Tech
The First Wave of Form PF Requirements Are on the Horizon; Are You Ready?
As the story pitches pile up, Anthony is once again taking notice of Form PF.
BlackRock's Proposed Bond-Trading Platform Raises Questions
Who will oversee the network, is it a dark pool, and will there be enough matching opportunities to make it viable?
Vista Equity Partners Continues Acquisition Push, Buys CDC Software
Move to give software firm greater independence, investment capability.
BNY and CME Partner to Facilitate Corporate Bonds for Margins Posting
Move comes as firms seek non-traditional collateral types for futures OTC clearing.
Big Bark From Indian Regulator Carries Small Bite
India's SEBI recently released a set of guidelines for algo trading that appeared limiting, but most of the rules were already in place.
Post-Financial Crisis, Firms Must Address the Fallibility of Models
Following the release of a whitepaper, “Top 10 Best Practices for Managing Model Risk,” Fincad CEO Bob Park says one of the great lessons of the financial crisis is the importance of model validation and stress-testing.
NorthPoint Releases New Form PF Solution
The new tool provides data aggregation and auditing capabilities through a dashboard solution.
Tokyo Bourse to Aid with Burmese Exchange Plans
TSE and Daiwa Securities helping central bank with creating Myanmar bourse.
AboveNet Opens Low-Latency Connection to BATS Chi-X Europe
Fiber optic network allows access to trading platform.
UAT Appoints Collett COO, CFO
Collett brings extensive buy-side experience to sub-advised and externally managed funds.
Walsh Takes COO Job at AcadiaSoft
Industry veteran brings counterparty risk skills to the margin automation provider.
Broadridge Adds Mutual Funds Sales Tracking Suite
SalesVision Distribution Manager to facilitate greater sharing, monitoring of sales data.
Singapore-based Analec Expands into US
Analec will release its fundamental analysis platform ModelViewer in the US as the Singapore-based firm looks to expand its global presence.
HedgeCo Hires Langbert as President and COO
The former UBS and Morgan Stanley managing director will help start-up hedge funds market themselves under new federal legislation.
Markit Adds PRDCs to Portfolio Valuations Service
The power reverse currency notes will include several currency pairs, pay-off structures and call and redemption features.
Pierpont Derivatives Goes Live With Calypso
The broker-dealer will use the platform to launch a swaps business.
NYSE Liffe Teams with DTCC on New Repo Trading
Futures to be traded based on GCF Repo Index.
Velocity Trade Goes Live with Web Portal
Financial Software Systems' Spectrum System will enable leveraged FX trading at Velocity Trade's London office.
Impulse Announces C-to-HDL FPGA Compiler
Kit allows for algorithmic conversion to super-fast chip language.
Off-Exchange Equity Trades Grow in March [UPDATE]
Research report shows increased flow to internalized and dark pool execution.
Smarts Broker Implemented by China Merchant Securities
The surveillance tool from Nasdaq OMX is being deployed by a China-based broker-dealer for the first time.
Options IT Eyes Robust Internal Controls for Private Cloud
Vendor replaces SAS70 with SSAE 16, requiring greater external auditing and a dedicated report on security and availability.
APM Technology on the Rise
ITRS' Kevin Covington discusses APM technology and how the sector has evolved.
Tradewire Brings on Titan for Behavioral Research
Titan's TickAnalyst platform uses proprietary models to analyze 10 years of market and social media data.