Emerging Technologies
Broadridge Buys Trade Processing Platform from M&T
Vendor will take over Wilmington Trust Retirement and Institutional Services unit
The Cost-Benefit of Luminex
The end of HFT as we know it?
CoreOne Creates RegOne Analytics, Reporting Division with TAG, TTA Acquisitions
New York-based data management technology provider CoreOne Technologies has acquired transaction cost analysis tools provider Transaction Auditing Group for an undisclosed sum to create a new market structure analytics and reporting division, dubbed…
MarketAxess and BlackRock's Open Trading Comes to Europe
MarketAxess and BlackRock expand strategic trading alliance to European marketplace.
FactSet Names Bloomberg's Miller Sales Head
FactSet Research Systems has appointed former Bloomberg exec Scott Miller executive vice president and global director of sales, replacing Michael Frankenfield, who the vendor has named vice chairman, and who will hold a senior sales advisory role.
MIK Opens Office in Shanghai
The office will serve in MIK's 24/7 development cycle
Codestreet Gets VC Buy-In to Accelerate Development, Boost Sales
New York-based price discovery and distribution and bond trading software vendor Codestreet has sold undisclosed minority stakes in the company to two venture capital firms, Rochester Advisors and Cerium Technology, to help accelerate growth of its…
Diliger Scraps Crowdfunding Bid; Pursues Deals with Consultants, Research Partners
London-based market data and technology procurement platform Diliger has withdrawn a pitch to raise £500,000 on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, after a number of opportunities emerged to work with consultancies and research houses instead.
Codestreet Secures Cash Infusion from Rochester Advisors, Cerium Technology
Funding to go towards growth of Codestreet Dealer Pool
Dion Taps FinTech Vet Bowles for Aussie, NZ Regional Head
India-headquartered Dion Global Solutions, a financial technology vendor and distribution partner for market data providers including Tullett Prebon Information, has hired David Bowles regional director for Australia and New Zealand, with responsibility…
Butterflies and Hurricanes: Is Exchange Systems Monitoring the Answer to Systemic Risk?
Guy Warren of ITRS takes a look at the relationship between exchanges, trading venues and systemic risk, and how exchange system monitoring can reduce risk for both the venues and the market as a whole.
Ipreo Buys Private Company Financial Data-Mapping Vendor ClearMomentum
New York-based information and technology vendor Ipreo has acquired Canandaigua, NY-based portfolio monitoring applications provider ClearMomentum, which collects financial statements from private companies and automatically maps, validates and…
BGC Counters CME Bid with Offer Increase
Interdealer broker also extends offer deadline.
Rebuffing HFT, Nine Buy Sides to Launch Luminex Dark Pool
Fidelity will have the largest ownership stake in Luminex Trading & Analytics
Eagle Promotes Cullen to CEO
US executive takes over top role at technology provider
CME Ups Bid for GFI as Vote Looms
CME Group now offering $5.85 per share for interdealer broker.
Eagle Picks Cullen as New Chief
Lehner moves to chairman role as head of Americas takes CEO spot.
Rimes Nabs Interactive Data Vet Beith
Rimes Technologies, a provider of managed services for benchmark and economic data management, has appointed long-time Interactive Data exec Brendan Beith head of sales for the world excluding the Americas, focusing on sales in the EMEA and Asia-Pacific…
Misys, Intex Ally on Structured Fixed Income Data
Users of financial software vendor Misys' FusionInvest portfolio and risk management, analytics, order raising and pre-trade compliance platform will now have access to deals data on US, European, Asian and Australian collateralized loan obligations and…
West Ham's Shirt Will Never be the Same Again
SNB's CHF decision claims a few scalps.
JPX and Nasdaq Deepen Ties
Nasdaq to develop derivatives trading system for Osaka Exchange
FactSet Adds Markit Global ETF Data to Workstation in Buy-Side Push
FactSet Research Systems has integrated data on more than 5,000 global exchange-traded funds from data vendor Markit into its workstation, to provide clients—particularly buy-side firms—with fund-level and constituent-level data on ETFs to inform their…
Opening Cross: Do You Think of Data as a Grgich or a Gato Negro?
The other day, I was chatting with the owner of my local coffee shop about different types of coffees. He prefers African beans, lightly roasted, with bright, fruity flavors, whereas I prefer South American or Indonesian beans, roasted to within an inch…
The GFI Story to Date
Chronicling a lesson in corporate disruption.