Tech
With Focus on CLOs, Volcker 'Covered Fund' Tool Helps Banks Bridge Pre-Trade, Compliance
New demand among banks for standardized treatment under Volcker.
Fenergo Nabs $75 Million Investment from Insight Venture Partners
Vendor plans to use money to open new offices and increase R&D team.
A Lesson From the NYSE Outage: Fragmentation Works
So long as this isn't the beginning of a series of outages at NYSE, the market seems at ease — in part thanks to fragmentation.
Swift Institute Enters Blockchain Scrum with New Grants
Swift arm to grant up to EUR15,000 for new studies.
US Authorities Release Findings on October '14 Treasuries Crash
Advise greater data access, interagency coordination.
SS&C Launches Private Capital Unit, Taps Shepro
New business arm faces family offices, foundations and endowments.
Vendor Management: Taking The Road Less Traveled
NCB Capital technology chief Matthew Taylor argues for value in coordination.
Misys Bolsters ‘InFusion Programme' with DEVnet Addition
DEVnet focuses on risk management & trading platforms.
Waters Weekly Wrap: July 6-10, 2015
Each Friday, Waters editors and journalists pull together a quick-hit series of the best analysis pieces, features, and video interviews from across the five brands-just in case you missed them.
Boat Expands Trade Reporting Offering with Russian Instruments
OTC post-trade reporting service expands to include Moscow Exchange listed stocks.
A Cool Dip In The Collateral Pool
Tim presents a summer take on the work going on in Europe around autocollateralization.
Crypto Facilities Adds Settling and Clearing Standards to Bitcoin Trading with Elliptic Partnership
The Bitcoin exchange will now have a settlement and clearing mechanism separate from the exchange.
SS&C Seals Advent Acquisition
Mega-merger completed after regulatory delay.
Updated: NYSE Resumes Trading Following Glitch; Cyber Attack Ruled Out
Trading was suspended for several hours due to an internal glitch.
Toyo Securities Taps Fidessa for Wholesale Agency Trading Platform
Tokyo-based securities manager to develop algorithmic trading, direct market access offering.
Kiltearn Partners Goes Live with Indata’s iPM Epic Platform
Edinburgh-based asset manager upgrades platform to incorporate big data capabilities.
AlphaDesk Establishes APAC Footprint in Singapore
New office headed by Ben Archin.
S&P Capital IQ Adds Intraday Muni Pricing to its Suite of Services
The rollout will help clients manage new calculation requirements.
ITG Releases Version 2.0 of Best Market Server
Smart order router has improved latency thanks to enhancements made to infrastructure.
S&P Capital IQ Rolls Out Muni Bond Pricing Service
The rollout will help clients manage new calculation requirements.
Target2-Securities: So Far, So Good as First Systems Go Live
After nine years of preparation Target2-Securities, the pan-European securities settlement platform, went live on time with a minimum of disruption.
Young Technologists Tend to Lack Communication Skills, User Experience Understanding
Experts discuss some flaws they seen in the crop of new technologists.
How Much is Your Client Really Costing?
Phil Sturmer looks at ways capital markets firms can cut operating costs by off-boarding non-active clients.
Collateral Optimization Comes of Age
Many firms have launched initiatives to create an industry-wide collateral-processing framework to help improve the transparency and mobility of collateral assets.