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The Migration to Trade-Date Matching
This month, Omgeo's Tony Freeman takes us through one of the key enablers for reducing settlement times.
Eurex Adopts Deutsche Börse Architecture
Eurex Exchange has fully migrated its trading architecture to parent company Deutsche Börse Group's, following the move of the fixed-income derivatives segment.
Despite Growth, Misys Has a New CEO
It seems an odd time to be shaking up the leadership at Misys. The UK-based company has seen a 30 percent increase in software license revenue since Bret Bolin became CEO one year ago. Yet he has just given way to Nadeem Syed, the former president and…
Quantifi Releases V11.0 of Pricing and Risk Product
Over-the-counter software provider Quantifi has released version 11.0 of its pricing and risk analysis software, with improvements to enterprise risk performance and valuation scalability.
CBH Group Goes Live with Eka
CBH Group, one of Australia’s leading grain organizations, has gone live with the commodities trading software provider, Eka Software Solutions, to support its trading and risk management operations.
ConvergeEx Upgrades Pre-Trade Risk Controls for ConnEx
Agency broker ConvergEx Group has upgraded the pre-trade risk management system of its outsourced hosted connectivity infrastructure business, ConnEx.
Tradeweb Plants its Flag With First Pre-Trade OTC Credit Check
Late last week, Tradeweb Markets supported the first electronic indicative pre-trade credit check between a buy-side client and a futures commission merchant (FCM) for an over-the-counter derivatives transaction. Using the electronic credit checking…
Deutsche Bank Launches Autobahn Mobile
Deutsche Bank has announced the debut of its Autobahn Mobile initiative, an app-based portal to the bank's sales, trading and research material as well as events calendars and foreign exchange (FX) market data.
Bank of Korea Turns to Calypso for Portfolio Management
Bank of Korea, responsible for managing the world’s seventh largest foreign reserve of $329 billion, has gone live with Calypso Technology’s portfolio management solution.
Tibco Acquires StreamBase Systems
Infrastructure provider Tibco has announced its acquisition of complex events processing (CEP) vendor StreamBase.
Kepler Capital Markets Selects smartTrade’s LMS for Hybrid Inflation Platform
Paris-based interdealer broker Kepler Capital Markets has chosen smartTrade Technologies’ Liquidity Management System (LMS) to develop its hybrid auction platform for inflation products.
Liquidity Fragmentation in Fixed Income is Here to Stay, Says iTB CEO
Michael Chuang has made a big bet that history will not repeat itself when it comes to a massive collapse in the number of fixed income trading platforms.
Natixis Joins CLS as Settlement Member
CLS Group has announced that Natixis has upgraded its membership of the service from a third-party participant to a full settlement member.
Nice Systems Releases New Trading Floor Communications Oversight Tool
The Israeli software provider says its Proactive Compliance Solution will help firms monitor and investigate trade interactions, capacity requirements for which have increased under the Dodd-Frank Act and other new regulations globally.
US Trade Bodies Request Cross-Border Swaps Relief
A consortium of US industry representative groups has written to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), requesting a six-month extension to relief from cross-border implementations of swaps trading rules.
Work is a Thing You Do
Getting to grips with new ways of working.
Dodd-Frank Grows Up So Fast
July will mark the three-year anniversary of President Barack Obama signing the Dodd–Frank Act into law. Anthony wonders what's ahead.
Avaloq Launches Singapore BPO Center
The Avaloq Group has announced that it will open a business process outsourcing (BPO) center in Singapore, targeting Asian wealth managers based in the city state.
Three FCMs Join MarkitSERV Credit Centre
Citi, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) and Goldman Sachs have signed up to MarkitSERV Credit Centre, Markit's pre-trade credit-checking facility for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives transactions.
Euronext Exchanges Delay Opening After Glitch
Trading was delayed for about an hour at exchanges in Paris, Lisbon, Brussels, and Amsterdam after an as-of-yet unidentified technology malfunction.
Otkritie Appoints CEO, Senior Team Ahead of Global Push
Moscow-headquartered brokerage Otkritie Capital has announced the appointment of Nikolay Katorzhnov as its new CEO, along with several other senior-level hires and promotions.
Markit-Quartet Alliance to Yield Increased Risk Performance
Markit and Quartet FS, the London-based provider of in-memory analytics technology, have announced an alliance that, according to Markit, will enhance the way its Markit Analytics’ clients visualize stochastic risk calculations such as Risk Weighted…
ConvergEx Adds Real-Time Margin Tools
New York-based agency broker ConvergEx Group has announced the addition of real-time margin calculation tools to its LiquidPoint product.
Gravitas and IBM to Offer Risk Services to Small Hedge Funds
Gravitas, a New York-based provider of hedge fund technology, has chosen the IBM Risk Analytics engine to provide risk-as-a-service for emerging and mid-sized hedge funds.