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CME to Acquire Trayport and Fenics from GFI Group
The CME Group has agreed to acquire Trayport, a trading software provider for the European energy market, and Fenics, a suite of pricing, risk management, analytics and straight-through processing software, in a two-step transaction with inter-dealer…
GE Capital Names Casper as New CDO
Rob Casper, previously a managing director at Morgan Stanley, has been hired by GE Capital as its chief data officer
CME to Buy GFI's Fenics and Trayport Pricing, Trading Tech Businesses
CME Group has announced plans to acquire interdealer broker GFI Group's Fenics suite of pricing, risk management, analytics and straight-through processing software and its Trayport commodities and energy trading technology.
GE Capital Names New CDO
Rob Casper, previously a managing director at Morgan Stanley, has been hired by GE Capital as its chief data officer
SunGard Survey: Firms Still Face Tech Challenges to Extract Value from Data
Financial organizations are struggling to fully utilize analytical tools and data management technologies to extract value or "business intelligence" from raw data because of a lack of adoption of new techniques, a multitude of inconsistent data formats,…
Red Box Lands Tradition Deal
Red Box Recorders has announced a global contract with with inter-dealer broker Tradition, under which the firm will record over 8,000 channels of communication for the firm in the UK and Americas.
Confisio, Dion and Traiana Debut Collateral Valuation Service
Ahead of impending regulatory mandates, Confisio Managed Services, Dion Global Solutions, and Traiana have announced the launch of a collateral valuation reporting service.
First State Super Selects BarraOne for Risk Management
MSCI has announced that Australian superannuation fund First State Super has selected its BarraOne risk management platform.
Colt Hires Net Vet Hutchinson as US Capital Markets Director
UK-based telecom provider Colt has hired Julie Hutchinson as US director of capital markets, responsible for developing its US capital markets business by helping US content providers, trading firms and platform providers to expand their presence to…
TMX Group Clearers Recognized as Qualifying CCPs
The Bank of Canada has announced that clearing houses operated by the Canadian exchange consortium TMX Group are now recognized as qualifying central counterparty clearing houses (QCCPs) in accordance with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision…
Nasdaq Ships Surveillance Tech for trueEx
Nasdaq OMX's Smarts surveillance platform will oversee both the swap execution facility (Sef) and designated contract market (DCM) operated by trueEX, the exchange group has announced.
CFTC Extends DTCC-Swift's LEI Designation
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has extended the designation of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation-Swift (DTCC-Swift) as the provider of Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs).
Tabb: Firms Spend $25 Billion on Content, $3.1 Billion on Data Tech in 2013
Research firm Tabb Group’s Data and Analytics (DnA) group has released a new report, "Market Data Technology Innovation: Bigger Data, Simpler Solutions, Better Functionality," which estimates global spend on market data at about $25 billion in 2013,…
Calypso Appoints Natraj as Global Head of Sales
Calypso Technology has appointed Nat Natraj as its senior vice president for sales and marketing. He will report to Calypso president and CEO Kishore Bopardikar.
NY Fed Hires Goldman's Avery as CDO
Linda Avery, a Goldman Sachs data operations technology executive for about 20 years, begins as chief data officer for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on July 28
Société Générale PB Taps Wolters Kluwer for Basel III Compliance
Société Générale Private Banking has selected the risk management and regulatory reporting solutions from Wolters Kluwer Financial Services to comply with Basel III requirements in Belgium.
Neonet Enhances Functionalities with Visual Trader Platform
Agency broker Neonet has announced the enhancement of its trading interface with Visual Trader, the Spanish trading platform owned by Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME).
Atreaus Capital Takes Hedge360 for Integrated Risk Management
The boutique global macro fund will now use SunGard's managed Hedge360 Risk Reporting Service to develop customized daily reporting across its range of trading asset classes.
Exegy Touts Enterprise Migration Package to Dig Out Wombats
St. Louis, Mo.-based hardware ticker plant vendor Exegy is positioning its new Enterprise Migration Package as a replacement for the Wombat Financial Software platform following the sale of Wombat to New York-based low-latency feed handler and market…
Updata Powers Energy Feed with NGX Data
UK-based technical analysis software provider Updata has added futures and index data from Canada’s Alberta-based Natural Gas Exchange (NGX) to its Professional analytics workstation to provide natural gas and commodities traders with prices for illiquid…
NuPont Integrates Aussie Tech Firm for Asia-Pac IT Support Services
Market data and technology product and marketing consultancy NuPont is planning to begin offering technical support and development services via an operation in Australia to provide support for consulting clients seeking to expand into new markets.
Nasdaq Targets Q3 for ITCH eSpeed Feed
Nasdaq OMX is set to release a new market data feed for its eSpeed fixed income platform on Sept. 30, based on its ITCH data protocol, to provide algorithmic and high-frequency trading firms with a higher-performance alternative for distributing data on…
Canadian Market Participants Skeptical of Proposed Exchange Data Fee Regulation
Proposed regulations in Canada to curb the fees that Canadian trading venues can charge for their real-time market data have received mixed reactions from market participants, who are unconvinced that the new proposals will significantly reduce the cost…
Eze Adds AIFMD Functionality to Reporting Product
Eze Software is helping funds manage reporting requirements of the EU directive, which include submitting information about regional, counterparty and asset class exposures