Articles by Timothy Bourgaize Murray
TradingScreen Adds Eris Exchange
Move is first of its kind of for a broker-independent EMS
Signs of CLOB Progress as Aggregators Adopt MAC Swaps
Product standardization will key order books' rise
Telefonica, IPC Pair on Ibero-Latin American Trading
Joint agreement to provide new communications solutions.
Tim Bourgaize Murray: Getting the ‘Easy’ Parts Right
Knowing your customer is a hassle—a mundane, laborious process both for bank and client supplying profile details, alike. Tim discusses why fixing the problem is immensely important, and why it’s become so very difficult to do.
BGC Taps Cawley as SEF Chief
The former founder of Javelin turns up at BGC.
Goldman Sachs AM Launches Money Market Fund Tracker
New tool provides new data in anticipation of greater regulatory oversight.
Tradeweb Enters US Corporates Fracas with New Platform
Fixed income specialist looks to shake up market at an "inflection point"
Drawing Thick Lines
A Rimes Roundtable moderated by Waters this week highlighted the reasons buy sides should consider outsourcing data management as part of broader institutional transformation around the problem. The rub? Keeping everyone in line.
KYC: Know Your Choices
Know-your-customer (KYC) requirements, hardly a bank’s most value-added function, have become a popular topic among operations, compliance, and reference data professionals, with a growing consensus that KYC checks can be done cheaper and more…
TrueEx Taps CameronTec for FIX-Based Messaging Tools
The swap execution facility will provide CameronTec's MagniFIX monitoring and VeriFIX testing tools to clients.
Tradeweb Europe Takes Thomson Reuters' KYC Service
The electronic trading venue's European arm has chosen Thomson Reuters' Accelus Org ID to complement its existing know-your-customer (KYC) due diligence processes.
CQG to Offer Eris Exchange Connectivity
As of Q1 of 2015, the order routing software provider's customers will have access to Eris' swap futures market data, analytics, and trade execution.
Buy-Side CROs: To Each Investment Strategy, a Unique Tech Response
At last week's Buy-Side Technology North American Summit, a trio of chief risk officers (CROs) spanning boutique and institutional investment firms gave a candid take on the build-out of their risk management and reporting platforms. The scene, they said…
Shock Absorption After a Wild Week
Down equity markets this week signaled the return of significant volatility for the first time in a couple years, testing the industry's ability to deal with shocks as flight to safe assets ramped up. But more than ever, this includes an active posture…
Russia's Cinimex Extends Ties with Misys
The Russian provider has joined Misys' InFusion Partner Program after an existing 12-year relationship.
eFront Partners Methys for African Integrations
The alternative investments software provider will use South Africa-based tech consultancy Methys for all new integrations on the continent.
BST North America Roundup: Staying Secure, HFT Mayhem
Another successful iteration of Buy-Side Technology North America came and went this week. Tim wraps up BST's coverage of the event, and ponders the explosive mood at one panel in particular.
Liquid Introduces Beta Mobile Application
OEMS provider Liquid Holdings has begun rolling out the beta version of LiquidMobile to select platform users.
Definitions, Market Structure Dominate HFT Debate at BST North America
In what was by far the most colorful and contentious panel at the Buy-Side Technology North American Summit held today in New York, three electronic market-makers debated what's wrong with the ongoing industry, regulatory, and political discussion around…
Northern Trust Expands SunGard Implementation with Asset Arena
SunGard's Asset Arena Control Center will help Northern Trust benefit from further operational efficiency by converting complex work processes into electronic checklists and easy-to-read dashboards, enabling operational oversight and control of the firm…
Sibos 2014: Forget Bitcoin; the Blockchain's the Thing
This year's Sibos event in Boston featured a notable number of panels and speakers on the topic of cryptocurrencies. Though Bitcoin expectedly got its fair share of attention, applications of its underlying technologies may hold the greater potential.
The Anatomy of a (Sibos) Scene
Tim reflects on his first Sibos and first-of-their-kind federal charges for a high-frequency trader.
Sibos 2014: Growing KYC Demands Have Industry Revisiting Models
Know Your Customer (KYC) screening is as far from a differentiating function as possible for banks, but bloating costs and a messy process for clients have caused a new push among the major sell sides and technology providers to build out managed service…
Sibos 2014 Keynote: Tech, Services Merge While New Barriers and Competitors Rise
This year's Sibos event, hosted in Boston, kicked off with Chris Perretta and Peter Cowhey articulating the case for a change in mindset.