Trading Tech
Eurex Clearing to Become CCP for SL-x Trading
Eurex Clearing has signed an agreement with SL-x Trading Europe (SL-x), to start clearing securities borrowing and lending (SBL) transactions, executed through the latter's proposed electronic trading platform.
Fixnetix Expands Data, Risk Connectivity
Managed market data, trading connectivity and risk technology vendor Fixnetix has added low-latency connectivity to three new marketplaces, becoming an extranet connectivity provider for pan-European equities multilateral trading facility Aquis Exchange,…
Thomson Reuters Adds Asian Markets to Elektron Real Time
Thomson Reuters has rolled out its Elektron Real Time consolidated feed to new market centers in Asia, including Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore, providing full-tick depth of market data from 400 global exchanges and over-the-counter venues, and…
Cost, Latency, Regulation: IMD's Editor on Hot Topics at IMD Events
Inside Market Data editor Max Bowie reflects on the themes from recent conferences, and predicts that the impact of regulation will be high on the agenda at next week's European Financial Information Summit and other upcoming IMD conferences.
Update: OPRA Data Issue Halts Options Exchanges
The Options Price Reporting Authority was forced to cancel a software upgrade for its feed of consolidated US options quote and trade data on Monday Sept. 16, after the upgrade caused issues with calculation of the national best bid and offer price,…
ITG Eyes Predictive FX TCA
Agency broker and technology provider ITG launched its foreign exchange (FX) transaction cost analysis (TCA) tool last year, and is looking ahead at possible developments for the future. These include a form of day-start predictive analytics that can…
T2S and CSD Regulation to Obviate National Depositories
The double-tap effect of both the Target2-Securities (T2S) project and the implementation of the Central Securities Depositories (CSD) Regulation will spell the end of single-nation depositories, according to Jean-Michel Godeffroy, director general and…
Javelin Gains Temporary Approval for SEF Offering
Javelin Capital Markets has been given temporary approval by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to operate its swap execution facility (SEF).
SunGard Launches IntelliMatch Enterprise Management Studio
SunGard has announced the release of IntelliMatch Enterprise Management Studio, which allows firms to better control the delivery of reconciliations as a line of service.
BGC Gets Temporary SEF Approval
BGC Derivative Markets has received temporary registration approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to operate a swap execution facility (SEF).
Advent Unveils New Cloud Offering, Geneva 10.0 and Tamale 7.0 at Client Conference
Advent Software, at its annual AdventConnect conference in San Francisco, unveiled its new cloud offering, version 10.0 of its Geneva platform, and version 7.0 of its Tamale RMS solution.
Tech Questions Loom After Major Exchanges Tie the Knot
A period where no meaningful exchange M&A made it to the finish line has been followed by two announced megadeals that appear likely to be approved. Jake Thomases looks at what IT advantage is gained by such massive mergers, and whether these latest…
TeraExchange Granted SEF Status
The multi-asset class execution venue has been granted temporary swap execution facility (SEF) registration from the CFTC.
Aquis Exchange Connects to AlgoSpan for Low Latency
Aquis Exchange, the proposed pan-European equities trading exchange, has selected AlgoSpan to enhance order execution quality and latency.
Options Deploys Arista's Low-Latency Switching
Options, the New York-based private financial cloud provider, has deployed Arista Networks’ new low-latency switching for the firm’s ultra-low latency co-location clients in European exchange hosting facilities operated by the London Stock Exchange (LSE)…
Swift's Taylor on Regulation, Post-Trade Technology
Paul Taylor, director of global matching at Swift, talks to Waters at Sibos 2013, in Dubai.
Daiwa Partners Torstone for Myanmar Broker Product
Torstone Technologies has announced that it will power the back-office component of the Daiwa Institute of Research's (DIR) end-to-end broker solution, designed for Myanmar's fledgling capital market.
Six Securities Prepares for T2S, as Survey Finds Increased Settlement Costs Likely
A survey of attendees at Sibos 2013, in Dubai, has found that participants expect settlement costs to increase thanks to the Target2-Securities (T2S) project, according to the conductor, Six Securities Services.
Misys CEO Explains Global Back Office
Nadeem Syed, CEO at Misys, talks to Waters at Sibos 2013, in Dubai.
EPFR Debuts ChartBook Fund Flows Analysis, Commentary
Boston-based fund flows information provider EPFR Global will at the end of this month launch a new weekly commentary service, dubbed ChartBook, which describes market trends and trade ideas based on the vendor's fund flows data, to make it easier for…
MNI Indicators Builds BRICs
MNI Indicators, the macroeconomic data division of Deutsche Börse's Market News International, has released new consumer and business confidence indicators for Brazil, India and Russia, expanding on its existing MNI China consumer and business sentiment…
Open Platform: The Search for Clarity
In an environment where the only constant is constant change, reliable data becomes more valuable than ever. But with unprecedented volumes of data and unrivalled access to data, finding ways to gain clarity from these data volumes is even more critical,…
Axioma Adds Credit Suisse HOLT Fundamental Data
Risk management and index analytics provider Axioma has integrated fundamental factor data from Credit Suisse's HOLT fundamental analysis, idea generation and benchmarking platform into the Performance Attribution module of Axioma Portfolio Analytics and…
NYSE Tech, First Derivatives Ally for As-a-Service Offerings
NYSE Technologies, the data and technology arm of NYSE Euronext, is working with Northern Ireland-based data management software vendor First Derivatives to develop a suite of historical data-as-a-service solutions, dubbed Tick as a Service, that will…