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egID Readies Datacenter for Egyptian Exchange Move
Egyptian information provider and software developer Egypt for Information Dissemination (egID), a joint venture between the Egyptian Exchange and Nasdaq OMX, is expanding its datacenter in New Cairo to accommodate the Egyptian Exchange (EGX), which…
Schwartz Jumps From Markit to Alpha Omega Sales
Stuart Schwartz has been named managing director and head of sales at San Francisco-based post-trade technology provider Alpha Omega Financial Systems.
Deutsche Börse Launches Eurex Full Order Book Feed
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services, the IT arm of Deutsche Börse, has launched a new information product dubbed Eurex Order by Order that provides the entire order book of benchmark futures from its Eurex derivatives exchange.
Finnish Pension Fund Elo Mutual Live on SimCorp
Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company, the product of a recent merger between Pension Fennia and Local Tapiola Pension Company managing about $24.8 billion, is now using SimCorp Dimension for integrated front-to-back data management and automated…
Swift Acquires Sanctions Specialist Omnicision
Messaging provider Swift has announced its acquisition of UK-based Omnicision, further bolstering its recently formed compliance services division.
Consolidated Audit Trail Given New Momentum
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has introduced a new set of deadlines and steps toward implementation of a consolidated audit trail (CAT)¬-which is designed to capture trades, quotes, cancellations and other information across US-listed…
Dow Jones Rolls Out Customer-Driven Factivia Upgrade
Newswire Dow Jones has made a number of changes to streamline the search functionality and newsletter capabilities of its Factiva business information and research tool, based on customer feedback over the past year.
Consolidated Audit Trail Gets New Push
Bidding to become the processor of consolidated audit trail has just closed, leading into a process of choices and approvals by the SEC and self-regulatory organizations likely to last into 2015 and beyond
Deltix, Citi Team on Development & Back-Testing Solution for Algo Trading
Software provider Deltix is partnering with Citi to deliver an integrated algorithmic trading solution for research and execution of automated foreign exchange (FX) strategies.
Thomson Reuters Changes FX Trading Rules
Thomson Reuters has announced it will tighten the rules around its Spot Matching platform, which is an anonymous electronic trade matching system, to try and discourage manipulations and market abuses in foreign exchange (FX).
FSN Capital Partners Selects iLevel for Portfolio Reporting
Nordic-based private equity firm FSN Capital Partners (FSN) has implemented iLevel's cloud-based Private Capital Data Platform to automate data collection and reporting.
CFTC Opens Discussions on Standard Structure for Global UTI
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has begun speaking to other regulators about the possibility of creating a standard structure for a global unique transaction identifier
Sapient and Kurtosys Team on Fund Marketing for Asset Managers
Sapient Global Markets has launched Client Connect, an asset manager solution for fund marketing and client service automation.
Standard Chartered Hires Nelson in Hong Kong
Barnaby Nelson, previously an executive at BNP Paribas who worked on messaging standards issues, has joined Standard Chartered in a managing director role
O'Malia Outlines How CFTC Can Tackle its Data Difficulties
Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Scott O'Malia says regulator must improve swaps data quality, and develop automated surveillance and risk analytics tools
Estimize Unveils Crowd-Sourced M&A Prediction Platform, Raises $1.2M Expansion Funding
New York-based startup crowd-sourced estimates provider Estimize will roll out a new platform today, Wednesday, March 26, dubbed Mergerize, which aggregates crowd-sourced predictions of potential mergers and acquisition activity so traders, M&A bankers…
GH Financials Takes Interxion's London Co-Lo
Futures commission merchant GH Financials will co-locate in datacenter provider Interxion's City of London Campus.
CenturyLink Plans 180,000 Square Foot Expansion
Network and datacenter hosting provider CenturyLink Technology Solutions, the subsidiary of internet and telecoms service provider CenturyLink formerly known as Savvis, has announced plans to add 180,000 square feet of datacenter space in response to…
ISITC Honors Shay for Standards Work
Jamie Shay, a former head of standards at Swift, and 40-year veteran of the industry, received the organization's Standard of Excellence Award
Swann Glides into Xtrakter Data Role
European fixed-income trade matching and regulatory reporting service provider Xtrakter has appointed Kevin Swann as head of data, responsible for the development and commercial direction of the company's data products.
TrueEx Introduces Bunched Swap Orders
The designated contract maker (DCM) says it can now process bunched-order swap allocations in concert with Credit Suisse's futures commission merchant (FCM) arm and LCH.Clearnet's SwapClear service.
ALTX Partners Gmex for Ugandan Exchange Launch
ALT XChange (ALTX) has announced that it will proceed with plans to launch a securities and derivatives venue following approval from Ugandan authorities, partnering the Global Markets Exchange (Gmex) Group for technology and business consulting.
Rimes Adds Nasdaq Global Index Family to Data Service
Benchmark and economic data provider Rimes Technologies is now publishing Nasdaq OMX's global index family on its Benchmark Data Service, to provide joint asset manager and custodian clients with access to Nasdaq's alternative benchmarks for tracking…
Nomura AM Expands Charles River Implementation
The asset management arm of the Japanese banking giant, with 33 trillion yen ($323.5 billion) under management, has successfully migrated its equity business onto Charles River's IMS, with domestic and international fixed income, foreign exchange, and…