Trading Tech
Mifid II's Impact on Fixed-Income Trading Sharpens
From trade reporting to best execution requirements, the fixed-income market is going to change in 2018...but what that change will look like is still to be determined.
Indata Releases Mifid II Enhancements for iPM Epic Platform
iPM Epic platform’s compliance, data management and OMS functionality all updated in anticipation of new European regulation due in January 2018.
Nasdaq Clearing Joins CloudMargin Platform to Help Clients Manage Collateral Margin
Nasdaq Clearing joins CloudMargin platform to provide buy-side clients with single platform to manage cleared and non-cleared collateral margins.
Broadridge Continues Acquisition Binge, Adds Message Automation Ahead of Mifid II
Last year, Broadridge made several acquisitions across its different platforms, adding 4sight and Dojima specifically for their regulatory compliance offerings. Message Automation is another step in broadening its compliance suite.
Nex Launches New Regulatory Reporting Platform
The solution, supported by Abide Financial, will offer an array of services on a single platform.
KBC Asset Management Taps Axioma for Equities Risk Management
Belgian investment firm to utilize Axioma risk and portfolio management solution to optimize European equities operations.
Eze Software Looks to Improve Best Ex with Integration of OTAS Analytics
Robert Keller, executive managing director of product management and development at Eze Software, talks to WatersTechnology about the vendor's latest partnership.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 60: Bill Murphy, Blackstone CTO
Blackstone’s head of technology returns to the podcast to talk about how firms can handle technical debt.
Wiener Börse Builds APA Platform for Trade Reporting
The Austrian Exchange will comply with OTC Mifid II reporting requirements by introducing the TTR2 platform for its Austrian and regional clients.
Acadian Asset Management Adopts Microsoft Bing Predicts for Investment Strategies
Quantitative fund manager implements predictive macroeconomic indicators system from Microsoft to boost investment forecasting.
AWS S3 Outage Brings Out Best of Twitter
The massive service disruption of AWS Simple Storage Service’s US-EAST-1 Region last week caused plenty of issues for folks, but it also gave Twitter the opportunity to truly shine.
Natixis Japan Securities Deploys Torstone Technology for Collateral Management
The firm joins Torstone's Asian client base, as the vendor continues to expand its presence in the region.
Numerix Acquires TFG Financial Systems
Numerix executes its first acquisition, giving it a platform providing real-time risk, profit-and-loss, and position capabilities to its Oneview enterprise solution.
Cheyne Capital, Novus Partner to Develop Fixed-Income Analytics Platform
Collaboration driven by demand for greater insight into fixed-income portfolio analytics from both allocators and fund managers.
EDI, Investment Tools Launch Dividend Forecast Service
EDI officials say the company had been looking at creating a dividend forecasting service for some time before partnering with Investment Tools.
BCCG, Xinfinit Seek Partner for Wider Distribution of Joint Data Platform
The companies believe an investor would help their combined data platform and front-end product gain traction.
Intercontinental Exchange's Trayport Sale Order Upheld by UK Competition Appeal Tribunal
ICE appeal against CMA order to divest Trayport platform over reduction of market competitiveness rejected by UK court.
Bloomberg Tradebook Changes Best Ex Approach with OPTX
OPTX uses Bloomberg’s data and analytics and partnerships with algo providers to offer optimized execution.
IBM Talks CAT Database
Dan DeFrancesco chats to IBM's Ron Lefferts about his firm's role in creating and managing the database underpinning the Consolidated Audit Trail, set to come online in November this year.
Exegy Adds IEX Level 1 Data
Exegy advances its data vendor aspirations by adding an "essential" component to the creation of a consolidated US National Best Bid and Offer.
An Overdue Revolution: Blockchain and Syndicated Loans
Banks are exploring blockchain’s potential to reduce settlement times and inefficiencies in the syndicated loan market.
Horizon Software Expands Presence in Southeast Asia
Edelweiss Singapore will be using the latest version of Horizon’s high-frequency trading solution.
Euronext Takes $10 Million Stake in Fixed-Income Tech Provider Algomi
Latest investment in London-based vendor follows $2.3 million licensing agreement in November last year to create joint venture to launch new pan-European bond multilateral trading facility.
State Street Expands MediaStats Sentiment Platform to Europe, Asia
After launching the MediaStats platform last year, State Street is looking to expand its coverage beyond US equities, to measure the impact of media activity on stock prices of companies listed on European and Asian markets. Joanne Faulkner reports on…