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For Eaton Vance, SEF Aggregation Demonstrates 'Art of the Possible'
Ahead of the functional made-available-to-trade (MAT) deadline for certain fixed-to-floating interest-rate swaps, Boston-based asset manager Eaton Vance sought to combine familiarity of trading protocol with control over information leakage. The result…
Saxo Bank Adds Futures Spread Trading for Mobile
The e-trading specialist says clients can now trade futures spreads across its platforms, including SaxoTrader smartphone and tablet apps, covering intra-market spreads as well as named calendar spreads on a range of gold, oil and commodities, rates,…
Dhaka Bourse Goes Live with Trapets Surveillance System
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has implemented the InstantWatch Market surveillance suite from vendor Trapets, and gone live with the system.
ICBC Turns to AxiomSL for Euro Compliance Support
Beijing-headquartered ICBC, formerly known as the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, has contracted New York-based Axiom Software Laboratories to support its European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) over-the-counter (OTC) transaction…
Etrali Rolls Out Mobile Voice Recording in Japan
Etrali Trading Solutions has extended its mobile voice-recording service to Japan, and will partner Natterbox to help banks in the region complying with record-keeping requirements.
Scotiabank Deploys Fenergo for Compliance
Scotiabank's global banking and markets division has implemented Fenergo's Regulatory Onboarding product to support its existing systems for compliance.
EFG Asset Management Selects Quartal Commission
EFG Asset Management, part of the EFG International private banking group, has selected Quartal Commission, the commission management component of Quartal Financial Solutions' broader software suite.
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Collateral Optimization Still Not Widespread, But Growing
A survey by InteDelta and SunGard conducted last summer revealed a dismally low adoption rate of collateral-optimization systems. Only three percent of respondents called their optimization processes advanced or fully automated.
Caplin Appoints Ashworth as COO
Trading platform specialist Caplin has announced that John Ashworth is its new chief operating officer, starting today.
Headaches Abound for UTI Generation, EMIR Reporting
On February 12, as part of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), buy-side firms began producing unique trade identifier (UTI) data, as have their sell-side counterparts. A choppy start could leave many smaller hedge funds and corporates…
Troubled by Issues, EMIR Reporting Kicks Off
Mandatory reporting of derivatives trades came into force earlier this week as part of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), but market participants continued to raise concerns amid technology problems and far from ideal preparations.
CFTC Issues No-Action Relief for European MTFs
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the European Commission (EC) have jointly announced that certain European entities will be exempt from US rules regarding derivatives reform for now, although a long-term picture is still uncertain.
Chi-X Japan Appoints Nagahori as President
Makoto Nagahori will take on the roles of president and chief operating officer at Chi-X Japan, the venue operator has announced.
BI-SAM Appoints Schapiro Global Head of Cloud Solutions
BI-SAM has appointed Jonathan Schapiro global head of cloud solutions as the vendor aims at developing and strengthening its private-cloud offering.
JTC Selects eFront
Fund administrator JTC Group has chosen eFront, as a result of its expanding business, the vendor has announced.
Eris Exchange Adds UBS for Swap Futures Execution, Clearing
Via its UBS Securities arm, the Swiss bank has completed its first trade on the venue, on behalf of asset manager Eaton Vance.
ParFX Adds JPMorgan, Citi as Founder Banks
ParFX has announced that JPMorgan and Citi have joined the foreign-exchange (FX) platform as founding members, bringing the total to 14.
Bloomberg SEF Completes First Sponsored Access Swap Trade
The trade by NISA Investment Advisors, supported by Credit Suisse's futures commission merchant (FCM) arm and Goldman Sachs, comes ahead of next week's deadline for the buy-side to begin mandatory execution on SEFs.
Deutsche Börse Takes Minority Stake in Bondcube
Frankfurt-headquartered Deutsche Börse has announced its purchase of a minority stake in electronic bond-trading platform Bondcube.
Citi Private Bank Replaces Proprietary Systems with Charles River IMS
Citi Private Bank has selected the Charles River Investment Management System (IMS) to replace its proprietary order and portfolio management engines. Citi will also be using OpenAI, built by Citi’s Investor Services, for trade processing and…
eVestment Launches Analytics, Portfolio Construction Platform
eVestment has launched Quantum Analytics, a cloud-based portfolio analysis and construction platform.
Black Mountain Systems Taps Eze Private Cloud
An investment management software provider, Black Mountain has moved its Everest platform to Eze Castle Integration's private cloud.
TMX to Use Ullink for Pre-Trade Risk and Connectivity
Canadian exchange consortium TMX Group has selected Ullink, a Paris-based provider of connectivity and trading solutions, to provide a pre-trade risk management and connectivity solution for its equity trading customers.