Trading Tech
Infront Re-org Boosts Data Quality, Service
Norwegian market data and trading technology provider Infront has increased its focus on market data quality following a recent revamp of its client services team that has also allowed the company to provide its customers with quicker and better answers…
Wall Street Horizon Creates Historical Event Analytics
Woburn, Mass.-based corporate earnings and event data provider Wall Street Horizon is developing a number of new products based on its historical dataset of information on corporate earnings releases and other single-stock events, to support the back…
Open Platform: The Challenges and Opportunities of Big Data in Finance
Big Data grabbed the attention of CEOs, CIOs, and CTOs in 2013, who focused resources on analyzing, managing, storing and securing the rapid growth in data volumes. But, asks David Lauer, market structure and technology architecture consultant at…
James Rundle: Round Pegs, Square Holes
James takes away several key points from this year’s European Trading Architecture Summit, the most pertinent of which is that sometimes, the benefits of projects and technology initiatives are often hard to see at the start.
Max Bowie: Analytics—The Next Generation of Opportunity
A new breed of predictive analytical tools is finding its way into traders’ toolkits. But, says Max, the implications for these technologies have the potential to extend much further into other areas of a data consumer’s workflow, from the type of data…
Portfolio-Compression Algorithms Proving Useful in New SEF Landscape
As SEFs’ swaps execution gets off the ground, post-trade activities like portfolio-compression algorithms are proving increasingly popular as dealers and their futures commission merchant clearing arms cope with new demands, and potentially, new styles…
ICE and CME Receive Trade Repository Approvals
Intercontinental Exchange Group and the CME Group have both received regulatory approval to operate a Trade Repository (TR) for the reporting of swaps and futures trade data under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR).
Newedge Overhauls its Trading Architecture
The 2008 merger that created Newedge ─ between the brokerage arms of Société Générale and Credit Agricole ─ brought a host of trading systems, including eight order management systems, with overlap and redundancy galore. The French broker sought help…
FX Bridge Preps Options Volatility Commentary
Foreign exchange spot and options trading platform provider FX Bridge Technologies is rolling out two new subscription-based FX volatility measures designed to help traders and investors identify trading opportunities in FX options and less common…
BAML, Goldman Sachs Join Eurex Clearing for IRS
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) and Goldman Sachs have joined Eurex OTC Clear as clearing members for interest-rate swaps (IRS).
FNZ Taps Euroclear UK to Automate its Fund Settlement Process
Custody provider FNZ has entered a strategic partnership with central securities depository Euroclear UK and Ireland to integrate its fund settlement process.
Equinix Calls Karl for Americas President Role
Datacenter and hosting provider Equinix has hired Karl Strohmeyer as president of the Americas, responsible for the vendor's management, strategy and growth plan in the region.
Redline Opens Chicago Office
Woburn, Mass.-based low-latency ticker plant and trading gateway provider Redline Trading Solutions has opened a sales and support office in Chicago at 111 West Jackson Boulevard.
Traiana Expands Regulatory Reporting With UTI Tool
Traiana, the New York-based provider of post-trade services owned by UK interdealer ICAP, has expanded its regulatory reporting suite of solutions with a Unique Trade Identifier (UTI) management tool using the Harmony network.
Disintermediating Trade Credit with Tech─Can It Be Done?
Managing export finance is a fairly archaic sell-side function, and one which can leave small, emerging markets commodities providers exposed. Aztec, a new electronic exchange venue launched in June, believes securitization is the answer as the $16…
Société Générale Deploys Etrali on Paris Trading Floor
Etrali Trading Solutions has announced that the Paris trading floor of Société Générale will use its OpenTrade communications system from December, following on from similar implementations in Moscow and New York.
Nordea Markets Adopts Millistream’s HTML5 Graphs
Nordea Markets, the international operations arm of Nordic-based Nordea Bank, has adopted Millistream's new HTML5 graphs for the presentation of market data on its web and mobile pages.
Pelephone to Use SuperDerivatives’ Real-Time Data, CorporeX
Israeli mobile communications provider Pelephone will add SuperDerivatives' real-time market data, news and analysis platform DGX, and will use the market data vendor's chat system to communicate with sell-side firms.
Mizuho International Picks SS&C for OTC Derivatives Processing
Tokyo-based bank Mizuho International has appointed Windsor, Connecticut-based SS&C Technologies as a provider of middle office services for its over-the-counter (OTC) derivative transactions.
DTCC Launches Early Warning Tool to Curb Risk
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced the launch of a new post-trade risk management tool, DTCC Limit Monitoring, that allows members of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) to monitor their trading limits.
ASIC Implements First Derivatives Surveillance System
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has gone live with a market surveillance system from First Derivatives, the vendor has announced.
Aquis Exchange Begins Trading European Stocks
Newly formed pan-European equities trading venue Aquis Exchange started its trading operations today, Tuesday Nov. 26, hoping to shake up the exchange pricing model and bring more competition to the region.
BerchWood Partners, iLevel Team Up
The software provider for private investment firms has arranged to partner with BerchWood, which will introduce iLevel's private data platform to its fund management clientele.
MarkitSERV to Process OTC Derivatives for OTC Clearing Hong Kong
MarkitSERV, Markit’s electronic trade processing service for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, now connects customers to OTC Clearing Hong Kong (OTC Clear), the clearing service established by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx). OTC Clear started…