Trading Tech
Bloomberg Broadens Data Focus with Industries
Global roll-out of analysis and data platform provides power play for vendor.
NYSE Euronext-TradingScreen Alliance Provides Access to Euro Central Order Book
NYSE Euronext will finance, for a period of three months, costs relating to software licenses allowing institutional investors to view the European Central Order Book.
Factorial Selects Imagine for Risk Management
Hong Kong hedge fund to use products as core office system.
CFTC Amends Effective Date for Swaps Regulation
Regulator shifts exemptions and enactment from original July implementation.
CMC Markets Upgrades Platform
Spread betting service gives boost to technology backbone.
Numerix Opens Taiwan Presence
Vendor establishes office in Taipei.
Bank Pekao Rolls Out SunGard's Valdi for WSE Connectivity
Bank Pekao's traders will use Valdi to help improve and monitor order flows and provide a sales trading service.
Edwards Joins Equipos in Partner Manager Role
Edwards joins Equipos from Microsoft, where he led industry market development for the financial services sector.
Anthony Malakian: Stressed Out
Due to the financial meltdown and subsequent regulations, firms are challenged with finding a balance when going about stress testing. Anthony says that while the initial cost may be steep, the rewards can be great for everyone involved.
Layer Cake: The Rise of Platform-as-a-Service
Cloud is the catch-all term encompassing a number of different components. Of those, software-as-a-service is the most prominent, although platform-as-a-service now offers similar, predominantly hardware-focused benefits to the financial services…
Speed Trap: The Challenge of Risk Management On Demand
Volatility in the markets, the advent of algorithmic trading strategies, and ever-increasing trading volumes at faster speeds have led to the need for risk aggregation that can be run on demand, writes Steve Dew-Jones.
FXall Adds FX Options
Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse were involved with the development process.
Ativa Live With Ullink's Trading Platform
Ativa also tapping Ullink's pre-trade risk and DMA monitoring software.
Renaissance Implements Calypso for Back-Office Ops
First phase completed, with additional go-lives scheduled for 2012.
KLP AM Selects Algorithmics for Risk Management
Asset manager will implement the Algo Risk Service across all its portfolios to create a more integrated risk management function linking its portfolio managers, risk managers and client advisors.
Open Platform: Big Data, Minus Big Delays or Big Storage
With data volumes constantly rising, and firms looking to apply Big Data analytics to gain value from even more datasets, is there such a thing as too much data? Speed requirements and storage limitations demand a smarter choice for capturing Big Data,…
StarCompliance Taps News Impact Scores for Insider Trading Tool
Compliance software vendor will use news provider's impact analysis to monitor trading activity against market-moving news events.
NYSE Liffe to Build CCP, Severs with LCH.Clearnet
The exchange operator says its expanded NYSE Clearing, operational in June 2013, will consolidate derivatives clearing in Europe.