Tech
FFastFill Expands to Australian Liquidity Center
Company introduces co-location offering for Australian exchange.
NYSE Praises Fidessa's Prowess in Tech Partner Program
NYSE Euronext has included Fidessa in its Power Partners program for vendors and awarded it the "three-portal," or highest, ranking.
Everything Old Is New Again—Maybe
Will cash equities market-makers make a comeback in 2012?
The Art of Communication
Anthony examines the importance of communication when enacting an IT overhaul.
Dorchester Extends Relationship with Citi
Dorchester Capital Advisors builds on its long-standing relationship with Citi.
Barclays Implements Rockall for Collateral Management
STOC solution used in bank's UK business before further roll-out.
Vertex Moves to Point Nine's Cloud
Investment firm migrates UCITS fund to Circle.2.
Burgundy Joins SFTI Network
Nordic liquidity is now accessible via NYSE Technologies' global network.
Tail Risk Takes on Greater Importance
In these volatile markets, firms are paying more attention to tail risk.
ConvergEx Adds Ancerno TCA to RealTick
Integrated software now live on platform.
Montanaro AM Live on Charles River IMS
London-based asset manager will benefit through automated portfolio management, trading, order management and compliance functions.
Vision Selects Trading Technologies Products
Chicago-based futures commission merchant (FCM) Vision Financial Markets will leverage TT's suite of algo execution products.
OneChicago Seeks SEF Equivalency
OneChicago CEO David Downey has been lobbying hard for his exchange to be considered virtually the equivalent of a swap execution facility.
Swift And Colt/SIA Awarded T2S Licenses
Strapline: Regulation & Standards
Citi Selects FundAssist for KIID Requirements
End-to-end solution supports the full document production process.
Abacus Partners with Orchestrade
Abacus to provide Orchestrade solution through AbacusFLEX
State Street Rolls Out Form PF Solution
State Street unveils its own Form PF solution.
Inaccurate Reporting Costs Newedge $700K
The US Commodity Futures Trading (CFTC) has decided to fine Newedge $700,000 over numerous inaccuracies in its reporting.
Shadow Debuts Universal Trade-Capture Capability
Shadow Financial seeks to simplify trade validation and processing with its new Universal Trade Capture (UTC) feature.
The Return of the Market-Maker
Since the adoption of Regulation NMS in 2007, market-makers in the US cash equities market have gone the way of the green screen—until now.
AMERICAN FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY AWARDS: Best IT Team: Barclays Capital
JUDGE’S COMMENT: Barclays PRS turns data across multiple asset class into meaningful information. It also seems to put that information in the hands of the right people ... and gives Barclays the ability to create new reports and distribute them with…
AMERICAN FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY AWARDS: Best CIO: Catherine Bessant, Bank of America
JUDGE'S COMMENT: Bessant's diverse background provides an invaluable perspective for one who has to oversee the technology needs for a corporate, investment and retail banking institution.
AMERICAN FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY AWARDS: Best IT Integration Initiative: State Street
JUDGE’S COMMENT: It is a great innovation on the part of the staff to develop the Virtual Integration Architecture (VIA). I particularly like how this State Street technology effort led to reusable “process improvements and a project-governance approach.”
AMERICAN FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY AWARDS: Best OTC Trading Initiative: JPMorgan
JUDGE'S COMMENT: This project was very challenging in terms of the business logic and integration it needed with various systems to create a single, consolidated statement for all cleared and bilateral asset classes.