Trading Tech
Dion Debuts AlphaClick
Dion Global Solutions has announced the launch of AlphaClick, a portfolio analytics tool aimed at venture capital and private equity firms.
Sparinvest Chooses SunGard’s XSPrisa for Corporate Actions Processing
International asset management firm Sparinvest will implement SunGard's XSPrisa software-as-a-service offering to help mitigate its operational risk and more efficiently process corporate actions events
StatPro Taps Thompson for Client Integrations
Data and portfolio analytics provider StatPro has hired Ian Thompson as client integration director, responsible for helping the vendor's product development teams to smoothly transition clients to its cloud-based StatPro Revolution analytics platform…
RBS Adopts Single-Platform Transaction Messaging for Corporates
Royal Bank of Scotland will now support Swift's Corporate Access (SCA) members using the MT798 messaging standard for corporate-to-bank trade transactions.
City Index Rolls Out Velocimetrics for Data Quality Monitoring
City Index, a provider of equities, options, indexes and contracts for difference trading and financial spread betting, has implemented technology from latency monitoring provider Velocimetrics to monitor the quality of market data feeding its equities…
Singapore Exchange Upgrades Reporting
The exchange, working with a market practice group, is requiring completion of structured data fields to better support corporate actions reporting
PDQ Rolls Out New Auction Venue
Alternative trading system PDQ has unveiled Auction1, an electronic equity auction designed for larger orders with heightened sensitivity to market impact.
Brazil's Valemobi Taps Numerix for Pricing Analytics
The São Paulo-based brokerage will use Numerix's advanced analytical framework to produce pricing and portfolio analytics across multiple asset classes for its buy side-focused Valebroker platform.
FX Manipulation Targeted with b-next Release
Surveillance vendor b-next has announced the release of a tool for its Capital Market Compliance (CMC) offering, aimed at detected suspicious trading activity around the foreign exchange (FX) fix.
BATS Makes Early Move on ETF Reporting
BATS Chi-X Europe has announced the impending launch of a centralized reporting service for exchange-traded funds (ETF), set for October 1.
All Derivatives, All the Time
IT spend and T+2 lead this week's coverage.
SunGard Introduces APT Enterprise
The technology mainstay says its updated buy-side offering, APT Enterprise, now includes a risk dashboard for a single view of market and liquidity risk that can incorporate multiple trading strategies and metrics covered under several global reporting…
BCS Financial Taps Horizon’s Market-Making Platform
Russian broker BCS Financial Group has selected Horizon Software's derivatives market-making capabilities and exchange connectivity throughout Europe.
SEF Establishment Forces Big Decisions for Sell-Side Firms
The launch of swap execution facilities (SEFs) was always going to mean tremendous change for the derivatives market. For the sell side it’s also prompted soul searching around how they differentiate themselves for institutional clients.
Unique Boutiques: Smaller Hedge Funds Demand Bespoke Tech
Boutique hedge funds are prime targets for third-party technology providers, but they have also become more complicated to win and to service, in part because their back-stories—and clients’ demands—are more diverse than ever. Tim Bourgaize Murray speaks…
WSI Eyes Expense Management Tool Expansion
London-based data management technology vendor Web Services Integration is expanding the coverage of its Vendor Data Manager expense management tool──a module of its Xceptor data management platform──to cover data services from vendors besides Bloomberg.
Jefferies Joins SGX as Clearing, Trading Member
US investment bank Jefferies has joined the Singapore Exchange (SGX) as a clearing and trading member, making the partnership its first derivative exchange membership in Asia.
Citi Expands Total Touch to European Equities
The investment bank's hybrid block equities offering for institutional investors is launching in Europe, with 560 symbols initially supported.
EFIS 2014: Data Sophistication, Volumes Drive Users to Virtual Tech
To get the most out of increasingly sophisticated and voluminous datasets, firms must adopt a flexible approach to investing in technology infrastructure, according to panelists at this week's European Financial Information Summit.
SR Labs Names ex-NYSE Exec McIntyre European COO to Drive Wombat Growth
New York-based low-latency data platform and feed handler provider SR Labs has appointed former NYSE exec Ian McIntyre as chief operating officer in Europe, to spearhead the rollout of new capabilities as part of ongoing changes to the vendor's…
Vermilion Partners with Ortec Finance for Performance Attribution Reporting Solution
Client reporting services provider Vermilion Software has partnered with financial risk and return management technology vendor Ortec Finance to enhance the firm’s performance attribution capabilities.
Redline Opens Windows to InRush Ticker
Woburn, Mass.-based feed handler and ticker plant vendor Redline Trading Solutions has added support for the Microsoft Windows Server platform to its InRush ticker plant, which previously only ran on the Linux operating system, to open up the vendor's…
Hong Kong RTGS Taps Swift for Market Infrastructure Resiliency Services
Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited (HKICL), the clearing and settlement house for the Hong Kong financial market, has agreed to adopt the Market Infrastructure Resiliency Service (MIRS) run by Swift to reduce operational risks and improve the…
DirectFN Signs Five for Decypha Market Intelligence App
Mizuho, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Riyad Capital──the investment arm of Saudi Arabia's Riyad Bank──and Dubai-based trading firms Tharwa Capital and Al Mal Capital have rolled out Dubai-based data vendor DirectFN's Decypha browser-based market…