Trading Tech
Societe Generale to Use ForexClear as CCP
LCH.Clearnet's platform used for OTC clearing offering
The Waters Weekly Wrap: December 15-19, 2014
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands
Corvil Hires Kennedy, Promotes Giblin
Latency and systems monitoring technology provider Corvil has hired Dan Kennedy as general manager for the Americas and vice president of sales, responsible for building a team to help clients "leverage the full power" of data flowing over their networks…
Options Hires Ex-KPMG Exec as CFO to Support Growth
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options has appointed Brian McKimm as chief financial officer, to support the vendor's continued growth plans by overseeing the development of a global finance function.
FISD Awards Thai Exchange ‘Outstanding Data Provider'
Data industry association FISD's Service Level and Communications Working Group has named the Stock Exchange of Thailand as its Outstanding Data Provider for 2014, an annual award given to the exchange or data provider that the group believes best…
Top Stories of 2014: The Compliance Challenge
The best of our regulatory and compliance-focused coverage in 2014.
Liquidnet Outsources Asia Back-Office Services to BNP Paribas
The firm selected BNP Paribas’ back-office functions to support its growing equities trading business in the region.
HFT May Account for Three Quarters of European Equity Orders
Esma study suggests, under certain approaches, HFT touches 76 percent of equity orders.
EBS Enhances Data Analytics Capabilities with First Derivatives
First Derivatives to deliver its Delta Stream data analytics product through EBS trading platforms to all customers.
Top Stories of 2014: Risk's Multiple Tech Vectors
Market, counterparty, credit, liquidity ... operational, cyber ... what's next?
China Merchants Securities Selects Duco’s Reconciliation Product
Duco now counts 16 clients globally.
Metamako Taps NYSE, Wombat Vet Kennedy for US
Australian low-latency switch vendor Metamako has hired Ciaran Kennedy as New York-based business development manager to run the vendor's newly opened US operations.
Proquote Adds Turquoise Data, Trading
Integration expands Proquote's data and trading capabilities, while growing Turquoise's potential trader audience
Waters USA 2014: Revisiting the Kill Switch Debate
Are kill switches efficient, or more trouble than they're worth?
OTAS Breaks into Germany with Union Win
Asset manager adds big data capabilities with platform.
Stable Platforms
Waters USA coverage leads the week on Sell-Side Technology.
Japan Exchange, KVH Ally for Low-Latency Global Network
The Japan Exchange Group is using Japanese network provider KVH to provide low-latency connectivity to its markets and data to overseas trading firms.
Dubai's DGCX, DCCC Tap Cinnober for Settlement Service
New settlement service will enhance trading and cost efficiencies for clearing members.
Citi Private Bank Taps Fi-Tek for Securities Processing and Accounting Engine
Move part of an ongoing investment in technology refresh
Eze Software Integrates Eze OMS with RealTick EMS, Previews 2015 Upgrades
The upgrade comes after earlier work linking the OMS and Tradar PMS.
Update: Trading Central's Recognia Buy Will Enable Analytics Cross-Pollination, Institutional Expansion
Vendors eye lengthy company integration, but speedy product integration roadmaps
Bitcoin Venue LedgerX Seeks CFTC Approval
Commission opens public comment period
Trading Central Buys Analytics Vendor Recognia
Acquisition of Recognia to create "market leader" in technical and fundamental analysis.
2014 Review: Industry Finds Ways to Derive Value from the Crowd
New datasets created using crowd-sourcing continued to grow in 2014, with new players entering the market with propositions to solicit crowd-sourced investor predictions that could provide leading indicators of market movements to institutional traders.