Trading Tech
Made to morph
Like a growing number of technologies and services offered by the independent software vendor community, Xenomorph's origins can be traced back to the sell side, where applications were developed in response to acute business needs. But since its…
Complexity driving automation
The global investment management industry is continually evolving in terms of sophistication and the complexity of instruments traded by buy-side firms. This, in turn, is driving the development of back-office technologies designed to process these…
A shift in the balance of power
Hedge funds, especially start-ups, operate at a huge disadvantage. Compared with larger, better established asset managers, small hedge funds do not have access to the appropriate tools to manage their trading operations. This is because, as a start-up,…
History repeating itself
Augustus Asset Managers, the London-based hedge fund manager, was spawned after a management buy-out of Julius Baer Investments in January this year. Victor Anderson speaks with Sonal Amin, head of information systems at Augustus, about the changes she…
Spotlight on Michael Green
Michael Green, recently installed head of ITG’s European operations, speaks with Stewart Eisenhart about what to expect from the vendor in the coming months as ITG looks to expand its footprint in the European buy-side market
GL Trade's new Reg NMS service
GL Trade, the Paris-based trading technology and service provider, is set to unveil a number of new features for its order management system (OMS) and new applications designed to address Regulation NMS issues in the US markets.
In search of the perfect hybrid
There has been significant consolidation in the transfer agency space in the last few years, to the point where a handful of providers now account for the bulk of the global buy-side industry. But as David White explains, not all transfer agents are…
Dexia, AEMS to Develop Mifid-Ready ORM
PARIS—Dexia Securities, a division of Benelux-based Dexia Bank, announced recently that it has formed a partnership with Atos Euronext Market Solutions (AEMS) to develop an order management relationship (ORM) for the post-Markets in Financial Instruments…
Gaining the Edge
Technologists are all too familiar with the mantras of the trading desk heads: "I want it faster" and "I want it better."
Xenomorph Adds Tick Data to TimeScape
UK-based data management software vendor Xenomorph has added a new tick-capture engine to its flagship TimeScape product, to provide more granular analysis of intra-day data for strategy testing and risk management, officials tell IMD .
Thomson Launches Credit Tool for Multi-Asset Analysis
Thomson Financial is in the process of rolling out a new Credit Analysis module as part of its Thomson One family of products, which ties together corporate bond, credit default swap and equity data using a series of cross-asset class analytics to enable…
Quant House, Sybase Partner for Back-Testing Tick Data
French low-latency data and trading technology vendor Quant House has partnered with database specialist Sybase to launch an on-demand, back-testing service for automated trading strategies.
Essex Radez Delivers Clarity
Market maker and trading technology provider Essex Radez will this week introduce a new tick history service for equity, futures and options quote and trade data, to allow users to query data in a non-real-time environment.