gap between the traditional and the emerging digital worlds.
Location, Location, Location
The Australian Securities Exchange outlines key considerations for firms weighing up their choice of co-location facility.
Ex-Expand Exec Watson Joins Appsbroker
Before running data consumer forums and benchmarking activities at Expand Research, Watson also worked at Thomson Financial and Market News International.
Metamako Buys xCelor’s Hardware Ops to Grow Switch Business
Officials say the deal will allow xCelor to focus on its network applications business, while Metamako will take over the provision of underlying switching technology, expanding its own FPGA switch business. Wei-Shen Wong reports.
European Watchdogs Warn on Cyber, Cloud and CCPs
The bloc’s primary financial regulators say immediate work is needed to protect systems.
Prop Shops Lock On to Crypto Markets
As the sell side hesitates, advanced principal trading shops are getting in on the crypto craze in a big way.
ASX Considers Blockchain for Fixed-Income Platform
The exchange sees it as a logical development opportunity to make business easier for its customers.
Duco Taps Trostinsky to Oversee Hybrid SaaS Software
Duco’s new hire Julian Trostinsky will take ownership of Hybrid SaaS and oversee the newest edition of Duco Cube.
Trading Technologies Plots Evolution Away from Screens
Chicago vendor touts move away from screens—sort of—and into infrastructure and analytics.
DTCC Chief: We’re Going to 'Disappear' As Blockchain Evolves
The head of the US depository system says the utility will not exist in its current form, but will have a central role to play in a post-DLT world.
Asia’s New Tigers: Exchanges Overhaul Aging Systems
Waters looks at major projects being rolled out in 2018 at exchanges in Japan, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Finastra and Microsoft Partner for Cloud Platform
Finastra will host its applications in its cloud platform, FusionFabric.cloud, hosted by Microsoft Azure.
NYSE Fined $14 Million by SEC for Reg SCI Violations
The exchange settles after multiple investigations conducted into outages and systems issues over past several years.
The Big Crunch: Traditional Tech’s Great Contraction
Waters examines how this recent wave of consolidation is different than previous periods of contraction.
Mifid II and the Emergence of the Connectivity Hub
With the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive now in effect, firms are still adapting to the new requirements and their long-term implications. Richard Bentley, chief product officer at Ullink, explores how the industry can remain compliant…
Derivatives Market Prepares for Emerging Tech Implementation
2018 is the year when large numbers of participants in the derivatives market expect to see emerging technologies being integrated into their existing technology ecosystems
Chicago Code: A Profile of DRW's Seth Thomson
Seth Thomson, CIO of DRW, talks to Waters about his career, innovation and how the firm has expanded into new asset classes, including cryptocurrencies.
AFTAs 2017: Best Trading Infrastructure Provider—Cobalt
Post-trade shared-ledger platform Cobalt wins this year’s best trading infrastructure provider at the AFTAs, knocking off previous winner, Trumid Financial. The win comes down to Cobalt’s private network that leverages distributed-ledger technology (DLT)…
The Great Fintech Con(version)
The fintech "revolution" of the past few years is looking less like it will displace traditional finance, and more like it will join it.