Trading Tech
B-Next Upgrades Global Control Room
Compliance and surveillance specialist b-next has upgraded its CMC: Global Control Room suite, allowing compliance officers a global view of activity and information flows within an organization.
Tech Vet Barringer Joins SecurityScorecard to Tighten Data Security for Capital Markets
Paul Barringer has joined information security provider SecurityScorecard as strategic sales director, responsible for sales to corporate clients as well as to financial services firms, and for exploring new channels and use cases to sell the vendor's…
Hawthorn Life Using Financial Risk Product for Solvency II Reporting
Dublin-based investment funds company has implemented FRS product for Solvency II reporting
Enso Gets More Cash from Icap to Fund Expansion
Interdealer broker Icap has made a second undisclosed investment in market intelligence and analytics provider Enso, which provides portfolio analytics on counterparty credit risk, collateral management, and portfolio financing and treasury functions to…
Teradata, Datawatch Ally for Data Visualization
Big data storage and analysis provider Teradata is making analytics from data visualization software vendor Datawatch available to its clients, allowing them to visualize data sources held in Teradata data warehouses, such as documents, PDFs and log…
TMX Atrium to Distribute NPLTime
TMX Atrium, the network provider subsidiary of Canadian exchange group TMX, has signed a distribution agreement with the UK's national measurement institute, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), to distribute NPLTime, a certified precise time signal…
Infinigon Bows API Access to Twitter Analytics
New York-based Infinigon Group, a provider of social media analytics that monitors Twitter for price-impacting information and provides the resulting data to trading firms, has released an API for firms to programmatically access its analytics.
Indonesia CSD Selects Nasdaq Tech
PT Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia (KSEI), the central securities depository (CSD) for Indonesia, will use Nasdaq's X-stream CSD technology to power its operations.
Turquoise Launches Block Discovery
Turquoise has announced the debut of its new block-trading service, Block Discovery, and added seven brokers as launch participants.
Conflicts of Perception
The race leaders for CAT, T+2 and clearing-house woes lead this week's coverage.
E-Trading Vet Lilien Joins Tradier Board
Electronic trading veteran Jarrett Lilien has joined the board of Tradier, which operates a cloud-based brokerage platform and a supporting environment of data, trading and analytics applications as an independent director.
Velocimetrics Taps TS-A Vet McDowell as CFO
Latency monitoring technology provider Velocimetrics has hired Karen McDowell as chief financial officer, responsible for overseeing the vendor’s financial health and for producing consolidated accounts for its proprietary product set and the Precision…
Velocimetrics Eyes Expansion
Latency monitoring technology provider Velocimetrics is seeking to expand its business globally, particularly in Asia, after securing a larger customer base in the region as a result of its recent acquisition of an exclusive license to sell and maintain…
MTS Preps Adds to MTS Bonds.com Data
London Stock Exchange Group-owned MTS Markets International (MTS US) is planning to launch a new market data service that will enable users to subscribe to individual bonds and groups of bonds traded on its recently acquired MTS Bonds.com trading…
First Derivatives Spends £36M to Up Kx Stake
Newry, Northern Ireland-based data technology provider First Derivatives has increased its shareholding in Palo Alto-based time-series database provider Kx Systems, giving the vendor a majority stake in the company.
Confluence Partners with Fundsquare for AIFMD Reporting
Confluence has announced its collaboration with Fundsquare to simplify regulatory filings within its AIFMD Transparency Reporting tool, as required by the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
Lombard Risk Enhances Collateral Management Solution
Lombard Risk has announced a new release of Colline, its collateral and clearing inventory management and optimization solution, to streamline operations across the firm and support its regulatory needs.
Buy-Side CROs: To Each Investment Strategy, a Unique Tech Response
At last week's Buy-Side Technology North American Summit, a trio of chief risk officers (CROs) spanning boutique and institutional investment firms gave a candid take on the build-out of their risk management and reporting platforms. The scene, they said…
'Kill Switch' Capabilities Move Corvil Beyond Latency
Dublin-based network and latency monitoring technology vendor Corvil has adapted its monitoring tools to support the creation of automatic "kill switches" to protect trading firms' infrastructures and trading strategies, as part of its efforts to…
Trendrating Adds Three Probability Indicators
Swiss momentum ratings and analytics provider Trendrating has added Duration, Magnitude and Upside Potential Indicator (UPI) metrics to its Trendrating Momentum Analytics Platform, to provide "statistical measurability" to make end-users' investment…
Shock Absorption After a Wild Week
Down equity markets this week signaled the return of significant volatility for the first time in a couple years, testing the industry's ability to deal with shocks as flight to safe assets ramped up. But more than ever, this includes an active posture…
BIS-IOSCO Report Calls for Clearing Houses to Set Out Recovery Plan
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (Iosco) have published a report on recovery and resolution that set out guidance on the tools that Central Counterparty (CCP) clearinghouses can…
DTCC Assembles Two Groups for T+2
Following in the footsteps of Europe, the DTCC has organized two industry group charged with leading the transition to T+2 in U.S. markets.
African Stock Exchange to Implement Deutsche Börse Tech
Deutsche Börse has entered into an agreement with the African Stock Exchange (AFSX), whereby the Mauritius-based venue will use the German operator's Xetra technology and support.