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SunGard Adds Reporting Services to its Astec Analytics Suite
SunGard has introduced reporting services to its Astec Analytics portfolio of solutions. The release will help customers generate customized reports on their borrowing and lending securities businesses.
SCBS takes dbIntegrate from Deutsche Bank
Thailand-based SCB Securities (SCBS) will use Deutsche Bank's dbIntegrate for equity execution, settlement and custody, the bank has announced.
Six, Clearstream Select Swift VAN for T2S
Six Securities Services and Clearstream will use Swift's value-added network (VAN), in order to connect to the Target2-Securities (T2S) platform, the communications provider has announced.
Omgeo, DTCC Partner to Create Settlement Instructions Utility
The post-trade services providers have created a product governance committee of market participants to help make the Omgeo Alert database of standing settlement instructions into a global utility
Alexandria Builds Relevancy Indicators into Sentiment Scores
Los Angeles, Calif.-based sentiment analysis provider Alexandria Investment Research and Technology is adding relevancy indicators to its sentiment scores to provide quantitative investors with greater context around its analysis, in response to client…
Northern Trust Adds New Risk Reporting Capabilities
Northern Trust has expanded its investment risk reporting capabilities to include ex-ante, or forward looking, functionality.
OPRA Data Issue Halts Options Exchanges
Unidentified system issues at the Options Price Reporting Authority, which creates the OPRA consolidated feed of US options quote and trade data, forced options exchanges to halt trading this afternoon.
Thomson Reuters Adds Country of Risk to DataScope
The data services provider is using an algorithm that considers factors including the domicile of a company and produces data about the top ten countries to which the company is exposed
Arista to Improve Performance of S&P Cap IQ DMA Service
Arista Networks, the Santa Clara, California, cloud networking provider, will provide S&P Capital IQ Real-Time Solutions’ clients with advanced data transfer speeds and improved performance via the firm’s QuantLINK offering.
UBS and NRI Make Offering to Japanese BDs
UBS has paired with Tokyo-based systems provider Nomura Research Institute (NRI) to offer middle- and back-office solutions for Japanese broker-dealers seeking to expand across the Asia-Pacific region.
FIX Trading Community Updates Bond and Swaps Platform Guidelines
The industry-driven standards body has incorporated best practices for cross-asset trading, legal entity identifiers, central counterparty clearing, and electronic booking of voice trades into its new guidelines, ahead of full implementation of US swaps…
MarketAxess Gains Temporary SEF Status
Electronic trading platform operator MarketAxess has received temporary approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to operate as a Swap Execution Facility (SEF).
Misys Unveils Global Back Office System
London-based financial software vendor Misys has launched its new Global Back Office system today at the Sibos 2013 event in Dubai.
S&P CapIQ Taps Arista to Speed Data
S&P Capital IQ Real-Time Solutions (formerly French low-latency data vendor QuantHouse, which S&P acquired last year) is leveraging switch technology vendor Arista Networks' EOS (Extensible Operating System) to improve the performance of its QuantLink…
Calypso Opens Dubai Office
Technology vendor Calypso has announced that it will open a new presence in Dubai, responding to enhanced client growth in the Emirati city-state.
Markit, Genpact Partner on KYC Service
The data and process service providers are developing a customer data service they say will improve the efficiency and quality of client data processing, and plan to launch the offering in the second quarter of 2014
Omgeo Completes Oasys-to-CTM Client Migration Amid Growth
Global vendor Omgeo has announced that it has completed the migration of clients from its legacy Oasys platform to Omgeo Central Trade Manager (CTM), as it also touted the addition of 220 investment and broker-dealer clients in 2013 to date.
Pico, SpryWare Ally on Latency Offerings
Chicago-based ticker plant and feed handler provider SpryWare has struck a deal with New York-based agency broker and infrastructure provider Pico Trading to offer Pico’s clients access to the vendor’s feed handlers, and in return gain access to Pico’s…
OliveTree Taps Markit for SecLending Data
London-based analytics provider OliveTree Financial Group has integrated securities lending data from data provider Markit into its OTAS (OliveTree Trading Analysis System) analytics platform, which captures data on different asset classes and factors to…
Morningstar Expands Commodities Pricing, News; Adds Commentary, Context to Quant Ratings
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar has added new content to the products of its Morningstar Commodity Data business—the former Logical Information Machines, prior to its 2009 purchase by Morningstar—which aggregates market…
NYSE Tech and Koscom to Cross-Connect Trading
NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology division of NYSE Euronext, have signed a Global Trading Hub Connectivity Agreement with Koscom, the technology firm created by the Korean Ministry of Finance and Korea Exchange, as a follow-up to their 2012…
SEC Calls for Kill Switches Post-Nasdaq Outage
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Mary Jo White met with top industry executives today following the technology glitch on August 22 that saw the trading of Nasdaq-listed securities halted for three hours.
Tradeweb Takes Control of BondDesk
Tradeweb Markets has agreed to acquire bond trading platform provider BondDesk to extend its business interests into the fixed-income industry.
Interactive Data Names Daffron New CEO
Interactive Data has appointed Stephen C. Daffron president and chief executive effective Sept. 20, replacing Mason Slaine, who has held the position for three years.