Trading Tech
Axioma Launches Multi-Asset Risk Management Platform
Software vendor Axioma has announced the introduction of Axioma Risk, its multi-asset class risk management platform.
Swift VAN Passes ENAT
Swift has announced that its value-added network (VAN) for the Target2-Securities (T2S) project has passed the final milestone in a major test cycle.
SpryWare, Embium Ally for Auto Trading
Chicago-based low-latency ticker plant and feed handler technology vendor SpryWare has partnered with Embium, a provider of automated trading platforms, enabling SpryWare clients to easily connect to platforms that allow them to develop automated trading…
Bats Chi-X Europe Rolls Out Trade Reporting Services
European multilateral trading facility (MTF) Bats Chi-X Europe has announced the introduction of BXTR, a suite of trade reporting services for the pan-European trading community.
Instinet Launches ‘Indigo' Trade Analytics Platform
Instinet has added a new web-based trade analytics platform ─ dubbed Indigo ─ to its analytics suite.
BBH Introduces New Corporate Actions Tool
Part of Brown Brothers Harriman's Infomediary platform, InfoAction will help institutional asset managers streamline their corporate actions workflow applications.
Squawker Signs 70 Firms, Eyes 100 by Year-End
London-based interdealer block trade negotiation platform Squawker has completed its initial rollout across Europe, having signed up 70 investment banks, regional banks, agency brokers, private banks and other sell-side firms in 13 European countries…
Evanston Capital Management Jumps Into Gravitas Cloud
Evanston Capital Management (ECM), an Illinois-based fund of funds, has migrated its core servers and applications to the Gravitas Private Cloud, a project completed in less than six months.
Nice Actimize Partners Ullink for Trade Data
Nice Actimize has announced a partnership with Ullink, whereby data from the latter's global routing network will be used to inform market surveillance practices for the vendor's customers.
Squawker Completes European Launch
Pan-European venue Squawker has announced that its initial roll-out across Europe has been completed, with over 70 sell-side firms signed on to the service.
BST North American Summit 2013: Catching Up with Fortress Investment Group's Hylton Socher
Jake Thomases speaks with Hylton Socher, CTO at Fortress Investment Group, who gave the keynote address at Buy-Side Technology's 2013 North American Summit.
BST North American Summit 2013: Bradley Ziff of Misys on Emerging Buy-Side Risk Drivers
Misys's senior risk advisor Bradley Ziff talks with Waters about emerging macroeconomic and regulatory risks affecting the buy side.
BST North American Summit 2013: StatPro CEO Justin Wheatley Talks Cloud-based Analytics
Justin Wheatley, StatPro's chief executive, talks portfolio analytics and their importance in broader buy-side data management.
BST North American Summit 2013: Talking IBOR with SimCorp's David Kubersky
Waters chats with SimCorp managing director David Kubersky about the relative merits of the Investment Book of Record (IBOR) concept sweeping the buy side.
Wells Fargo Connects to Eris Exchange's SwapBook
The bank will serve as both a liquidity provider and futures commission merchant (FCM) for Chicago-based Eris Exchange, the swaps execution facility specializing in interest rate swaps and offering a proprietary swaps future product.
Caceis Debuts Collateral Management Offering
Asset servicing provider Caceis has released its foray into the collateral management market with Collateral Express.
BST North American Summit 2013: AIG's Mary Kotch on Smaller Footprints, Better Talent
The CTO for AIG IT Americas, who has been leading the firm's tech reorganization and data center consolidation efforts, has seen everything from a new cyber war games initiative to an unexpected presence-via an acquisition-in Amazon's public cloud. Still…
Redline Expands Japan Data Support
Woburn, Mass.-based low-latency ticker plant and execution gateway provider Redline Trading Solutions has added support for Japanese equity markets to its InRush 3 Ticker Plant.
EE Partners Etrali for FCA Recording Compliance
British telco Everything Everywhere (EE) has announced a partnership with Etrali Trading Solutions to provide voice recording for clients in the City of London, as part of its wider push into the UK financial heartland.
Chewing the Fat
Financial technology can prove to be a bit of a mouthful.
Exchanges, Banks Tap Corvil Monitoring
NYSE Euronext, Nasdaq OMX and Credit Suisse are deploying a new real-time risk and compliance monitoring service from Dublin-based latency monitoring software provider Corvil that will provide continuous compliance monitoring of companies’ electronic…
Markit's Chidsey on Plans for Corp Actions Validation Service at WFIC 2013
Ed Chidsey, managing director, global co-head of data services, at Markit explains that the data and services vendor is rebuilding the platform of the Global Corporate Actions Validation Service it acquired in June, at the World Financial Information…
CQG Adds Charts, Preps Mobile App
Denver, Colo-based data, charting and trading software vendor CQG is adding a new range of chart studies to its Integrated Client front-end display, in response to client demand, is leveraging multi-threaded technology to boost the platform’s performance…
BST North American Summit 2013: Liability-Driven Investment Gaining Mainstream Tech Traction
The past decade and post-financial crisis turmoil exposed the need for better asset liability management (ALM) among certain institutional buy-side firms such as private pension plans. Maan Bsat senior business lead at Misys, who spoke at the Buy-Side…