Trading Tech
Sell-Side Tech Glitches Provide Lessons for the Buy Side
As firms grapple with decreased IT budgets and work forces, we could see more headlines about problems that can be attributed to technology glitches.
Somalia to Launch Stock Exchange
East African country plans to start exchange in Kenya in Q1 2013.
Excelian Completes Lloyds Murex Upgrade
Tech firm moves banking giant onto MLC platform.
Whatever You Do, Don't Push the Button
What in the world is going on in financial IT?
TSE Must Restore Confidence After Second Outage
On Tuesday, the Tokyo Stock Exchange had to halt trading for the second time in six months after a technology glitch hit its derivatives system. With the Knight fiasco fresh in public consciousness and a takeover bid with the Osaka exchange looming,…
American Century Expands Presence, AUM with SimCorp Dimension
American Century aims to expand the system’s capabilities so it can be used for performance measurement and client reporting.
TMX Offers Pre-Trade Risk Tool
The offering is being made in part to comply with upcoming risk management regulation.
SEC to Host Tech-Focused Rountable
Following Knight's loss event, regulator to home in on automated trading.
Polish Broker Connects to WSE Through SunGard
Alior Bank to manage Warsaw Stock Exchange order flow with Valdi.
Canadian Western Trust Manages Assets with SunGard
Investment manager implements SunGard's Global Plus for institutional trust and custody business.
BGC and Thesys Partner for Microwave Data Route
Broker and tech provider creating NJ-Illinois network.
Knight is a Market Maker Once Again
NYSE will return direct market making responsibilities to the firm next Monday.
OpenGamma Raises $15M, Preps Hosted Data Delivery, Targets Smaller Shops
New investment will fund expansion, product development to target new client base
Orc to Support New Eurex Platform
Initiative will support improved performance, new order types, and more efficient processing and reporting functions.
DataSift Preps Financial Play for Social Data
Vendor hires industry vets to spearhead financial push
Another Tech Glitch Halts Trading on the TSE
This is the second disturbance this year, as it is working to take over the Osaka Securities Exchange.
FX Broker Suffers DDoS Attack, Hong Kong Partner Turns to Prolexic
The most serious DDoS attacks are down, but that may be temporary. Global eSolutions can attest to the fact that they haven't gone away.
Momentum AM Live on Charles River IMS
Momentum has approximately $22 billion under management spread across a variety of mandates from risk-profiled unitized pooled portfolios to segregated specialist asset-class portfolios.
ICE joins IPC's Connexus
ICE customers can access trade lifecycle applications and market data through the financial extranet.
Rinse, Repeat?
Will the industry ever get past the same corporate actions arguments? Aite Group’s Virginie O’Shea points to Italian and Japanese CSDs as examples worthy of study
Bolsas y Mercados Españoles Witnesses Trading Outage
The interruption in Madrid, still under investigation, brought trading to a halt for five hours.