Trading Tech
NetDania Preps Trading-Data FX Workstation
Danish foreign exchange data display and technology provider NetDania is preparing to roll out a trading-enabled version of its NetStation data and analytics workstation, which will allow retail brokerage firms to white-label the platform as a trading…
Thomson Reuters Debuts Compliance Tool for Employee Supervision
Thomson Reuters has launched Accelus Conflicts Compliance, a web-based solution for streamlining employee supervision and code-of-conduct management, in partnership compliance specialist TerraNua.
Moscow Exchange Outlines Data IT Roadmap
The Moscow Exchange is changing the way it distributes market data as part of an ongoing technology consolidation that began in 2011, following the government-ordered merger of the RTS and Micex exchanges into a single national venue.
Petercam Selects Orfival for Performance
Brussels-headquartered asset manager Petercam has selected Orfival's GPMS product for its performance measurement and client reporting functions.
Pulling Weeds: Sell Side Confronts Technology Stack Upgrades
Despite the current era in the capital markets as one of tight budgets, firms across the sell side are waking up to the fact that radical changes are needed to their technology stacks. From banks, to brokers and exchanges, questions remain around how…
Macrobond Adds Matlab API, Histograms, Readies New York Office
Swedish time-series data and analytics vendor Macrobond Financial is launching a new version of its Macrobond Application data workstation, which features connectivity to the The Mathworks' Matlab data analysis development environment and enhanced…
Macrobond Bolsters EMEA Sales Team
Swedish time-series data and analytics vendor Macrobond Financial has promoted Jacob Johannesson to head of sales in EMEA. Johannesson held his previous role as product specialist and international account manager for over three years, prior to which he…
Cooperative Bank of Kenya Finishes Misys BankFusion Implementation
The country's third largest bank says the new platform will help with its expansion in South Sudan, future planned forays into Rwanada and Uganda, and its growing Kingdom brokerage arm by which clients can access Nairobi's stock exchange.
Sandell AM Taps SS&C GlobeOp for Fund Admin, Form PF/Fatca Compliance
Sandell Asset Management, which manages $750 million, has selected SS&C GlobeOp to provide fund administration services.
Thomson Reuters Launches FX Post-Trade System in Vietnam
Thomson Reuters and the State Bank of Vietnam have launched a real-time trade monitoring and post-trade system to enhance transparency and automation in the foreign-exchange (FX) market across the country.
Goldman Asset Management Aids Treasury Departments with Risk Tool
For those seeking greater transparency in money-market funds’ underlying holdings and associated risks, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has launched Transparency Insight, a risk management tool for liquidity portfolios.
ETRE Launches New Analytics Platform for REITs
The specialist technology provider says its new platform will allow investors in exchange-traded, commercial real estate to access capital advisory, asset management, trading and credit analysis information.
TS-A Integrates Solarflare for ‘Virtual' Monitoring Appliances
London-based latency monitoring and instrumentation provider TS-Associates has integrated Irvine, Calif.-based data and networking technology vendor Solarflare's Flareon server input/output adapters and its SolarCapture packet capture technology with TS…
Edgbaston Adopts InData Portfolio Management Platform
London-based Edgbaston Investment Partners has gone live with the iPM Intelligent Portfolio Management platform from Connecticut-based InData.
BCS Taps Arqa Technologies for Back-Office Software
BCS Prime Brokerage has implemented backQORT, automated back-office software from Arqa Technologies.
HKEx Taps NYSE Tech XDP for Data Distribution
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) has selected the XDP market data engine from NYSE Technologies, the technology arm of NYSE Euronext, to power its Orion Market Data (OMD) platform.
Constrained by Capital Requirements, Wealth Management IT Struggles to Comply
Wealth managers and private banks, the heirs of aging technologies and manual processes, need to change. Prodded by regulators to deploy more efficient and flexible operating infrastructures, most of them have been left with big gaps to fill and…
Axioma Unveils New Risk Platform
Portfolio management solutions provider Axioma has launched Axioma Risk, a new risk management platform designed for portfolio managers, risk officers and asset owners.
Beneath London, Data Flows Through the City’s Sewers
There’s a lot to be said for London’s sewer system. Calling it a marvel of engineering isn’t hyperbole—the 150-year-old construction is still going strong, and current estimates, given levels of wear and tear, suggest that it could last for at least…
Deutsche Bank Launches US Equity Options Platform
Part of the bank's Autobahn electronic trading business, the offering will provide access to CBOE, International Securities Exchange, NYSE's Arca and Amex venues, Boston Options Exchange, and BATS Options.
OptionsCity Launches Freeway Analytics Trading-Simulation Platform
Electronic options trading technology vendor OptionsCity Software has launched Freeway Analytics, a visualization engine and an exchange simulator based on sub-millisecond futures market data.
Nice Actimize Launches Benchmark Monitoring Product
Nice Actimize has announced the debut of its Actimize Benchmark Monitoring Solution, designed to aid in the surveillance and monitoring of processes related to rate submissions such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor).
Post-Zeptonics Lawsuit, Zomojo Spins Off Exablaze, Releases Sub-Microsecond NIC
Australian technology provider Exablaze, a spin-off from high-frequency trading firm Zomojo, has built and released an ultra-low-latency network interface card that officials say can distribute market data within an organization with less than a…