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Trading Technologies Expands X_Trader Functionality
Trading Technologies has announced that, in addition to adjusting its price bands, its X_Trader Product will be updated with new functionality previously only available in the enhanced edition of the software.
Nasdaq to Begin Displaying Customer Latency
Nasdaq OMX has partnered with Corvil, the Dublin-based latency monitoring specialist, to provide performance measurement details and diagnostic tools in the form of on-demand historical packet capture files.
Eqecat Signs Fermat Capital Management
The catastrophe modeling software vendor will provide Fermat, a $4.3 billion asset manager and specialist in insurance-linked securities (ILS), its RQE version 13 platform.
BNP Paribas, Clearstream Go Live with Collateral Management
BNP Paribas Securities Services and Clearstream have announced that their collateral management service for mutual clients has gone live.
SBI Taps smartTrade for FX Order Routing and Liquidity Aggregation
SBI Liquidity Market, a Japanese foreign exchange (FX) infrastructure solution and liquidity provider, has selected smartTrade Technologies' LiquidityFX trading system to provide aggregation service and smart order routing.
Nordea Implements SimCorp's Broker Strategy Function
Nordea's Investment Management arm, which executes with an array of ten brokers, has streamlined its trading operations with the new tool, part of SimCorp's Dimension order management solution.
Lessons Learned from Conference Season
Looking at the tenor and tone of the financial services technology debate so far this year.
SS&C Launches Investment Intelligence
SS&C Technologies has announced the launch of Investment Intelligence, its business information tool that operates across cloud, mobile and other platforms.
Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Joins BT Radianz Cloud
The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) has become a member of the BT Radianz Cloud network, according to an announcement from the British telecoms company.
IP Trade Integrates Red Box for Voice Recording
Trading communications system provider IP Trade has announced that it will partner Red Box Recorders, integrating the firm's technology into its own for video and voice call recording.
As Fund Administrator, Citi Answers the Data Question with OpenAi
Citi recently launched OpenAi, which provides complete data aggregation and transparency for its alternative investment clients.
Deutsche Börse Combines Market Data, Tech Arms
The exchange operator's new Market Data + Services segment, headed by managing director Holger Wohlenberg, will bring together its external technology, connectivity, market data, and analytics offerings.
State Street Bolsters Collateral and Reporting Services
State Street has made enhancements to its financial reporting and collateral services to help clients comply with regulations, manage risk and automate their disclosure requirements.
Back Office Vendors Talk About What's on Tap
A group of back office vendors at the Futures Industry Association (FIA) New York Expo had a chance to brag about the most exciting product they have on offer, or in the works. This is what they offered up.
Can Telecommuting Work on the Buy Side?
Advancements in technology have made it easier than ever for employees to work from home─or at a bar or beach. Capital markets firms are now having to decide how much freedom to let their workers have.
Backstop Acquires PerTrac CMS
Backstop Solutions Group (BSG) has announced the acquisition of PerTrac's CMS product line, which provide customer-relationship management tools for institutional, buy-side clients.
2013 is a Year of Belt Tightening, Say Vendors
A rather grim picture was painted by vendors at the latest New York Expo of the Futures Industry Association. Margins are low on the sell side, which means fewer contracts for the problem solvers in the vendor community. The environment has vendors…
Northern Trust Opens Office in Frankfurt
Northern Trust has opened an office in Frankfurt, Germany.
Expanding Structured Finance Footprint, Markit Adds CLO Tranche Pricing
Market data provider Markit will now offer evaluated prices for 5,000 investment-grade collateralized loan obligation (CLO) tranches, rated BBB or better, covering around two-thirds of the overall market.
ConvergEx Readies Electronic Blue Sheet Compliance
ConvergEx Group has announced that its LiquidPoint options trading software will be fully compliant with Electronic Blue Sheet (EBS) requirements in the US, once they come into force on November 1, 2013.
Iyer Joins iLevel
Software product management and marketing veteran Ganesh Iyer joins the Blackstone spin-off after three years at trading communications provider IPC.
FICWG Eyes Cross-Asset Standardization
The Fixed Income Connectivity Working Group (FICWG) has completed its cash bond trading connectivity specification, and signed a number of inter-dealer brokers, exchanges and dealer-to-client platforms as adopters of the standard, expanding the fixed…
Private Equity Players Launch Data Alliance with AltExchange
The new group's aim is to develop an open-standard, three-tiered, XML-based format as well as a new validation platform for private equity, with initial technology backing provided by a mainstay provider in the space, eFront.
Pershing's NetX360 Available on Surface Pro
The broker-dealer and advisor solutions arm of BNY Mellon has augmented its NetX360 advisor platform to run on Microsoft's Surface Pro tablets via the Windows 8 Pro operating system.