Tech
Trading Technologies Names Kraines as CFO
Michael Kraines has over 25 years of experience in the investment banking sector.
AFTAs Awards 2016 Winners' Interview: SmartStream
SmartStream won the Best Back-Office Initiative category.
AFTAs Awards 2016 Winners' Interview: MTS Markets
MTS Markets won two awards at the AFTAs 2016.
Sanlam Investments Picks FlexTrader EMS
South Africa-based investment manager to utilize EMS alongside existing NeoXam OMS for global cross-asset trading.
Visible Alpha Acquires ONEaccess
ONEaccess’ sell-side tools will be integrated into Visible Alpha's platform to improve workflow for discovering, tracking and valuing all sell-side interactions.
TP Icap Taps Aberdeen AM’s Plunkett for COO Role
Aberdeen CEO and former UBS and Barclays executive to join new brokerage entity in Q2 2017.
The Reporting Drama of Mifid II
Under Mifid II, asset managers will be responsible for fulfilling their own trade and transaction reporting requirements.
Thomson Reuters, FactSet and BST European Summit 2017: A Week in Review
John considers news from Thomson Reuters and FactSet, and previews this year's BST European Summit.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 53: CAT Decision, Reg AT, Natural Language Processing
Dan and Anthony celebrate the one-year anniversary of the podcast.
Massad Maintains Position on Reg AT During Final Days in Office
CFTC's chairman says a rule needs to be in place.
Mizuho Bank Takes Thomson Reuters’ FX Desktop
Japan's biggest bank has integrated FX Trading into its trading workflows, gaining access to a worldwide independent pool of foreign exchange.
Aperio Group Deploys Linedata’s OMS
California-based investment management firm has implemented Linedata’s trading solution to manage trade flows across separately management accounts.
SIX x-clear to Provide Clearing Services to Nasdaq Nordic
SIX Securities Services' clearing branch will start providing clearing services for trading venues in Copenhagen, Helsinki and Stockholm, operated by Nasdaq Nordic.
CFTC's Giancarlo: Regulators Need to Help Distributed-Ledger Technology Grow
CFTC commissioner will look to make reforms to help foster fintech growth.
Dynamo Software Integrating FactSet
The partnership allows clients to access granular information.
CAT Selection Shows Industry's Interest in Change
Thesys choice upsets the status quo.
Raymond James Taps AxiomSL for Data Aggregation, Reporting
This move is part of a larger data management overhaul at Raymond James.
BNP Paribas Securities Services, Calypso Partner on Multi-Asset Post-Trade Outsourcing Service
Outsourcing service based on Calypso's technology aims to provide holistic front-to-back offering for investment banks.
Thesys Selected by SROs to Build Massive Audit Trail
Vendor selected from 31 bidders to build, implement and maintain the Consolidated Audit Trail.
Thomson Reuters Completes Redi Acquisition
Acquisition of New York-based EMS vendor to bolster Thomson Reuters’ buy-side solutions portfolio.
FactSet Adds Axioma's Linear Fixed-Income, Multi-Asset Class Models
Robert Robie, senior vice president of fixed-income analytics at FactSet, says the decision to add the models is aimed at addressing the industry's concerns around the retirement of Barclays Point risk analytics platform.
DTCC Appoints Derek West as Chief Compliance Officer for European Trade Repository
Former director at the Québec regulator, Autorité des marchés financiers, to oversee compliance at DTCC’s European global trade repository business.
Natural Language Processing: An Inside Look at How NLP is Used in the Capital Markets
Waters examines how natural language processing and natural language generation tools are being used on Wall Street
AFTAs 2016: Best Technology Executive: Buy Side—Scott Murray (Northern Trust)
Murray was named CTO at Northern in 2011.