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Fund Managers Say Good Tech Boosts Credibility
Portfolio managers say sound technology enhances an alternative buy-side firm’s credibility, according to new research from SunGard and Aite Group.
Tradition Taps Corvil for Monitoring
Interdealer broker Tradition has rolled out Dublin-based latency and performance monitoring technology provider Corvil's CorvilNet monitoring platform to provide real-time visibility into data and execution latency and operational performance statistics…
Pricing Vet Kelsey Moves to Mortgage CRM Vendor
Former Reuters exec Michele Kelsey has joined Vantage Integrated Production, a provider of CRM, workflow and data management tools for mortgage lenders, as regional vice president of sales for the Midwest US, based in New York.
Rimes Appoints New French Head
Renaud Larzilliere has been appointed director general for the French operations of the managed data services vendor, after four years at the company
TriOptima Turns on DTCC Data Link
TriOptima─a provider of post-trade infrastructure, processing and risk management solutions for over-the-counter derivatives, owned by interdealer broker Icap─has gone live with a link to capture market data on OTC derivatives trades reported to the…
Quants Get New Analytics with RTS Update
RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS), a Frankfurt-based trading solutions provider, has launched version 2.0 of RTD Tango Quant, which designs and executes automated trading strategies for quant traders.
Markit Targets APAC Growth as Top Execs Move to Singapore
Kevin Gould and Brad Hunt have been sent to Singapore to help the data vendor capitalize on opportunities that are being created across the Asia-Pacific region as a result of regulatory change
Vermilion Sets Up Singapore Shop
Already on the ground, the London-based reporting software provider to the buy side intends to grow its staff in Singapore to 10 in the coming year as it targets growth there, in Australia, and Hong Kong.
Succession Selected by BCS for Market Access Risk Management
BCS Prime Brokerage has announced that TripleCheck, Succession Systems' ultra-low-latency risk engine for direct market access (DMA), will be implemented at the firm for clients accessing Russian markets.
Linedata Reels in Strong for Business Development Role
Paris-headquartered vendor Linedata has announced that Robin Strong has joined the company as its director of business development and client strategy.
CFTC Gives Green Light for Tradeweb's SEFs
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has granted temporary approval to Tradeweb Markets' application for swap execution facility (SEF) status.
Burton-Taylor: Mixed EMEA Data Spend Growth as Bloomberg Closes Gap on Thomson Reuters
Total spend on market data in EMEA reached $9.84 billion (€7.48 billion) in 2012, approximately 38.6 percent of global spend, with the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Scandinavia accounting for two-thirds of demand, according to a new report on EMEA…
Tullett Prebon Information Issues China Bond Pricing Service
Tullett Prebon Information (TPI), the data arm of interdealer broker Tullett Prebon, will this week launch a new Chinese bond pricing service to provide global and domestic traders with prices for instruments traded on Shanghai’s over-the-counter bond…
Markit’s Gould and Hunt Relocate to Asia-Pac
Markit president and co-founder Kevin Gould has relocated to Singapore to spearhead Markit's expansion in the Asia-Pacific region, the vendor announced today.
NYSE Euronext Hikes EU Cash Feed Prices, Introduces New Delayed Data Fee
NYSE Euronext is increasing the price of its European cash market data feeds and indexes, and also plans to introduce new license fees for redistribution of delayed versions of the products, to bring its policy into line with industry standards, Inside…
Behavioral Indicator Vendor Titan TA Closes
Titan Trading Analytics, the Edmonton, Canada and Atlanta, GA-based provider of trading signals based on behavioral analytics, has shut down as a result of “financial difficulties” and an inability to meet its financial obligations, Inside Market Data…
Markit Adds FT News to Hub
Markit has added news and analysis from UK daily finance publication the Financial Times to its Markit Hub market data platform, which aggregates research, strategy and news content from leading global banks, independent data providers and news agencies.
Société Générale Gets Cheuvreux Back Office
Société Générale Securites Services has migrated reference data details for thousands of accounts from Kepler Cheuvreux, the equity brokerage firm which was created when Kepler Capital Markets acquired Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux
Citi Clients to Get DMA and Algos Trading in Moscow
Citi plans to begin offering clients algorithmic trading and direct market access (DMA) to securities traded on the Moscow Exchange this month.
Rimes Partners with EDI for Fixed Income Data
Customers of the managed data services vendor can now access Exchange Data International's Worldwide Fixed Income Service, which includes terms and conditions data and corporate actions data from 170 countries and supranational organizations
Barchart Unveils New Data-Trading Terminal
Chicago-based data and analytics vendor Barchart has released Barchart Trader, a new data workstation built from scratch to deliver a new and modern interface that can broaden the vendor's potential audience and make it easier for traders to access…
Singapore Displaces Japan as FX Market Tops $5tn Daily
The foreign exchange (FX) market's daily turnover has reached an estimated $5.3 trillion, according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), with over half of the volume accounted for by electronic trading.
InfoReach Integrates "R" Language and Bloomberg Data
Electronic trading technology provider InfoReach has announced it has integrated the R programming language and Bloomberg data with its trading platforms.
Princeton Financial Updates Investment Management Solution
Princeton Financial Systems, part of State Street Global Exchange, has enhanced its investment management software solution MIG21 ahead of UCITS regulatory changes.