Trading Tech
Reinventing the Wheel: Due Diligence Takes on Greater Importance in the Cloud
Without a set of acceptable standards, hiring a cloud services provider is like walking a new labyrinth each time. A BST panel tries to lay down a familiar trail of breadcrumbs.
The Mercenary Technologist
As budgetary constraints clamp down on buy-side organizations, Anthony says that the vendor-hedge fund relationship may start changing.
Exegy and StreamBase Partner on Latency Reduction
The agreement brings together Exegy's Ticker Plant and StreamBase's CEP engine.
KVH Prepares Private Cloud Launch
Japanese telecommunications firm KVH will launch a private cloud service next week from its KVH TDC3 data center in Tokyo.
Cost Basis Challenges Find Firms Tackling Reporting Earlier
Even while the industry moves past phase II of the cost basis reporting mandate and look towards fixed income and options reporting in 2014, manual corrections and transfers processing remain top among firms' concerns.
RTS Joins Equinix Hong Kong Data Center
Frankfurt-headquartered software vendor RTS Realtime Systems has gone live in Equinix's Hong Kong International Business Exchange (IBX) data center.
Schroders Builds Out Babel from Bravura
London-headquartered asset manager Schroders has selected Bravura Solutions' Babel software for its messaging network infrastructure.
Salerio Switch Offers Central, Local Matching Choice
Salerio, a software vendor specializing in post-trade management, has launched Salerio Switch to provide market participants with a choice between local and central matching of trades.
Exegy, StreamBase Ally for Algo Strategy Support, Data Analytics
Integrated products simplify process of using data from Exegy appliances in StreamBase's analytics engines, while opening new opportunities for both vendors
Coller Capital Partners with DataArt on Custom Software
The custom software developer has teamed with Coller, a hedge fund based in London, on internal applications development.
Newedge Releases Prime Brokerage FX Platform
While FX has been a part of the company’s suite of prime brokerage services for institutional clients, the new version provides better access to the global currency market.
Fundhost Taps SS&C for Oz Fund Administration Business
Sydney-heaquartered back-office services provider Fundhost has selected SS&C's AdvisorWare platform to support the launch of its Australian hedge fund administration business.
SEF Nuances Provide Challenges for Liquidity Aggregation
While liquidity aggregation as a practice is nothing new for market participants, the specific character of Swap Execution Facilities (SEFs) and their diversified offerings will lead to new ways of thinking for sell-side firms, research from GreySpark…
BNY Mellon Wins Allianz Outsourcing Deal
Allianz Global Investors (AGI) has awarded a contract to provide outsourced data and accounting services for a range of its funds to BNY Mellon.
Expedition Launches Imagine's Cloud for Risk Management
Hong Kong-based hedge fund Expedition Advisors has integrated with Imagine Software's cloud-based portfolio management and risk offering.
MarketPrizm Announces DMA Access to London Metal Exchange
Trading infrastructure provider MarketPrizm has established direct market access (DMA) to the London Metal Exchange (LME).
BlackRock, Thomson Reuters to Provide Fixed-Income Analytics for Buy Side
Investment management firm BlackRock and data vendor Thomson Reuters will partner to create a distributed fixed-income derived analytics set through BlackRock Solutions (BRS), the firm's solutions provision arm.
Interactive Data Launches ASX 24 Feed on 7Ticks
The new futures feed will provide data to trading firms based primarily in Chicago who want access to the Australian derivatives market