Trading Tech
Thomson Reuters unveils Portia v10.0
Thomson Reuters has launched an enhanced version of its Portia investment accounting system. Portia v10.0 includes:
Schroders live with SimCorp Dimension in Asia Pacific
Schroder Investment Management has completed the implementation of SimCorp Dimension for valuation and settlement functions across four countries within its Asia-Pacific operation.
TCA plugs into the front office
The rise of TCA data over the past few years has caused some head scratching among investment managers. How to incorporate this data into a broader investment process beyond a means of evaluating execution quality has proven tricky, although progress in…
Spotlight on Ben Jackson
With energy and commodities markets facing the prospect of more hands-on regulatory reform in the US, SunGard has merged its Kiodex and Energy businesses into a single unit, with Ben Jackson at the helm. Former chief operating officer at Kiodex, Jackson…
SEC shows its hand on dark pool regulation
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed more concrete proposals aimed at increasing transparency within dark liquidity venues, potentially weakening the primary value proposition dark pool providers have brought to capital markets in…
Schroders opts for MoneyMate's hosted data service
Schroders, the UK-based $185 billion asset manager, has contracted Dublin-based data management service provider MoneyMate to host its global network of client-facing websites, to help centralise and validate fund information across its operations.
StreamBase unveils order execution strategies for high-frequency trading
StreamBase Systems, the Lexington, MA-based provider of complex event processing (CEP) technology has released a new library of order execution trading strategies supporting high-frequency trading initiatives.
Euro market ushers in next-generation trading platforms
The financial services industry is constantly evolving the tools and capabilities to trade greater volumes faster and more efficiently, and just as we witnessed phone-based trading supersede the open outcry model, we are now seeing screen-based trading…
Third Rome live with Triple'A Plus
Third Rome, a financial advisor specialising in wealth management services for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals of Russian origin, is in production after a three-month Accenture-managed implementation with Triple'A Plus from Odyssey…
How fast is too fast?
Progress Apama's Giles Nelson speaks to Victor Anderson about high-frequency trading In the US markets, and how this practice is currently polarising opinions on both sides of the Atlantic. He also explains how his firm's technology supports these…
Month in Numbers
"A growing trend in the industry involves managers and traders using pre-trade analysis to not only select algorithms but also as part of the portfolio construction process"
Gulfmena selects Asset Arena for AM ops
Gulfmena, an asset manager operating from the Dubai International Financial Centre specialising in the Middle East and North Africa, has selected SunGard's Asset Arena portfolio management platform to help automate its front- to-back-office operations.
Bloomberg Preps Move to Open Architecture
Bloomberg is set to dispel its perception as a closed system with a range of initiatives designed to open up the data and functionality contained within its flagship data display and feed products, to make it easier for clients to integrate the vendor's…
Data Warehouse to Boost Performance for Pink OTC
NEW YORK-Over-the-counter (OTC) securities trading venue Pink OTC Markets expects to see a trading system performance boost as it moves its analytic and reporting functions from its trading database onto a recently deployed data warehouse, DWT has…
Aegisoft Rolls Out Algo Back Tester
NEW YORK-Execution management system (EMS) and FIX validation vendor Aegisoft has recently launched its Java-based Algo Back Tester (ABT) platform, which allows developers to hone their algorithms using real-time and historical market data.
Thomson Reuters Plots Roadmap to Utah
Thomson Reuters has announced a new product roadmap for the rollout of its next-generation market data desktop platform, also known as the "common platform" and internally dubbed Project Utah until the vendor reveals final branding, which will be…
FPL Prepares Latency Working Group Launch
LONDON-FIX messaging protocol governing body FIX Protocol Ltd. (FPL) plans to formulate a new standard engine aimed at measuring latency and increasing transparency. In the coming weeks, FPL expects to form a new working group to address the development…
Enlightening the Dark Pools
It was bound to happen eventually-the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken on dark liquidity pool reform ( see story, page 1 ). In a five-to-nothing vote, the regulator has sent a clear message to the industry that things are going to…
A Lesson in Latency from LA
Last Thursday night, seeking inspiration for my column, I had the pleasure of watching a playoff game between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In a 45-minute seventh inning, the Yankees came back from a 4-0 deficit to end the…
Latency, Infrastructure Key at FIA Expo
News from exhibitors at the Futures Industry Association's annual Futures and Options expo in Chicago last week reflected the ongoing themes of direct feeds, co-location and low-latency connectivity.
EquityFeed Strikes Trading Alliances
Montreal-based data vendor EquityFeed has integrated its market data and idea generation terminal product with trading platforms from New York-based direct market access broker Lightspeed Financial and Chicago-based trading terminal vendor Sterling…
BATS Extends Savvis Hosting Deal
BATS Global Markets, the parent company of the BATS Exchange and BATS Europe trading platforms, will this week announce a multi-year deal with network and hosting provider Savvis to expand its datacenter in the vendor's hosting facilities in Weehawken,…