Trading Tech
Waters: Microwave Gains Ground on Fiber
For market data delivery, transmission of messages using microwave technologies is gaining ground. But firms remain reluctant to adopt the same technologies for trade messaging, citing concerns including reliability, feasibility and the cost versus the…
United Overseas Bank Taps FlexTrade Systems for FX Trading
Singapore-based United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) has selected FlexTrade Systems to support its global foreign exchange (FX) trading activity.
ICBPI Takes Etrali Open Trade for Comms
Etrali Trading Solutions has announced that Instituto Centrale Banche Popolari Italiane (ICBPI) has taken its Open Trade turret platform, along with a recording solution, for its Milan trading room.
Moscow Exchange Completes First Day of T+2
Equity and bond markets have completed their first day of trading under T+2, or settlement two days after trade date, on the Moscow Exchange.
Siam Bank Selects BWise Platform for GRC
Thailand’s third-largest bank, Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), has selected BWise to support its governance, risk management and compliance (GRC)needs.
Carnegie Chooses Tbricks for Pricing and Market-Making
Swedish investment bank Carnegie has selected automated trading systems provider Tbricks to support its pricing and market-making activities with options and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Options Builds Hosted Feed Reporting Platform
Managed infrastructure and private cloud provider Options (formerly Options IT) has developed a hosted reporting and entitlements platform to help the vendor and its clients report data consumption in compliance with exchanges' reporting policies, while…
Nasdaq Apologizes for Trading Disruption, Cites NYSE as Catalyst
Nasdaq OMX has released a report on the August 22 technology disruption that saw trading on the exchange halted for three hours, creating a knock-on effect for a number of other crossing networks and markets.
CDIB Implements eFront for Fund Management Support
Taiwanese investment bank CDIB has deployed eFront's FrontInvest package to support the growth of its fund-management business in mainland China.
TradingScreen Concentrates TCA Efforts on FX Front
Although TradingScreen’s Jon Fatica envisions fixed income as the next frontier in transaction cost analysis (TCA), his company has put the bulk of its recent effort into foreign exchange (FX) TCA.
Piece by Piece, Bank Loans See Upgraded Settlement Automation
Making inroads into automated settlement for bank—or syndicated—loans trading has proven difficult for technology providers, with bespoke contractual terms and complex documentation often at issue. Still, there are gains to be made.
Tradency Partners with CFH Clearing
Financial technology developer Tradency has teamed up with CFH Clearing to integrate its Mirror Trader foreign exchange (FX) trading platform with CFH Clearing's interbank clearing technology.
Slovenian CSD Takes Swift for T2S
KDD Central Securities Clearing Corporation will connect to the pan-European Target2-Securities (T2S) platform using Swift's value-added network (VAN), the provider has announced.
New FIA Study Suggests Futures Volatility Not Influenced by HFT
Research conducted for the Futures Industry Association by Nicholas Bollen and Robert Whaley at Vanderbilt University's Owen School of Management suggests that recent trading in 15 futures contracts has not become more volatile, despite increased…
Interactive Data Explores Demand for Country of Risk Information
The data vendor is investigating whether it has access to the data needed to produce country of risk information, after the challenges associated with this category of risk were highlighted during its inaugural Reference Data Advisory Group meeting
XP Investimentos Joins Perseus Network
Brazilian broker-dealer XP Investimentos has established a presence on the Perseus Telecom global exchange network.
Volta Chooses Optimum Group for London Datacenter
Datacenter provider Volta Data Centers has selected Optimum Group Services (OGS) as facilities provider for the maintenance of its central London facility.
Panel Discusses the Intersection of Risk and Regulation
At a panel hosted by SunGard and moderated by The Economist, Wells Fargo's Steve Ellis encouraged firms to look at compliance with a glass-half-full perspective.
