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Equinix Deploys ScienceLogic's IT Infrastructure Management Solution
Connectivity and data center company Equinix announced that it has fully deployed ScienceLogic's IT infrastructure management platform.
Northern Trust Adds Risk, Performance Info to Data Direct Platform
Northern Trust announced that it is adding additional risk and performance data that will allow institutional and wealth management clients to make more informed comparisons through its Data Direct offering.
The 2013 Sell-Side Technology Awards Are Coming
We are happy to announce that Waters magazine will be hosting the inaugural Sell-Side Technology Awards on the evening of April 23 in Manhattan. We are currently in the throes of confirming our judging panel, but pretty much all the other details have…
OMS Workflow Tool Introduced by Thomson Reuters
The DataScope Workflow License (DWL) will provide a series of technical indicators to optimize investment firms' order management systems.
Perseus Connects with London Data Exchange
London Data Exchange (LDeX), provider of London-based colocation facilities and data center services, is offering a global exchange platform for London-based trading firms, in collaboration with Perseus Telecom.
O’Hanlon Assumes CEO Role at Numerix
New York-based Numerix, a provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management functions across the sell side and buy side, has appointed Steven O’Hanlon as the firm’s CEO. Gregory Whitten, who held the position of CEO since…
BNP Paribas Selects CameronTec for FIX
BNP Paribas Securities Services has chosen CameronTec's Catalys software to provide a FIX-based underpinning for its outsourced buy-side client dealing service.
BI-SAM Unveils Web-based Portfolio Management Tool
BI-SAM, the Paris-based performance, attribution, and risk management specialist, has launched B-Portal, a web-based portfolio management offering folded into the firm's B-One platform.
Danish Bank Selects SmartStream for Corporate Actions Support
Silkeborg-based Jyske Bank has gone live with SmartStream Technologies' Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) Corporate Actions solution.
DCM Capital Goes Under the Hammer
DCM Capital, the sentiment analysis business spawned following the demise of CEO Paul Hawtin's ‘Twitter Fund', is up for sale.
Introducing the First Annual Sell-Side Technology Awards
Although I usually talk around a specific area or news item in my weekly letter, today I’ll be introducing Sell-Side Technology’s newest event.
TriOptima Launches Counterparty Credit Risk Analytics Platform
Post-trade specialist TriOptima has announced the launch of triQuantify, its new service for the analysis and calculation of counterparty risk management.
Bank Sarasin Takes Avaloq for Islamic Finance
Bank Sarasin & Co has selected Avaloq's Islamic Banking Solution, in an effort to upgrade its range of Sharia-compliant offerings to private clients.
Fixed Income Panel Talks Fragmentation and SEF Rules
A panel at a recent Tabb Group conference on the future of fixed income debated the delay in implementing SEF rules and the effect of venue aggregation.
Fixed Income Panel Talks Fragmentation and SEF Rules
A panel at a recent Tabb Group conference on the future of fixed income debated the delay in implementing SEF rules and the effect of venue aggregation.
BYOD Trend Could Portend IT-Business Relationship Shift
Though Howard Halberstein is cynical about the origin of the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) revolution, Jean Hill says it could be symptomatic of a sea change in the way IT approaches the business side of an organization.
Who is a Pure-Cloud Strategy Appropriate For?
Anthony wonders if over the next decade even larger buy-side firms won't employ an all-cloud IT strategy.
Twitter Manipulation Begs Questions of Utility, Ethics
As news emerged yesterday of a second case in as many days of deliberate manipulation of Twitter affecting stock prices, Steve Dew-Jones caught up with MarketPsych's sentiment analysis stalwart Richard Peterson to gauge his response.
TraFXpure Renames, Adds Mitsubishi and Nomura Before Launch
TraFXpure, the bank-backed foreign exchange (FX) platform being developed by interdealer broker Tradition, has added Nomura Securities and Mitsubishi UFJ to its supporters, and will rename as ParFX ahead of its 'imminent' launch.
CFTC's O'Malia Says Tech Training Wheels Are Off
The only way to face the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's challenges is through robust surveillance automation and analytics. Technology is the bike—the commissioner says the regulator needs to learn to ride.
February 2013: All the Gear But No Idea
Recalling the frustration of the pre-USB days filled with floppy disks and drivers, Victor is glad that finally, the user experience is becoming more and more important.
James Rundle: Doubling Up and Doubling Down
As the introduction of SEFs inches closer, some question whether there is even a need for them, given their correlations with designated contract markets. Whatever the future looks like, James says, continuing investment in technology on the sell side…
Anthony Malakian: FIXating on Cost
As the broker community continues to struggle with the rising costs of managing FIX connections, third-party providers are trying to penetrate that market. Anthony says the buy side will have a significant say in the outcome of this conversation.
Michael Shashoua: Muddying Capital Adequacy
Delays and changes to the Basel III rules, including lower minimums for liquidity, are revealing gaps in what was once seemingly watertight regulation. Michael says the architects of the rules are losing the benefit of the doubt.