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Trump's Comments on Regulation Might Be His Most Ridiculous Yet ... Seriously
Calling for a moratorium on regulation in financial services is a bad idea, Dan says.
Symphony Teams with OpenFin for Interoperability, Standardization
The two entities will work to find a standard for HTML5 containers and promote open-source technology.
Redi Expands Data Center, Adds Staff in Hong Kong Office
Michael Rude, Redi's chief revenue officer, talks about the decision to add more support to the region.
Daiwa Securities Becomes Newest CLS Settlement Member
Japanese firm joins 65 other financial firms on CLS's settlement and risk mitigation system.
Tullett Prebon, GMEX to Develop Hybrid Voice-Electronic FX Options Trading Platform
Interdealer broker and exchange operator partner to build dedicated FX Options platform utilizing electronic and voice technology.
ITG Develops Brazil, Mexico Close Algorithms
New algos aimed at end-of-session liquidity.
Tullett Prebon, Tradition Among First on GreenKey's Design Partner Program
The program also features seven tier-1 banks and several global exchanges.
Finra Fines Deutsche Bank Securities $12.5 Million for Significant Supervisory Failures Around Research, Trading-Related Information
German bank subsidiary repeatedly ignored red flags and internal warnings from firm's compliance department around its supervision of internal communication.
TriOptima, CME Completes First Mexican Peso Compression
Compression cycle eliminated 12.5 trillion Mexican pesos in outstanding notional.
Dawn of the PTF: An Inside Look at Canada's Attempt to Revive the Mutual Fund Market
Invesco Canada, TMX Group and potentially even Fundserv are building products that blend ETFs and active mutual funds.
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Broker-Dealer — UBS
The UBS Neo platform was launched in 2013 and covers equities, commodities, FX and fixed income.
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Agency Broker — Bloomberg Tradebook
Winning the best agency broker category in this year’s Waters Rankings makes it two in a row for Bloomberg Tradebook, and that is thanks largely to a busy year of product enhancements rolled out by the New York-based agency broker.
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Algorithmic Trading Provider — Convergex
If, as a capital markets firm, you aren’t using trading algorithms to at least some degree, there are two possibilities: Either you’re based in some backwater and you route your trades to your brokers by phone calls and faxes and they execute them on…
Waters Rankings 2016 Winners’ Circle: SS&C Advent — After Mergers, Moving Forward
At this year’s Waters Rankings, SS&C Advent won the award for the best accounting system provider.
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Portfolio Management System Provider — RiskVal Financial Solutions
RVPortfolio undergoes a series of enhancements and upgrades this year
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Crossing Network Provider — TradingScreen
Tradecross is currently running in beta version and has been supported by 15 buy-side firms
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Reconciliation Management Provider — Electra Information Systems
It seems like just the other day that Electra Information Systems pulled off one of the great coups of the last decade at the Buy-Side Technology Awards by unseating SmartStream Technologies, a perennial winner over the years in this increasingly…
Waters Rankings 2016: Best Sell-Side Clearing Provider — The DTCC
The DTCC wins the best sell-side clearing provider category for the third consecutive year.
Waters Rankings 2016 Winners’ Circle: Equinix — Investment and Expansion
At this year’s Waters Rankings, Equinix was once again named as the best datacenter provider.
Waters Rankings 2016: Persistence Pays Off
After last year’s Waters Rankings that saw 25 different firms in the winners’ circle, the 2016 Rankings were always likely to be somewhat less spectacular in terms of the broadness of the winners’ mix. Be that as it may, this year will be remembered by…
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 29: LedgerX's Paul Chou and Zach Dexter Talk Bitfinex Hack
Dan is joined by two bitcoin specialists to discuss the latest hack suffered by the cryptocurrency.
Aequitas NEO Implements OneTickCloud
OneMarketData says demand for the product is increasing due to increased complexities in the market.
SimCorp Rolls Out Reconciliation, Fixed-Income Performance Attribution Modules for Dimension
Bi-annual update also includes functionality for private debt and alternative products to reduce complexity for asset managers.
Data Policies to ‘Trump’ Donald and Hillary
Unimpressed with US politics, Max lays out his own manifesto for data democratization—focusing on fees, smart content, latency and regulation—to make trading strategies great again.