Trading Tech
Tradeweb Enters US Corporates Fracas with New Platform
Fixed income specialist looks to shake up market at an "inflection point"
Wall Street Horizon Ups Buy-Side Focus, Hires Research Director
Woburn, Mass.-based corporate earnings and event data provider Wall Street Horizon is increasing its focus on the buy side after a recent academic study found that the vendor's earnings date revisions data could be used to predict stock movement, and has…
Genscape Brings Power Supply Monitoring Data to UK Market
Energy and commodities supply data provider Genscape has expanded its coverage to monitor power flow and generation monitoring in the UK.
SS&C Adds Explorer to its Portia Platform
New tool turns critical investment data into meaningful information.
SmartTrade Targets Fixed Income with smart-FI Launch
Smart-FI release aims to ease shift to electronic infrastructure in FI derivatives trading.
HFT Turns Sour for North American Exchanges
TMX's changes mark a wider shift in the US and Canadian landscapes.
Eagle Alpha Swoops on Ex-Twitter Architect
Social media data provider Eagle Alpha recently hired former Twitter architect Evan Weaver as technical advisor to add "significant value to [the vendor's] technical architecture roadmap," officials say.
Eagle Alpha Raises $1.2M to Fund Development, Hires
Startup social media data provider Eagle Alpha has raised $1.2 million in its second round of funding this year, which it will invest in product development and use to recruit more engineers.
South Africa's Prudential IM Deploys StatPro Analytics
Cape Town, South Africa-based Prudential Investment Managers has begun rolling out products from UK-based data and portfolio analytics vendor StatPro to support cloud access to sophisticated portfolio analytics.
Global Switch Taps Custom Connect for Connectivity, Managed Services
Alliance will reduce costs for Global Switch clients while expanding their global reach
Berkeley Futures to Use FlexTrade for Global FX Trading
MaxxTrader will be used for the full trading cycle of the UK broker's global FX trading.
OpenGamma Taps Vets Beeston, Conde for Board
Banking, fintech veterans will help company respond to rapid growth in demand, officials say.
Prudential IM Taps StatPro for Portfolio Analytics
South African asset manager Prudential Investment Managers has rolled out StatPro’s portfolio analysis tools across its range of funds.
Stock Connect Delayed by Regulatory Approvals
The proposed trading link between the Shanghai and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges (SSE/HKEx), known as Stock Connect, will not be launched in time for the expected time of end October.
China Will Open Up, Just Not Yet
Stock Connect and fixed income lead this week’s coverage.
McObject’s eXtremeDB Financial V6 Adds SQL, Python, Data Compression
Enhancements will make McObject's high-performance database more accessible to developers and reduce storage requirements.
FIX Market Data Protocol Spec Nears Completion
FIX Trading Community outlines progress on development of a new, standardized protocol for market data transmission.
Pension Funds, Insurers Face Greater LEI Challenge
EIOPA Deadline Puts Pressure On Lagging Segment of Financial Industry
Green Key Updates Trader Voice Box
Version 2.0 of soft turret released.
BNY Mellon Launches Wealth Management Unit in Hong Kong
BNY Mellon is set to launch wealth management services in Hong Kong in order to meet the growing demand from high-net-worth investors in the region.
Canadian Advisory Firm CFSI Signs MDA, Quartet to Vendor Partner Ecosystem
Canadian business development advisory firm Collaborative Financial Services Inc. (CFSI) has signed deals to represent two Toronto-based companies──startup market structure and transaction cost analysis provider Market Data Authority and managed IT…
BNP Paribas To Offer Outsourced AIFMD Reporting Service
BNP Paribas Securities Services has launched an outsourced service to facilitate regulatory reporting required by the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), as the first wave of reporting approaches.
Eze Castle Integration Adds New Tools To Cloud Offering
Eze Castle Integration announced enhancements to its Eze Managed Suite that include Microsoft and Varonis applications.
SIX Expands Compliance Service in Hong Kong
The data services provider now includes Hong Kong market transactions in its offerings, supporting required reporting to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority