Trading Tech
Mifid II Must Mind Market Microstructure
Regulation took center stage at a panel discussion in London on Tuesday as the nuts and bolts of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive review (Mifid II) went under the microscope.
Fallout from Order-Handling Errors Unclear
Last week’s confessions by three top US execution services providers regarding failures to match the national best bid and offer (NBBO) came as a surprise, and the fallout is unclear.
Two More US Exchanges Admit Order Handling Errors
Direct Edge and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) have said that customer transactions may have been executed away from the best available price due to systems errors, bringing the total number of exchanges admitting price errors to three this month.
DCM Preps Social Sentiment Datafeed
The relaunched former Derwent Capital Markets Twitter fund plans to release an API for banks, hedge funds and brokers to leverage its social media sentiment data
Euroclear Nederland Exits Paper Certificates
Dutch central securities depository (CSD) Euroclear Nederland has announced that it recently completed a full-scale dematerialization project for all securities in the country, moving stock certificates to electronic formats.
MKS Chooses SmartTrade for Liquidity Management
Switzerland-based precious-metals service provider MKS SA has selected Paris-based smartTrade's liquidity management system (LMS) to handle its physical customer pricing.
TMX Atrium Increases European Capacity, Bandwidth
Luxembourg-headquartered TMX Atrium, a provider of infrastructure technologies, has increased the capacity of its ultra-low latency connectivity service in Europe.
Maitland Taps Milestone as South Africa Tightens Reporting Requirements
The Maitland Group, a Cape Town-based fund administrator with $145 billion under management, has selected Milestone Group's pControl software to respond to the stiffening reporting requirements in South Africa over the past year.
Principia Tweaks Platform for US Regulatory Support
Principia Partners, the Manhattan-based provider of buy-side and sell-side trading and risk management technology, has unveiled Version 6.8 of its Structured Finance Platform, which features enhancements aimed at addressing the US Basel 2.5 Market Risk…
Citadel Activates Bloomberg for Fixed-Income Trading
US hedge fund giant Citadel has selected Bloomberg's fixed income trading platform for its electronic execution and clearing of interest rate swaps (IRS).
UBS Buffs Orc for APAC Client Access
UBS Securities has extended its use of Orc Access, to faciliate Asian clients trading on US and European exchanges through direct market access (DMA).
Saxo Bank Launches FX Prime Brokerage Service
Copenhagen-based Saxo Bank has announced the launch of Saxo Prime, its foreign exchange (FX) prime brokerage service for institutional clients.
TMX Atrium Completes London Infrastructure Upgrade
Anticipating increases in data volumes due to new regulations in Europe, TMX Atrium has upgraded the capacity across its entire London network.
Chaikin Analytics Unveils iPad Workstation
Analytics technology provider Chaikin Analytics has launched a new Apple iPad app that provides actionable feedback to the buy side. The ability to enter and route trades from the device will be available within a month.
G2 FinTech Bolsters Cost Basis Reporting Tool
TaxGopher+, G2 FinTech's cost basis reporting (CBR) solution for investment managers, will support fixed-income and options transactions, the final covered securities under the US Internal Revenue Service's 1099-B rules to be introduced beginning in 2014.
Regulators Cite 'Critical Deficiencies' in JPMorgan Monitoring, Reporting, Risk Controls
JPMorgan Chase has been sanctioned by US regulators eight months after an outsized credit default swap led to trading losses of $6.2 billion.