Trading Tech
Flexibility Key to Infrastructure Agility, Responsiveness
Despite the economic environment dictating high-level sign-off on new technology deployments —- something that is becoming harder to obtain-— firms must build an element of flexibility into their market data infrastructures if they are to create best-of…
BT Seeks Vendor Collaboration on Collaboration Tools
Data vendors could leverage BT's existing connectivity and collaboration platform to make it easier to engage with clients and counterparties, the telecoms vendor says.
The Challenges in Developing a Culture of Compliance
At Monday's Waters USA conference, held in Midtown Manhattan, regulation was on almost everyone's lips. From panels on Big Data to cloud to over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives to transaction cost analysis (TCA) to risk management, the word "regulation,”…
BNP Offers Post-Trade Services for LSE, SGX Collaboration
BNP Paribas is offering a post-trade service to banks and brokers looking to take advantage of a cross-trade agreement between the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Singapore Exchange (SGX).
Volksbank Goes Live with Murex
Vienna-headquartered Volksbank Österreich has undergone a significant implementation covering cross-asset trading systems, risk management and straight-through processing (STP) from Murex's partner integration firm, MXG Team.
S&P Adds RatingsDirect Content to CapIQ
Combining the vendor's two content delivery mechanisms will allow users to access more data for credit analysis in a single location.
iForex Adds Gestures to Mobile Platform
iForex has announced the launch of its foreign exchange (FX) mobile trading platform, with in-built gesture functionality popularized by the Apple iPhone.
Goodbody Selects Salmon Software for Treasury
Dublin-based Goodbody Stockbrokers has implemented Salmon Software's treasury management system (TMS), Salmon Treasurer.
Multi-Asset Platforms Are Efficient, But Don't Force It
As various asset classes sprung to life over the years, the trading desks that handled them often blossomed independently. Futures, options, equities, bonds, and the like became robust, yet siloed, at the big banks. Separate trading systems evolved to…
LMAX Exchange Joins Equinix Data Center
LMAX Exchange, a multilateral trading facility for spot foreign exchange (FX) trades, has chosen Equinix's London LD4/5 data center in Slough as the hub for its operations.
Multi-Bank FX Platforms More Ubiquitous, Less Popular
Foreign exchange (FX) traders are getting more comfortable with algorithms and electronic platforms, says Ugur Arslan, CEO of New York-based quant fund AienTech, at a webinar hosted by Lexington, Mass.-based complex event processing (CEP) software vendor…
Ethernet Tech Vendor Emulex Buys Endace for Network Monitoring Play
Acquisition values Endace at $130 million, and is expected to close in early 2013
Citi's Hill: Cloud Augurs 'Biggest Shift Since Desktop Browsers’
At this week's Waters USA conference in New York, executives from UBS, Lord Abbett, and Citi agreed that on matters of cloud, the questions will be “how” and “when,” rather than “if.”
Sun Trading Expands with Kx Database
Chicago-based proprietary trading shop Sun Trading will use Kx Systems' kdb+ for time series analysis and real-time capture of quantitative trading data.
FHLB Topeka Adopts Principia for Valuation
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka (FHLB Topeka) has signed up to access Principia's web-based derivatives valuation and risk analytics platform.
ADS Securities Deploys FlexTrade
Abu Dhabi-based foreign exchange (FX) platform provider has rolled out FlexTrade's Orex system to support its institutional and professional client base.
UBS, HSBC Complete RMB Repo with Euroclear
UBS and HSBC have completed their first cross-border renminbi triparty repo, using Euroclear Bank and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) as collateral agents.
SunGard Supports NLX Through Stream Derivatives Suite
SunGard will support trading on the new London interest-rate derivatives venue, Nasdaq OMX NLX, through its Stream Derivatives suite.
Doing More with Less
David Hagen, vice president, global trading technologies at Linedata discusses financial technology fragmentation and how companies can streamline systems to do more with less
PJM Adopts Tethys EMS
PJM Capital, a Potomac Falls, Virginia-based quant hedge fund, has gone live with TethysEMS, the algorithmic trading platform from Tethys Technology, and will deploy it over TethysCloud.
