Tech
Metisq Upgrades to Charles River IMS v9
Metisq Capital, an Australian boutique equity manager, has upgraded to Version 9 of the Charles River Investment Management Solution (IMS) to expand its international equity fund management for Asia and Greater China.
CIMB Securities Consolidates Asia-Pacific Operations With Fidessa
CIMB Securities, a Kuala Lumpur-based provider of execution and order management services, has expanded its use of Fidessa's software-as-a-service (SaaS) trading platform to consolidate its sell-side operations in Asia.
SLPE Selects SunGard for Fund Administration Support
SL Private Equity Fund Administration Services (SLPE), a London-based third-party administrator, has chosen SunGard's Investran to support its administration and reporting services.
CFG Gestion Taps Misys for Expanded Trading Capabilities
The asset manager, based in Casablanca, will use the Sophis Value cross-asset solution across the trading lifecycle, improving compliance, pricing, accounting, order management and NAV calculation.
eVestment's Minnick Discusses Recent Acquisitions
Jim Minnick, eVestment Alliance's founder and CEO, sat down with Buy-Side Technology to discuss the firm's recent acquisitions and look ahead at what's to come.
Advise Reporting Tools Made Available on Abacus Private Cloud
Consensus RMS is used to file regulatory forms requiring high granularity, like Form PF.
RTS and Squared Team Up on Algo Platform
The companies are trying to attract traders who want to delve into spot FX and metals for hedging purposes.
Fountain Made CTO at Pneuron
He will lead efforts by the Massachusetts computing vendor top move more deeply into the enterprise market space.
IFSAM Taps Calastone for Order Routing
Luxembourg-headquartered fund services company IFSAM has joined Calastone's global fund transaction network for Swift connectivity to the market.
Exchange Competition Just a Veneer, Says Aquis Chief
Alasdair Haynes, CEO at the newly formed Aquis Exchange suggests there is much room for improvement within the exchange world in terms of competition and innovation.
NLX Taps TMX Atrium for Market Access
Nasdaq OMX's forthcoming London-based interest-rate derivatives (IRD) platform, NLX, has chosen TMX Atrium to provide its members with market access.
Looking Ahead to ETAS
This week sees the second annual European Trading Architecture Summit being held in London.
Be Thankful for Regulation
In 2013, Anthony says it's imperative that firms look at regulatory changes not as a burden, but as an opportunity.
FircoSoft Moves into India with Peocit's Help
Watchlist filtering solutions produced by the French firm will allow Indian banks to better meet regulatory KYC requirements.
MEP Says No to Minimum Resting Times
Kay Swinburne, member of the EU's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, believes minimum resting times for orders will not make it into the final drafting of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid II).
WFE Chief Urges Regulators to Embrace Technology
Regulators need to appreciate the positive impact that technology has had upon the capital markets and not fear its use within them, according to Hüseyin Erkan, CEO of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).
Longwood Signs Digiterre for CRM
Longwood Credit Partners has adopted Digiterre's Communica for its customer relationship management (CRM) operations.
HKEx Implements MillenniumIT for Central Gateway
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) has announced that it will use MillenniumIT's technology for its Orion Gateway project.
Bloomberg Adds FX Options Functionality to Platform
Bloomberg has enabled foreign exchange (FX) options trading on its multi-bank trading platform, FXGO.
QuantHouse Partners Cisco for Low-Latency Data Provision in Asia
QuantHouse has partnered with Cisco to provide accelerated price discovery and support for algorithmic trading on its proprietary fibre optic network in Asia.
Sanlam Private Investments Implements SS&C's Portia Operations Platform
Sanlam Private Investments, a South African asset management firm, has gone live with SS&C's middle-to-back office investment operations platform, Portia.
Swedbank Extends CLS Membership
CLS Group, the organization responsible for the mitigation of settlement risk for institutional foreign exchange (FX) transactions, has announced the addition of Swedbank as a settlement member.
Linedata Preps Mshare for Fatca, Swift MX Changes
In an effort to get ahead of changing regulations that are coming down the pike, Linedata has upgraded its Mshare investor accounting solution to be compliant with Fatca and the upcoming Swift ISO 20022 messaging format.