Trading Tech
Charles River Integrates SJ Levinson & Sons for TCA
Charles River Development has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with SJ Levinson & Sons, whereby the broker's equity transaction-cost analysis (TCA) technology will be integrated with the vendor's Investment Management Solution …
Lombard Risk Upgrades Colline
Lombard Risk has announced the release of Colline version 12.3, its collateral management and clearing product.
Mors Survey: Intra-day Liquidity Risk Projects Still Incomplete
Helsinki-based Mors Software, a provider of integrated real-time treasury and risk management technology to the sell side, has published the results of its annual liquidity risk management survey, carried out between May and July this year.
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PensionsFirst, WinTech Partner on Corporate Liability Risk
The new strategic partnership will leverage WinTech's asset liability modeling tool ProVal, with PensionsFirst's analytics software, PFaroe, allowing CFOs and treasurers to more easily migrate external data, monitor daily funded status, and dis-aggregate…
Nasdaq's Genium INET to Power German Exchange
Boerse Stuttgart, a 150-year old exchange serving private investors, has selected Nasdaq OMX’s Genium INET trading technology to power its market.
Fund Managers Say Good Tech Boosts Credibility
Portfolio managers say sound technology enhances an alternative buy-side firm’s credibility, according to new research from SunGard and Aite Group.
Tradition Taps Corvil for Monitoring
Interdealer broker Tradition has rolled out Dublin-based latency and performance monitoring technology provider Corvil's CorvilNet monitoring platform to provide real-time visibility into data and execution latency and operational performance statistics…
Pricing Vet Kelsey Moves to Mortgage CRM Vendor
Former Reuters exec Michele Kelsey has joined Vantage Integrated Production, a provider of CRM, workflow and data management tools for mortgage lenders, as regional vice president of sales for the Midwest US, based in New York.
Quants Get New Analytics with RTS Update
RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS), a Frankfurt-based trading solutions provider, has launched version 2.0 of RTD Tango Quant, which designs and executes automated trading strategies for quant traders.
BT Partners with Truphone for US Mobile Recording
Network and telecoms provider BT has joined forces with global mobile operator Truphone, to deliver a communications recording service in line with Dodd-Frank Act provisions.
Vermilion Sets Up Singapore Shop
Already on the ground, the London-based reporting software provider to the buy side intends to grow its staff in Singapore to 10 in the coming year as it targets growth there, in Australia, and Hong Kong.
Special FX
I've always had a particular interest in foreign exchange (FX), given it was the first asset class that I covered years ago. It's also, probably, the greatest success story of the financial services industry that's never reported. News at the end of last…
Succession Selected by BCS for Market Access Risk Management
BCS Prime Brokerage has announced that TripleCheck, Succession Systems' ultra-low-latency risk engine for direct market access (DMA), will be implemented at the firm for clients accessing Russian markets.
Citi Clients to Get DMA and Algos Trading in Moscow
Citi plans to begin offering clients algorithmic trading and direct market access (DMA) to securities traded on the Moscow Exchange this month.
Aquis, Seeking Transformative Model, Lines Up Partners
London-based, pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) Aquis Exchange is embarking on a new approach to its pricing model and capital formation as it awaits final approval from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Barchart Unveils New Data-Trading Terminal
Chicago-based data and analytics vendor Barchart has released Barchart Trader, a new data workstation built from scratch to deliver a new and modern interface that can broaden the vendor's potential audience and make it easier for traders to access…
Singapore Displaces Japan as FX Market Tops $5tn Daily
The foreign exchange (FX) market's daily turnover has reached an estimated $5.3 trillion, according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), with over half of the volume accounted for by electronic trading.
InfoReach Integrates "R" Language and Bloomberg Data
Electronic trading technology provider InfoReach has announced it has integrated the R programming language and Bloomberg data with its trading platforms.
Princeton Financial Updates Investment Management Solution
Princeton Financial Systems, part of State Street Global Exchange, has enhanced its investment management software solution MIG21 ahead of UCITS regulatory changes.
Lime Rock Partners on iLevel for Reporting
The $5 billion private equity manager, a specialist in oil and natural gas projects based in Westport, Conn., will use iLevel's cloud-based Private Capital Data platform for portfolio monitoring and centralized data collection.
Malaysia's KIB Picks SS&C for Investment Ops
Kenanga Investors Berhad (KIB), an asset manager based in Kuala Lumpur, has selected SS&C Portia, a middle-to-back office investment operations platform, to support its investment management business.
Instinet Extends Nighthawk Algo to Japan
Instinet, the New York-based agency-only broker, has introduced Nighthawk VWAP, a variant of its Nighthawk algorithm, which provides buy-side firms with aggregated access to the pre-market volume-weighted average price (VWAP) crosses in Japan.
Wainwright to Head SAP Financial Biz
Data management and analytics technology provider SAP has named Ross Wainwright global head of financial services industries in Chicago, responsible for the vendor's banking, insurance and capital markets clients worldwide.