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Industry Firms Consult on CAT NMS Plan Response
As self-regulatory organizations evaluate bids to become the Consolidated Audit Trail processor, the Development Advisory Group of industry firms and organizations will offer input on related time stamping and manual order issues
Schroders Rolls Out Vermilion Reporting Suite
London-based asset manager Schroders, with $446.8 billion under management, has implemented the Vermilion Reporting Suite to help comply with its reporting requirements.
BlueMatrix Preps Research Datacenter, Tech Revamp
Research generation and distribution platform provider BlueMatrix is migrating to a new datacenter in the New York metro area in a bid to increase performance, reliability, capacity and service quality, officials say.
SunGard Adds Real-Time, Cross-Asset Risk Capability to Front Arena
Front Arena Cross-Asset Risk is intended to help brokers and futures commission merchants reduce costs and improve efficiency by replacing the multiple risk systems many of them rely on today
Options Boosts US Co-Lo Coverage with NYSE Mahwah
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options (formerly Options IT) has completed the expansion of its Velocity hosting platform into NYSE Euronext's datacenter in Mahwah, NJ, in a move to provide clients with co-location services for all US equity and…
BNY Mellon Launches Online Portal to Monitor Outsourced Operations
Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) has launched MyOnCore, an online portal solution that helps investment managers in controlling and monitoring their governance parameters around their outsourced arrangements.
BBH to Support Lord Abbett's Ucits Platform
Brown Brothers Harriman will now provide full service support, including passive currency administration, for Lord Abbett's newly-launched, Irish-based Ucits platform.
Swift Adds Two to Compliance Services Arm
SWIFT has appointed Christopher Johnson and Fedra Ware as Practice Leads, Compliance Services, in the Americas.
Curo Taps Milestone for Old Mutual Multi-Managers' Enhanced Administration
Curo Fund Services, a South African administrator based just west of Cape Town in Bellville, has implemented Milestone's pControl to manage Old Mutual Multi-Managers and others clients' pricing and processing of complex investment structures.
SR Labs Buys Wombat Platform from NYSE Tech
New York-based low-latency feed handler and market data platform vendor SR Labs has acquired the Wombat Financial Software platform and associated technologies for an undisclosed sum from NYSE Technologies, the data and technology arm of the New York…
TPI Unveils Aggregated SDR Feed
Tullett Prebon Information, the data arm of interdealer broker Tullett Prebon, has rolled out an aggregated feed of interest rate swap data from swap data repositories, in a move to increase pre- and post-trade transparency in accordance with the Dodd…
Swift CIO Set to Retire
Mike Fish, CIO at industry messaging provider Swift, will retire after eight years in the role.
London Stock Exchange Signs Partnership with Casablanca Bourse
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) has signed a partnership agreement with the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
Tabb Appoints Perrotta as Head of Fixed-Income Research
New York-based research and consultancy firm Tabb Group has appointed industry veteran Anthony Perrotta as its new head of fixed-income research. Perrotta will report to Larry Tabb, the firm’s founder and CEO.
Scotiabank Hires Childerhose For Data Governance Role
Paul Childerhose, most recently a senior reference data executive at RBC Capital Markets, joined Scotiabank on June 9
BNP Paribas Survey: Strategic Outsourcing the New Norm
As banks and brokers are more and more willing to outsource their middle and back-office functionality to focus on core activities, a recent survey by YouGov and sponsored by BNP Paribas Securities Services has found that one in five respondents are…
OneChicago Introduces Weekly Futures
The equity finance exchange today announced it will offer a new suite of products called OCX.Weekly beginning on Friday, June 20. The exchange will continue to list weekly futures each subsequent Friday.
IEX Hires Ramsay for Regulatory Role
Venue operator IEX has announced that John Ramsay will take on the post of chief market policy and regulatory officer at the firm.
Norexeco Exchange Taps Deutsche Börse Platform
Norwegian renewables exchange Norexeco ASA has signed a deal to roll out Deutsche Börse's M7 trading platform for its new forestry and paper industry derivative exchange, which officials say will facilitate "fully transparent" price information and fair…
CQG Adds DJ Calendar Live
Data, analytics and trading platform provider CQG last month incorporated Dow Jones Calendar Live to its Integrated Client flagship data and trading platform, to support real-time trading decisions and longer-term strategy planning based on events and…
The Roberts Group Appoints Matthews CEO; Leitner to Head Advisory Board
Market data inventory and cost management software vendor The Roberts Group has hired former Omgeo chief operating officer Steve Matthews as chief executive, responsible for expanding the company's client base and furthering its product development…
Linedata Adds FATCA and AML Functionality to Mshare
Linedata has announced its transfer agency software, Mshare, is now able to address regulatory compliance requirements with additional FATCA withholding tax capabilities and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) updates to its service.
Interactive Data Adds Nasdaq Indexes to BondEdge
Interactive Data's BondEdge Solutions cross-asset portfolio management and risk analytics division has added Nasdaq OMX's Global Index Family to its BondEdge portfolio management platform to enable institutional investors and wealth and asset managers to…