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The Order Machine Moves from Stockholm to London

Derivatives trading platform, The Order Machine (TOM), has moved its matching engine from Stockholm and is now operating from London, to better service UK-based interest.

Sell-Side Technology | News | Exchanges | 20 May 2013

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Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Forced to Close its Doors

The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) has handed back its trading license two years after opening, as the exchange is no longer able to meet required regulatory financial conditions.

Sell-Side Technology | News | Exchanges | 20 May 2013

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ConvergEx Launches Tax Solution for Brokers

ConvergEx Prime Services, the company's prime brokerage unit, has released Tax Optimizer, which will allow users to better understand their tax liabilities.

Sell-Side Technology | News | Accounting | 16 May 2013

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CLS AS Adds Mizuho Corporate Bank

Mizuho Corporate Bank has joined the CLS Aggregation Service (CLS AS), operated by CLS Group and Traiana, for trade compression in the foreign exchange (FX) market.

Sell-Side Technology | News | Clearing & Settlement | 16 May 2013

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South Korean Fragmentation Pushes Koscom to Turn to SmartTrade for Smart Order Routing

Koscom, a Seoul-based solutions provider, has selected the Liquidity Management System (LMS) from Paris-based SmartTrade to offer aggregation and smart order routing to their clients.

Sell-Side Technology | News | Smart Order Routing | 15 May 2013

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Goldman Sachs Eyes Internal Messaging Services

After the discovery that Bloomberg's reporting staff were monitoring information from terminals—including JPMorgan's $6 billion “London Whale” trading debacle last year—Goldman Sachs is reportedly considering reduced reliance on the ubiquitous...

Sell-Side Technology | News | Market Data Management | 15 May 2013

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SAP Unifies Cloud Under HANA

SAP has announced that it will bring its portfolio of cloud offerings into alignment with the HANA platform, giving a single point for cloud-based technology from the vendor.

Sell-Side Technology | News | Infrastructure Technologies | 15 May 2013

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New UK Regulator Goes Live With Nasdaq Surveillance Tool

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a UK regulator formed in April, has gone live with Nasdaq OMX's Smarts Integrity market surveillance platform to enhance its monitoring of transaction reports across the UK's financial markets.

Sell-Side Technology | News | Compliance | 14 May 2013

Numerix Partners with Quartet FS for Real-Time Data Visualization and Reporting

New York-based Numerix, a provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, has announced an alliance with Quartet FS, the London-based provider of in-memory analytics technology, that will see the two firms offer a service...

Sell-Side Technology | News | People | 14 May 2013

Quantifi Hires Raveschoot as Head of EMEA Ops

Quantifi, the New York-based provider of analytics, trading, and risk management technology to the global OTC markets, has appointed Bruno Piers de Raveschoot as head of the firm’s EMEA operation.

Sell-Side Technology | News | People | 14 May 2013

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