Buy-Side Technology/News
Advent Unveils New Cloud Offering, Geneva 10.0 and Tamale 7.0 at Client Conference
Advent Software, at its annual AdventConnect conference in San Francisco, unveiled its new cloud offering, version 10.0 of its Geneva platform, and version 7.0 of its Tamale RMS solution.
VoltDB to Provide Database to Eagle for Big Data
Eagle Investment Systems, a BNY Mellon subsidiary has agreed to distribute the in-memory relational database from Billerica, Massachusetts-based VoltDB for delivering real-time analytics and decisioning capabilities to clients.
London's BlueBay AM Live on SimCorp Dimension
The $53.9 billion asset manager will use Dimension for trade processing, derivatives clearing, investment book of record (IBOR), fund valuation, investment accounting, data and collateral management.
SunGard Adds Reporting Services to its Astec Analytics Suite
SunGard has introduced reporting services to its Astec Analytics portfolio of solutions. The release will help customers generate customized reports on their borrowing and lending securities businesses.
Northern Trust Adds New Risk Reporting Capabilities
Northern Trust has expanded its investment risk reporting capabilities to include ex-ante, or forward looking, functionality.
DST Hires New Exec for North America
Boston-based DST Global Solutions has named Robert Leaper head of business development for North America, to expand its client base in the region.
BAML Debuts FX Prime Brokerage Platform
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has announced that its new foreign exchange (FX) prime brokerage platform has launched on BAML Mercury.
SimCorp Study Notes Legacy Systems' Stubbornness, R&D Disparities
The research note from Ingo Walter, an NYU Stern Professor, surveyed 500 buy sides - finding that around a quarter of the world's top investment managers are still operating on legacy systems, despite their inherent challenges.
Nino Options Takes TBricks
Nino Options has selected Tbricks for its market-making software, covering options on German and Dutch equities and indices.
SmartStream Debuts TLM SmartRecs
SmartStream has announced the release of TLM SmartRecs, a new system for the loading and delivery of documented reconciliation results.
QED Adds Varden Reporting to its Toolbox
QED Financial Systems, a portfolio management solutions provider based in Marlton, New Jersey, has signed an agreement with Boston-based Varden Technologies to resell Varden’s reporting and communications platforms.
Charles River Integrates SJ Levinson & Sons for TCA
Charles River Development has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with SJ Levinson & Sons, whereby the broker's equity transaction-cost analysis (TCA) technology will be integrated with the vendor's Investment Management Solution …
PensionsFirst, WinTech Partner on Corporate Liability Risk
The new strategic partnership will leverage WinTech's asset liability modeling tool ProVal, with PensionsFirst's analytics software, PFaroe, allowing CFOs and treasurers to more easily migrate external data, monitor daily funded status, and dis-aggregate…
Fund Managers Say Good Tech Boosts Credibility
Portfolio managers say sound technology enhances an alternative buy-side firm’s credibility, according to new research from SunGard and Aite Group.
Quants Get New Analytics with RTS Update
RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS), a Frankfurt-based trading solutions provider, has launched version 2.0 of RTD Tango Quant, which designs and executes automated trading strategies for quant traders.
Vermilion Sets Up Singapore Shop
Already on the ground, the London-based reporting software provider to the buy side intends to grow its staff in Singapore to 10 in the coming year as it targets growth there, in Australia, and Hong Kong.
Succession Selected by BCS for Market Access Risk Management
BCS Prime Brokerage has announced that TripleCheck, Succession Systems' ultra-low-latency risk engine for direct market access (DMA), will be implemented at the firm for clients accessing Russian markets.
Linedata Reels in Strong for Business Development Role
Paris-headquartered vendor Linedata has announced that Robin Strong has joined the company as its director of business development and client strategy.
Princeton Financial Updates Investment Management Solution
Princeton Financial Systems, part of State Street Global Exchange, has enhanced its investment management software solution MIG21 ahead of UCITS regulatory changes.
Lime Rock Partners on iLevel for Reporting
The $5 billion private equity manager, a specialist in oil and natural gas projects based in Westport, Conn., will use iLevel's cloud-based Private Capital Data platform for portfolio monitoring and centralized data collection.
Malaysia's KIB Picks SS&C for Investment Ops
Kenanga Investors Berhad (KIB), an asset manager based in Kuala Lumpur, has selected SS&C Portia, a middle-to-back office investment operations platform, to support its investment management business.
Instinet Extends Nighthawk Algo to Japan
Instinet, the New York-based agency-only broker, has introduced Nighthawk VWAP, a variant of its Nighthawk algorithm, which provides buy-side firms with aggregated access to the pre-market volume-weighted average price (VWAP) crosses in Japan.
Wainwright Takes Over Financial Services Business at SAP
SAP, the Walldorf, Germany-based software company, today announced the appointment of Ross Wainwright as its global head of financial services industries.
Artesian Chooses eFront for Funds Management
Venture capital specialist Artesian Venture Partners has selected eFront to manage data and communication across its portfolio of funds.