Tech
Michael Shashoua: Channeling the Data Deluge
Considering internet innovation in the context of financial industry data management reveals the scope of reference data’s future. Michael identifies the data explosion and a Swift format change as examples to watch.
Max Bowie: Give a Little and You Get a Little
Despite the potential for manipulation of benchmarks like Libor, Max reports that new data sources designed to provide greater transparency and better pricing are basing their services on contributed data from market participants to give traders an edge…
Open Platform: The Evolution of the Smart Broker
The past couple of years have seen broad structural changes to the world’s financial markets, which have resulted in a permanent and profound shift in the role and operating environment of sell-side firms. James Blackburn discusses how success can no…
Case-Based Reasoning: Drilling Deeper
After a summer of monumental systems errors, the din of voices begging for imaginative reform in IT risk is steadily growing. Tim Bourgaize Murray searches the frontier of artificial intelligence and infrastructure-dependent industries like energy for…
Janus Capital's George Batejan: The Mechanical Engineer
How many IT executives can say they’ve been behind the wheel of a car at 178 mph? Janus Capital’s head of technology and operations can. And yet, his feats behind the wheel and his strength in the boardroom might have more in common than you think. By…
Corporate Bonds' Brave New World
With the market structure for corporate bonds in flux, Tim Bourgaize Murray finds that good ideas abound, and greater automation may bring some empowerment to the buy side. But in this fragmented market, even technology can’t completely quell the…
Target2-Securities: Give and Take
Work on the Target2-Securities project, the pan-European settlement platform developed by the European Central Bank, continues to gather pace ahead of its 2015 launch date. What will it mean for central securities depositories, which are outsourcing…
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Investit's Doherty: Politicians are Hurting Regulatory Processes
At yesterday's Linedata Exchange in London, the ever-shifting regulatory state of affairs in Europe was an issue that garnered much interest.
HSBC's Stephenson: Europe, Asia Take Different Approaches to Outsourcing
Cost is crucial for European asset managers, whereas Asia-Pacific fund managers must focus on technological investment, according to HSBC's global head of fund services Ian Stephenson, a panelist at yesterday's Linedata Exchange in London.
Mexican Broker Gives the Skinny on LatAm
Colocation and regulation are good in Latin America, but market data feeds are failing, says Mexican technologist.
Morgan Stanley Joins FXSpotStream as a Liquidity Provider
FXSpotStream, an industry utility that provides a multibank FX service to clients for the purpose of executing spot trades, has added Morgan Stanley as a liquidity provider.
In Regulating HFT, Europe Misses the Target
When NYSE announced that it would merge with Chicago-based ECN Archipelago at the turn of the century, it handed out silver bells for the first day of trading.
SunGard Launches Platform for Boutiques
Asset Arena 360 supports the entire investment value chain from portfolio analysis to reconciliation.
HFT: The End of the World As We Know It?
Yesterday, European lawmakers voted in favor of introducing stricter controls around the controversial practice of high-frequency trading, proposing a regulation that would require all posted orders to be kept in the market for a minimum period of half-a…
Mixed Messages: Direct Edge Equivocates on HFT
Direct Edge's message efficiency program came and went in a flash. But why? And will Nasdaq's follow?
Crunch Time for Mifid II as HFT Goes Under the Knife
Today's the day, supposedly, when the European Parliament will vote on the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive─better known as Mifid II.
Algorithms: The Problem With Choice
Anthony looks at the challenges buy-side firms face when choosing a new algo, and the difficulties vendors have in finding balance when they pitch their new suite of algos.
Swift to Focus on IT at New Malaysian Hub
The corporate center, based in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, is part of an aggressive regional plan for the messaging provider.
Banco Penta Selects Calypso for Interest Rate Derivates
The Chilean bank settled on Calypso after more than a year of searching.
Daiwa Europe Lights Torstone's Inferno in Back Office
Daiwa Europe, the investment banking subsidiary of Japanese brokerage firm Daiwa Securities Group, has chosen Torstone Technology's Inferno for its post-trade securities processing and trade accounting.
Gain Capital's Haines Joins Scivantage as CIO
Scivantage has named Andrew Haines, who was previously with Gain Capital, as its new CIO.
Digiterre Prepares Communica Platform Launch
London-based investment management software vendor Digiterre is set to launch its Communica platform next month.