Trading Tech
Ex-Reuters, Savvis Exec Thomas Joins TradingScreen
Thomas will be responsible for initiatives and partnerships that fill out the vendor's service offering.
ICE Buys TMX Atrium
The acquisition adds low-latency connection between Toronto and New York.
TMX Sells Atrium Network to Intercontinental Exchange
ICE will use the acquisition to expand the reach of its SFTI network, while TMX can pursue its new focus of investor analytics rather than infrastructure.
Colt Hires BT Vet Housden in Capital Markets Drive
Housden will be responsible for growing Colt's capital markets vertical with major financial clients in Europe, Asia and North America.
Quandl Integrates ICE Treasury Pricing
The partnership will ultimately expand to cover agency and corporate bonds, plus EMEA and Asian securities.
Activ, Big XYT Unveil Online Tick Data Store
The platform will open Activ up to new users and use cases, by enabling easier access to datasets via multiple delivery mechanisms.
TradAir Improves Processing Times by 40%, Cuts Down on CPU Usage with Latest Release
The latest version of the firm's front-office optimization solution has improved execution quality and fill ratios, and reduced latency.
Alior Bank Deploys Misys’ FusionCapital Platform for Treasury and FX Trading
The Polish firm is seeking to boost its operational efficiency by streamlining its processes, and meet the regulatory obligations.
Objectway Releases Enhanced Wealth Management Platform
Two years after the initial release of its Illumas platform, the Milano-based vendor released a new version, adding real-time analysis and expats business management.
Trumid Aims to Introduce Market Intelligence to Bond Trading Screens with Bond Stream
Application aims to enhance market intelligence in bond trading through customizable view of Trace data feeds on a single screen.
Qineqt Hires Former Dataminr Exec Budnik to Head Delivery, Analytics
Budnik's experience includes spending 27 years at IBM in various software engineering roles.
IHS Markit and Pirum Systems Join Forces for SFTR Solution
The two vendors are building a reporting solution for the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation coming into force with Mifid II.
McKay Sells Minority Stake to HFT Firm Tower Cap
The microwave network provider has sold 25 percent of its business to raise funding over the past six months to continue reducing network latency.
Convergex Taps Ancoa for AWS-Hosted Market Surveillance Platform
Agency-only brokerage taps Ancoa for hosted platform in response to increasing regulatory demand for market surveillance tools.
Fidessa Taps ChartIQ to Add HTML5 Charts to Trader Screens
The vendors have collaborated to develop a cutting-edge new charting display for Fidessa's trading front-end.
IPC Debuts Precision Timing Service for Finance
The service will provide accurate and consistent time data that will also help firms comply with new regulatory requirements.
ADVFN Bows Feed of Brexit-Affected Instruments
The feed provides news and information about stocks, indexes and currencies that ADVFN has identified as being subject to impact from Brexit.
Atlantic Fund Services Taps Confluence for Form N-Port, Form N-CEN Reporting
Fund administrator will also use the vendor's Unity Prospectus product.
TriOptima CEO Sjöberg Steps Down
Stuart Connolly is replacing Sjöberg.
Clearstream Joins Target2–Securities in Fourth Migration Wave
The industry's largest central securities depository completes its migration to the pan-European platform, alongside CSDs from Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Austria.
CG Asset Management Selects Indata’s iPM Epic Platform
Investment management firm adopts Indata's trading platform for increased automation and cloud-based functionality.
Updata, Trayport Tighten Charting Linkage
Users of Trayport's Joule Direct can now link directly to Updata Analytics charts from their Joule screen, giving energy traders faster access to analysis of price histories to support pre-trade decisions.
CEIC Data Bows Next-Gen Economic Data Platform, Website
The vendor offers three plans for accessing its economic data online, including one that offers unlimited access to its data.
Regulation in 2017: New Day, Same Concerns
Between Mifid II and talks of dismantling Dodd–Frank, it might seem like a volatile period ... but when it comes to tech, how much has really changed?