Trading Tech
Portware Plans to Move Into Fixed Income
At Sifma 2012, Portware president Scott DePetris talked about the recnt purchase of Aritas assets and the direction of the company.
Marex Spectron Connects Hong Kong and London
The new low-latency link is part of a global tech upgrade.
For Bank Loans, STP Initiative Promises New Frontier
Syndicated, or bank, loan trading stands to become more attractive for the buy side as Markit and agency banks collaborate on faster settlement and real-time views of inventory.
OTC Trading the Battleground in Fight for Liquidity
Nasdaq’s plan to wrest liquidity from Europe’s derivatives market is sure to delight regulators, rile incumbents.
BlueMatrix Preps Research Consumption Analytics
New features will enable research producers and clients to identify market-moving trends in research consumption.
NASDAQ OMX Plans IRD Platform
NLX to launch in Q1 2013, subject to authorization from the Financial Services Authority.
Orange Launches Flexible Trading Service
Cloud-based product combines turret offerings with TCSnet and voice recording.
Southpaw Selects SunGard's VPM for Portfolio Accounting
The Connecticut-based firm hopes to streamline back-office accounting and investor reporting.
Dion Partners with Numerix to Bolster Valuation, Risk Management Offerings
Financial services software provider leverages Numerix analytics in valuation and risk management solutions.
FinAnalytica Nails Down Fifth Tail-Risk Patent
The functionality allows users to create a framework for modeling asset returns by incorporating a flexible copula function based on a mixture between two copula functions.
Wells Fargo Targets Contracts, Compliance
Steve Listhaus, head of market data services at Wells Fargo, outlines the bank's new efforts around negotiating contracts for data services, and market data compliance.
Investment Managers Say Fee Leakage Remains Unwieldy
Up to half of investment management firms to continue to see operational costs in manually processed payments and delayed billing.
TradingScreen Teams With Zeno for FX TCA Partnership
TradingScreen will combine its expertise in the FX space with Zeno's consulting services in TCA.
Object Trading Lays Out Rules for DMA
Steve Woodyatt foreshadowed some DMA requirements from Object Trading's upcoming white paper.
TradingScreen Teams With Zeno for FX TCA Partnership
TradingScreen will combine its expertise in the FX space with Zeno's consulting services in TCA.
Capita Adopts Calastone's Daily Reconciliation Service
Positions can now be reconciled daily instead of monthly.
Invesco Taps OneTick for TCA
The fund manager will be able to build customized historical simulations and conduct quantitative research.
Interactive Data, Scivantage Unveil Enhanced Wealth Management Workstation
The two vendors have worked together in the past and plan to add additional functionality to the web-based Market-Q platform in the months ahead.
In Sifma Address, CFTC Highlights HFT, Use of Technology
The regulator confirms its approach to oversight of tech-driven market developments in industry conference.