Tech
LSE, Omgeo Link Matching Platforms
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) and post-trade specialist Omgeo have announced a partnership where the former's UnaVista platform will link with the latter's Central Trade Manager (CTM) for the matching of synthetic equity swaps.
CFTC's Commissioner O'Malia to Resign Next Month
US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner, Scott O'Malia, has announced in a letter addressed to President Barack Obama that he will resign next month.
BATS President O'Brien Abruptly Leaves
BATS Global Markets (BATS) today announced the departure of William O'Brien as president, effective immediately, with CEO Joe Ratterman reassuming the additional role of president.
Clearstream, Deutsche Bank Partner for Collateral Management
International central securities depository (ICSD) Clearstream and Deutsche Bank have announced a partnership that will see the two firms develop a triparty collateral management service.
CITIC Selects Fincad for Analytics
Pricing and risk provider Fincad has announced that CITIC Securities, one of China's largest investment banks, has selected its F3 analytics platform to support its Asian equity derivatives operation.
Bahrain Bourse Goes Live with Nasdaq Tech
Bahrain Bourse has implemented and gone live with a new trading engine built from Nasdaq OMX's X-stream technology, the two exchange groups have announced.
Walter Mitty Does Wall Street
Waters Rankings winners and hedge fund cyber-attack scenarios lead this week's coverage.
INTL FCStone Selects Duco
London-based INTL FCStone Ltd has chosen Duco Cube to handle reconciliations for its exchange-traded derivatives and London Metal Exchange businesses.
Midnight Hour for European AIFMs
The deadline for applying for authorization under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) arrives on July 22, and one recent measure suggests a few firms out there are still sweating bullets. But, Tim wonders, is that such a bad thing?
Notenstein Takes SimCorp for Front and Middle Office
Notenstein Private Bank has selected SimCorp's dimension platform, the vendor has announced.
GFI Selects Torstone for Reconciliations
Torstone Technology has announced that GFI Group will use its Inferno platform to handle reconciliations.
Bloomberg Vault Partners with Salesforce
Bloomberg is now part of salesforce.com's partner program, allowing the pair to team up on support for Salesforce1 for financial services.
EAM Investors Taps Charles River Data Service
The '40 Act boutique fund manager will use the service for batch reference and issuer data, real-time pricing, new security setup, and the recently-offered constituent-level benchmark data.
Rocaton Takes RiskFirst for Analytics
Rocaton Investment Advisers has selected RiskFirst's PFaroe platform to provide greater insight into pension plan risk, the vendor has announced.
BME to Provide Bolivian Bourse with Tech
Madrid-based Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) has signed an agreement with the Bolivian Stock Exchange, where the former will upgrade the latter's trading platform with its Sibe-Smart technology.
Waters Rankings 2014 ─ All the Winners
At a luncheon held on July 16 at the Hudson Hotel, New York City, the winners of the 2014 Waters Rankings were revealed.
Options Partners with Orchestrade for Cross-Asset Platform
Options has announced that vendor Orchestrade's risk management and operations platform has been integrated with its infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering.
Raymond James Implements GBST for Middle-Office Processing
GBST has announced that the implementation of its Syn~ product at Raymond James Financial's Equity Capital Markets division has been completed, and that the broker is now live on the system.
Nomura Asset Management Selects NRI T-STAR for Back Office
Nomura Asset Management, Japan's largest asset management firm, has adopted Nomura Research Institute's (NRI) T-STAR back office suite, including the RX, GX and ReportAssist tools.
Traiana Extends Kill Switch Range to SDPs for CreditLink
Icap-owned specialist Traiana has announced the expansion of kill-switch functionality in its CreditLink offering, which now includes single dealer platforms (SDPs).
Squawker Adds Fidessa Support
High-touch block-trading venue Squawker has announced that it is now available through Fidessa Spotlight.
OTAS Launches Real-Time TCA
OTAS Technologies has announced the launch of OTAS InTrade, its real-time engine for transaction cost analysis (TCA) and performance analysis.
Broadridge Launches Web-Based Reporting Tool
Broadridge Financial Solutions has unveiled a new web- and mobile-based reporting solution, dubbed Report Manager, which will allow portfolio managers to access important information on their desktop, tablet or smartphone.
SunGard, Aite Study Highlights 'Firefighting' Versus Strategic Data Management Split
A new survey of 48 firms shows a marked split on the buy side between those with a long-term plan, and those without one.