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Ivory to Offer Improved CA Integration
ATLANTA-Officials at mainframe service-oriented architecture (SOA) software developer GT Software are currently working on the latest version of the Ivory Service Architect (ISA) product, DWT has learned.
NYSE Liffe Set for UTP Testing in Early 2010
LONDON-Firms trading on international futures exchange NYSE Liffe, operated by NYSE Euronext, should plan on testing connectivity to the exchange's Universal Trading Platform (UTP) in the first quarter of next year, according to exchange officials.
Bids Trader Update Sports Consolidated Interface
NEW YORK-Operators of alternative trading system (ATS) Bids Trading are in the process of rolling out version 6 of the firm's front end, dubbed Bids Trader.
Bloomberg Debuts 3G B-Smart Auto Algo
NEW YORK-Trading system and market data provider Bloomberg recently introduced the third generation of its B-Smart Auto trading algorithm, which allows users to automatically set how aggressively they want their trades executed.
TT Readies Exchange Gateway Betas
CHICAGO-Derivatives trading platform provider Trading Technologies International (TT) expects to go live with gateways to Icap's EBS foreign exchange (FX) trading venues and the London MetalsExchange (LME) by the end of the quarter, according to…
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Out of the Crisis
As market participants talk about "green shoots of recovery" and regulators push out suggestions for new directives based on lessons learned from the credit crunch, the focus is now on preparing for the changing conditions. Inside Reference Data gathers…
Out of the Crisis
As market participants talk about "green shoots of recovery" and regulators push out suggestions for new directives based on lessons learned from the credit crunch, the focus is now on preparing for the changing conditions. Inside Reference Data gathers…
Editor's Letter - Bureaucracy waiting to happen?
Dark pools have become such an integral and important part of the buy side that I guess it was only a matter of time before the regulators got stuck in. Last month, Mary Schapiro, chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), indicated that…
Satisfying scrutiny
Client reporting is not new to the buy side by any means, but compared to the processes typically residing in the front office, it has historically been overlooked as a key area of the fund management business. But that has changed over the past two…
Real-time risk: a mandate for trading in volatile markets
Not long ago financial services firms had to run their Monte Carlo simulations overnight. But with the advent of faster processors and new technology, firms can now manage their risk in real time or near to real time. Buy-Side Technology and DWT hosted a…
An overdue shake-up?
Ever since Buy-Side Technology and its forerunner, Hedge Fund & Investment Technology, first started covering dark pools more than a few years ago, we've consistently heard two major themes voiced by investment managers, consultants and vendors.
Pricing priorities
After the global credit crisis exposed weaknesses in methods investment managers and other financial institutions employ to price and assess the risks in their portfolios, a new Aite Group report predicts firms will double their technology spending on…