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TMX to Use Ullink for Pre-Trade Risk and Connectivity
Canadian exchange consortium TMX Group has selected Ullink, a Paris-based provider of connectivity and trading solutions, to provide a pre-trade risk management and connectivity solution for its equity trading customers.
CCL Nabs Aberdeen Compliance Chief for MD Role
Regulatory consultancy CCL has announced that Alan Leale-Green will join the company as its UK managing director.
CFTC Gives Three-Month SEF Relief to Packaged Swaps
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that packaged transactions with a leg that includes swaps made available to trade (MAT) on swap execution facilities (SEFs) will not be subject to the execution mandates for three months.
LSE Partners CheetahFix for African Connectivity
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) and CheetahFix have announced a collaboration to connect electronic trading entities in South Africa with the British bourse.
Fix Trading Community Announces TCA Standards
The Financial Information Exchange (Fix) Trading Community has debuted its initial guidelines for best practice in equities transaction-cost analysis (TCA).
China Life AM Selects Markit EDM
Markit has announced that China Life Asset Management has selected its Markit EDM platform for data management.
Swiss Private Bank Chooses SmartTrade for FX
Bank Vontobel, a Swiss private bank, will introduce a new client offering in foreign exchange (FX) trading for spot, forward and swaps, based on smartTrade's LiquidityFX hosted solution.
Markit EDM Signs $300bn Asset Manager As First Chinese Client
China Life Asset Management Company, the largest institutional investor in China's capital markets, has become the enterprise data management software vendor's first Chinese client, after it introduced a number of enhancements to meet local requirements
Shuaa Capital Goes Live with SunGard’s Front Arena
Dubai-based investment firm Shuaa Capital went live with SunGard’s Front Arena product to enhance operational efficiency and client service.
Confluence Opens Office in Dublin
Confluence, a provider of automated investment data management solutions, has announced its expansion in the global fund industry by opening an office in Ireland.
BI-SAM Appoints Richard Irons Executive Director Europe
Paris-headquartered vendor BI-SAM has appointed Richard Irons to lead the company’s business development and account-management activities in Europe.
Capco Opens Office in Hong Kong
Financial services consultancy Capco has announced the opening of its Hong Kong office, to extend its expertise across the Asia-Pacific region.
Interactive Data Responds to Asia Demand
The pricing and data services provider rolled out a new version of its Vantage platform responding to Asia-Pacific clients' need for bonds and swaps data from other global regions
SunGard Extends Asset Arena with Data Connect
The new cloud-based solution will provide enhanced order processing and control for hedge fund managers, private equity firms, and fund administrators.
Singapore Moves to Shorten Settlement Cycle
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has jointly announced that the South-East Asian nation's securities market will move to T+2 settlement, in line with other global reforms.
ITRS Readies Market Data Integrity Monitor
UK-based real-time systems and latency monitoring vendor ITRS has added a new analytic framework to its Geneos monitoring platform, which will enable firms to monitor the quality, accuracy and completeness of real-time data feeding their derived data…
Bloomberg Moves to Curb IM Connectivity
Bloomberg is removing the Federated Chat component of its Bloomberg Instant Messaging service, which allows clients to use its Bloomberg Professional terminal to directly message users of third-party communication platforms such as AOL Instant Messenger…
Burton-Taylor: Risk, Regulations Drive Data Spend
Annual spend on financial market risk-related data peaked at $2.52 billion in 2013, equating to roughly 10 percent the $25.77 billion spent each year on market data worldwide, and is growing by 5.74 percent year-on-year as a result of increased…
Interactive Data Deploys Vantage Pricing Platform in Asia
Interactive Data has begun rolling out the latest version of its web-based Vantage fixed income price discovery and evaluated pricing application to clients in the Asia-Pacific region, after adding content during 2013 in response to feedback on client…
Calypso Upgrades Repository Interface For EMIR Reporting
Software and services provider adds new data fields and functionality to its interface to the DTCC's trade repository so it can be used for both EMIR and Dodd-Frank Act trade reporting
Bloomberg Integrates EMIR Reporting into Terminal Service
The data vendor has integrated EMIR reporting functionality into its terminal service, will generate unique trade identifiers and help users report outstanding trades
Nous Bows Crowd-Sourced Investor Sentiment Data
Startup trading application and data provider Nous will next week unveil a feed of crowd-sourced data aimed at banks and hedge funds that delivers a view of investor sentiment based on the trading decisions of investors using the vendor's mobile app…
FXCM Integrates Seer Trading Solution for Algorithmic Testing
US-based foreign exchange (FX) broker Forex Capital Markets (FXCM), has integrated Seer Trading’s technology with its offering, giving clients the ability to test and develop algorithmic trading strategies.
Satherlund Hangs her Hat on Hatstand
Martina Satherlund has joined IT consultancy Hatstand as principal market data consultant, serving as a project manager for client engagements, covering market and reference data projects including cost optimization, exchange and vendor audits, desktop…