Articles by Jake Thomases
Nordea Markets Uses Caplin for E-Distribution
Scandinavian bank Nordea Markets has selected Liberator, the web streaming server from UK-based Caplin Systems, to deliver trade messages and market data to its new single-dealer platform offering.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Sell-Side Trading Communication System — IPC
Having produced over half the world’s trading turrets, IPC is synonymous with communication technology in the financial sector. Between Alliance MX and Unigy, its two primary offerings, it claims installation at 2,600 sites with 118,000 users. More than…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Sell-Side Trading Network — SunGard
Nobody has put their imprint on the two-year-old Sell-Side Technology Awards like SunGard. With so many types of technology on offer, SunGard has won more categories than anyone else—four—including the granddaddy prize of best sell-side technology…
FBR CIO Tim Wood Cuts Costs, Tech to Grow Profits
Arlington, Va.-based investment bank FBR found itself in freefall during and after the mortgage crisis. CIO Tim Wood’s job description changed dramatically, from builder to cost-cutter. By putting his business skills to the test, he made dramatic but…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Sell-Side Analytics Product — AlphaSense
The job of a sell-side analyst can be broken down into two basic parts: first, gathering relevant data, and second, producing insights based on that data. The latter function is largely up to the intelligence and experience of the analyst. The first,…
GSO Capital Partners Turns to SS&C for Form PF Filings
GSO Capital Partners only began outsourcing its regulatory filings once Form PF came around. The performance of SS&C GlobeOp in handling that filing may prod GSO to hand over others.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Data Provider to the Sell Side — Thomson Reuters
While Thomson Reuters of course acknowledges that data is an important part of its place in the industry, it doesn’t want its data reputation to make it too comfortable or allow it to slacken when it comes to developing the accompanying intelligent…
BGC Agrees to Purchase Mexican broker Remate Lince
New York brokerage BGC Partners intends to buy Mexican interdealer broker Remate Lince, which runs an interest rate derivatives and bond brokerage businesses.
FXSpotStream and SmartTrade Team Up on Pricing Tool
FXSpotStream, a multibank foreign exchange (FX) price aggregation service, and smartTrade Technologies, a provider of liquidity management solutions, have together launched 4X|Box, a tool that enables access, via an aggregated stream, to FXSpotStream's…
Australia's Largest Custodian Picks Eagle for Performance Measurement
National Australia Bank’s (NAB) Asset Servicing business has deployed the performance measurement tool from Eagle Investment Systems to service its 70+ asset management clients’ investment performance measurement requirements.
Instinet Makes Necakov CTO
Instinet, the equity execution services arm of the Japanese bank Nomura, has appointed Tony Necakov as CTO.
Cordium and Indus Valley Partners Team Up for AIFMD Compliance
UK-based compliance specialist Cordium is partnering with New York-based technology provider Indus Valley Partners (IVP) to offer a solution for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive’s (AIFMD) Annex IV reporting requirements.
Fincad Debuts F3 for Risk and Margin
Fincad, the Vancouver-based provider of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives pricing and risk management solutions, has launched the F3 Platform, which provides enterprise-wide views of risk and collateral requirements.
Barclays Live Now Available on the iPad
Barclays has launched the Barclays Live app for iPad devices, which provides institutional clients with access to the firm’s research, data and analytics in a personalized manner.
D.E. Shaw Technologist: 'Eliminate IT'
The conflict between IT and business is well documented. One soldier in that fight suggested something more than baby steps.
Four-Point Action Plan for Data Management
Though semantic data technology is helpful, it won't do any good unless these four steps are taken, according to State Street's David Saul.
Future Infrastructure to Embrace Cloud and Security
The ideal infrastructure of the future will include more cloud and better security, according to panelists at the North American Trading Architecture Summit.
What Data Will Be on the Cloud in Three Years? No Idea
Asked what type of data they might put onto a public cloud in two or three years that they aren’t putting on the cloud now, the members of an infrastructure modernization panel at the North American Trading Architecture Summit in New York couldn’t come…
CIOs, CTOs Talk Data Management Frameworks
Sound data management is a three-tiered solution, Lord Abbett CIO Michael Radziemski told his audience during the C-level roundtable at today's North American Trading Architecture Summit. The lowest level is the authoritative data sources. The middle…
CIOs, CTOs Talk Data Management Frameworks
Sound data management is a three-tiered solution, Lord Abbett CIO Michael Radziemski told his audience during the C-level roundtable at today's North American Trading Architecture Summit. The lowest level is the authoritative data sources. The middle…
Hackathon Generates Culture Change and Data Tool
SunGard's hackathon designed to foster innovation drew 425 participants across 17 cities around the world. And now one of the products of the 48-hour coding fest is being integrated into the vendor’s XSP solution.
HFT as Seen Through an Op Risk Lens
At an operational risk conference, US Bancorp's head of quantitative analytics explained how the Flash Crash and HFT should be viewed through an operational risk lens.
HFT as Seen Through an Op Risk Lens
At an operational risk conference, US Bancorp's head of quantitative analytics explained how the Flash Crash and HFT should be viewed through an operational risk lens.
MarketPrizm and Fusion Join Up for Asia-Pac Market Gateway
MarketPrizm, a UK-based provider of market data and trading infrastructure services, is teaming up with Fusion Systems, a Hong Kong-based trading systems provider, to offer a low-latency market gateway and trading risk management solution, deployed in co…