Tech
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Data Center Provider to the Sell Side ─ NYSE Technologies
Certainly among the exchange-owned datacenters, NYSE Euronext’s state-of-the-art facilities in the New York and London metropolitan areas spring to mind when one thinks of datacenter investment.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Sell-Side Reconciliation Platform ─ SmartStream
Moves away from discrete, siloed systems toward fully integrated single platforms, particularly across the back office, are at the forefront of sell-side institutions’ minds these days.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Big Data Technology Provider to the Sell Side ─ OneMarketData
The concept of big data is an unusual phenomenon that has, since the global financial crisis of 2008, garnered attention from both buy-side and sell-side firms as they grapple with increased data volumes, the variety of sources and formats of that data,…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Cloud Provider to the Sell Side ─ BT Group
At their core, cloud environments come down to three things: scale, connectivity and security. BT has all three areas covered in spades with its BT Radianz Cloud, winner of the best cloud provider to the sell side category in this year’s Sell-Side…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Infrastructure Provider to the Sell Side ─ IBM
If any computing company can offer end-to-end infrastructure solutions, it’s IBM. It’s reliable, it’s massive, and it’s got quite a few software engineers under its roof. The company has seen a shift among the sell side from home-grown grid software to…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Sell-Side Web-based Development Environment ─ smartTrade
Given the decline of Adobe Flash as the modus operandi for dynamic web development, with even the parent company abandoning the platform, all attention seems to be turning to HTML5 these days.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Sell-Side Newcomer (Vendor or Product) ─ Torstone Technology
In many respects, the inaugural Sell-Side Technology Awards mirrored the Buy-Side Technology Awards, launched back in 2007, not only because of their similar methodologies and many of the categories on offer, but also in terms of certain categories’…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Sell-Side Credit Risk Product ─ Numerix
Since the financial crisis, counterparty risk has earned its place as arguably the most important exposure to manage accurately on an ongoing basis. The fallout from the crisis has meant a greater focus on counterparty risk, either because of new…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Sell-Side Market Risk Product ─ LCH.Clearnet
In the wake of the global financial crisis, the ability to monitor and manage margin requirements has become paramount for sell-side firms—after all, none would want to make similar headlines to those made by Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers back in 2008.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Overall Sell-Side Provider of the Year ─ SunGard
The award for the best overall sell-side technology provider for 2013, the most prestigious of the categories comprising this year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards, and the second of two awards announced on the evening of April 21 at the Marriott Marquis in…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Sell-Side Automated Trading Platform ─ FlexTrade
Name a feature, and the FlexTrader execution management system has it. The ability to control multiple portfolios comprised of several sub accounts from one blotter? Check. Access to over 200 trading destinations? Check. A formula-building template for…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Sell-Side Front-Office Execution Platform ─ Bloomberg
Aggregate the power of an execution management system (EMS), an order management system (OMS), and the resources of Bloomberg, and you’ve got an execution tool to be reckoned with. The Sell-Side Execution & Order Management Solutions (SSEOMS) leverages…
Ex-Tradeweb, Benchmark Solutions CEO Toffey Joins GFI
James Toffey, who founded Tradeweb and later worked with private equity firm Warburg Pincus to build short-lived fixed income pricing provider Benchmark Solutions, will head up the interdealer broker's electronic markets in cash, derivative instruments,…
Misys Global Risk to Launch New Risk Tool
Software vendor Misys has launched its new risk-management solution, Misys Risk Insight, a centralization tool for risk information.
Wood & Co Financial Services Joins SunGard Global Network
Prague-based broker Wood & Company Financial Services has joined the SunGard Global Network (SGN) to facilitate trading in Central and Eastern Europe and support growth.
The Silo Effect
Breaking down silos is important from a technology perspective, but is it the right fit from an organizational one?
FPL Releases HFT-Specific FIX Working Document
Fix Protocol Limited (FPL) has announced a new version of the Financial Information Exchange (FIX) language specific to high-frequency trading (HFT), inviting its member organizations to participate in a working document review.
Gottex Brokers Opens London Office
Interdealer broker Gottex Brokers has announced the launch of its London office, along with a raft of new hires in its credit team.
SocGen's New Lease: CTO Bob Schmeider Prepares a Built-to-Spec New York Trading Floor
In July, Société Générale is heading east to its new home at 245 Park Avenue. With the massive infrastructural consequences in store, Americas CTO Bob Schmeider has found a project—la nouvelle maison Americaine—that is ideally fit. By Tim Bourgaize…
Private Equity's Data Play
In private equity, general partners (GPs)—which invest directly in portfolio companies—are becoming more sophisticated about monitoring those companies’ performance, while limited partners, which invest in the GPs’ funds, are in turn scrutinizing the…
Object Trading to Provide DMA to Dubai Exchange
Object Trading's flagship direct market access suite FrontRunner is now live with clients connected to the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), and is available to provide direct market data and risk-managed trade execution.
James Rundle: SEF Regulation: The Art of Compromise
The passage of final rules governing how swap execution facilities will operate provides for a new era in how derivatives are traded. James says that the final form of the rules, while prescriptive, also incorporates a measure of compromise and a regard…
June 2013: Nothing Typical About the Buy Side
While a wide array of financial firms can be categorized as "buy-side" institutions, Victor says that when it comes to their technology needs, they can be as different as chalk and cheese.
Max Bowie: Hacked Off: News Scandals and the Future of Trading
Some of the great names of the market data industry—Reuters and Platts, for example—grew out of news organizations. But having risen from the ashes of commoditization as an input to algo trading applications, news has recently come under fire for several…