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ConvergeEx Upgrades Pre-Trade Risk Controls for ConnEx
Agency broker ConvergEx Group has upgraded the pre-trade risk management system of its outsourced hosted connectivity infrastructure business, ConnEx.
Tradeweb Plants its Flag With First Pre-Trade OTC Credit Check
Late last week, Tradeweb Markets supported the first electronic indicative pre-trade credit check between a buy-side client and a futures commission merchant (FCM) for an over-the-counter derivatives transaction. Using the electronic credit checking…
Deutsche Bank Launches Autobahn Mobile
Deutsche Bank has announced the debut of its Autobahn Mobile initiative, an app-based portal to the bank's sales, trading and research material as well as events calendars and foreign exchange (FX) market data.
EDM Council Readies FIBO Specs, Works With Bank of England and Microsoft
The EDM Council and the Object Management Group are preparing to issue specifications for their ontology, which is being aligned with Bank of England templates. The EDM Council has also piloted its data maturity model with Microsoft
CFTC Sets Out Conditions For Mutual Acceptance of Pre-LEIs
The US regulator has set out the conditions under which it will accept WM Datenservice's general entity identifier and other pre-legal entity identifiers as part of its swaps trade reporting requirements
Cumberpatch Rejoins Asset Control to Drive EMEA Growth
After a year at Icap, Ian Cumberpatch has rejoined Asset Control as associate director of business development, Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Bank of Korea Turns to Calypso for Portfolio Management
Bank of Korea, responsible for managing the world’s seventh largest foreign reserve of $329 billion, has gone live with Calypso Technology’s portfolio management solution.
Tibco Acquires StreamBase Systems
Infrastructure provider Tibco has announced its acquisition of complex events processing (CEP) vendor StreamBase.
Kepler Capital Markets Selects smartTrade’s LMS for Hybrid Inflation Platform
Paris-based interdealer broker Kepler Capital Markets has chosen smartTrade Technologies’ Liquidity Management System (LMS) to develop its hybrid auction platform for inflation products.
Estimize Adds Private Company Estimates
Revenue estimates for pre-IPO companies will provide additional guidance for investors.
Thomson Reuters Acquires French OTC Pricing Provider
Thomson Reuters says its acquisition of Pricing Partners, a French vendor of OTC derivatives pricing analytics software and services, will help satisfy a growing demand for full-service vendors
Natixis Joins CLS as Settlement Member
CLS Group has announced that Natixis has upgraded its membership of the service from a third-party participant to a full settlement member.
Kx Unveils Higher-Performance Kdb+ Tick DB
Improvements to underlying tick database technology allows users to run analyses on more data, faster.
Nice Systems Releases New Trading Floor Communications Oversight Tool
The Israeli software provider says its Proactive Compliance Solution will help firms monitor and investigate trade interactions, capacity requirements for which have increased under the Dodd-Frank Act and other new regulations globally.
US Trade Bodies Request Cross-Border Swaps Relief
A consortium of US industry representative groups has written to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), requesting a six-month extension to relief from cross-border implementations of swaps trading rules.