Articles by Hamad Ali
People Moves: BNY Mellon, RJ O’Brien, CrossTower
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Mark McKeon (pictured) who has been appointed Global Head of Front-to-Back Solutions at BNY Mellon’s asset servicing business.
Post Acquisition, Gresham Looks to Integrate Inforalgo to Improve CAT Offering
The vendor is streamlining its platform for reporting to the consolidated audit trail.
People Moves: SS&C, Qontigo, Deloitte, MTS Markets International, Luminex
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Antoine Burke (pictured), who has joined SS&C as sales executive for Asia Pacific.
Aquis Exchange Progresses with NEX’s Tech Migration
The exchange initiated the tech overhaul after realizing some of the NEX platforms were “out of date” and “terrible”.
People Moves: BME, Qontigo, OTC Link, Finastra
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Jos Dijsselhof (pictured) who has been appointed chairman at BME.
Multicast: The ‘Holy Grail’ for Getting Exchanges to the Cloud
Cloud providers are hunting for a way to bring multicasting to the cloud for low-latency market data distribution, unlocking the gateway for traditional exchanges to shift core infrastructure to the cloud without negatively impacting high-speed trading.
People Moves: Eventus Systems, Hudson Fintech, Cutter Associates, Beeks & More
A look at some of the key "people moves" from the past week, including Veronica Augustsson (pictured) who has joined Doconomy's board.
This Week: Bloomberg, Isda, Wolters Kluwer, Refinitiv, Aquis, DTCC, and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
BSO to Launch Millimeter Wave Connectivity In Toronto
The vendor is growing its millimeter wave services after its 2018 acquisition of Apsara Networks.
People Moves: IHS Markit, REGIS-TR, SimCorp, AlgoDynamix, MetricStream, Enterprai, BTIG
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Igor Kaplun (pictured) who has been appointed executive director of MarkitSERV’s Integrated reporting business
People Moves: Causality Link, Pirum, Itiviti, Capco, Commcise, LiquidityBook, Apex Group
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Craig Trim (pictured) who has been appointed senior software engineer at Causality Link.
IPC Plans New Remote-Trading Tools
Due to more people working remotely, the vendor plans to roll out a new tool for users to optimize performance and bandwidth, and will upgrade its Unigy Pulse and IQ/MAX Omni platforms.
People Moves: Eurex, BNP Paribas, ClauseMatch, Capitolis, Gleif, BTIG, Asset Control
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Michael Peters (pictured) who has been appointed CEO at Eurex Frankfurt.
People Moves: Google Cloud, FCA, TP Icap, FMSB, Compliance.ai
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Yolande Piazza (pictured) who has been appointed vice president at Google Cloud.
Liquidnet Pilots New Analytics Platforms After Acquisitions
The company's Investment Analytics unit is the combination of OTAS, Prattle, and RSRCHXchange deals.
SIX’s Purchase of BME Boosts Presence but Tech Challenges Lie Ahead
Exchange partnership will deliver benefits of scale but rationalizing trading infrastructure will take time, say observers
People Moves: ICE, Aquis Exchange, Liquidnet, BNP Paribas, TradeX, Gresham Technologies, SIA
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Hester Serafini (pictured) who has been appointed president at ICE Clear Europe.
Big xyt Readies New Liquidity & Trade Analytics Tools
The vendor is beta testing three new data and analytics tools that will give greater insight into their best options to liquidate positions quickly during volatile market conditions.
BlackRock Integrates Private Markets Software with Aladdin
Integration of the asset manager's eFront acquisition aims to deliver a ‘whole portfolio’ solution.
People Moves: Liquidnet, S4, Tier1, Confluence, BNY Mellon, Finastra
A look at some of the key people moves from this week, including Simon Maughan (pictured), who joins Liquidnet as head of Trading Alpha.
Covid Provides RPA a Chance to Shine, but Skeptics Remain
The pandemic has highlighted the need for greater automation, leaving some retail banks to embrace RPA, which could seep into the wholesale capital markets.