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Rapid Addition Partners with Azul Systems to Enhance its Java Virtual Machine
Trading technology provider Rapid Addition has announced its partnership with Azul Systems to offer low latency, jitter-free Java trading engines.
BAML Exec: "Granular Data Creates Aggregation Challenges"
A Bank of America Merrill Lynch director told delegates at this week's North American Financial Information Summit that firms face challenges aggregating the more granular data now required for risk management
HSBC CDO: "Reporting Regs Emphasize Need To Manage Data Throughout Lifecycle"
HSBC's Peter Serenita told delegates at the North American Financial Information Summit that firms need processes for managing data throughout the trade lifecycle in order to comply with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's new reporting…
EDM Driven By More Than Savings, Says Fund Exec
Risk management and business needs are becoming greater reasons for using enterprise data management, said Michael Korby, senior vice president of front-office development at Highbridge Capital Management, speaking at the North American Financial…
Société Générale Bank & Trust Migrates to Private Cloud
Société Générale Bank & Trust (SGBT), the Luxembourg-based private banking arm of Société Générale, has completed a two-year project to migrate its core banking system to a cloud-based architecture.
ConvergEx Upgrades MillenniumSM ATS
New York-based agency broker, ConvergEx Group, has upgraded its MillenniumSM Alternative Trading System (ATS), reducing its trading latency by 75 percent.
UBS Exec Outlines Fatca Strategy
The bank's global head of client data policy and quality assurance told delegates at this week's North American Financial Information Summit that clearly defined data definitions and roles and responsibilities for data users are at the heart of its…
Bloomberg Releases IB Dealing for FX Traders
The chat-based platform, called Instant Bloomberg (IB) Dealing, is now being used for trade negotiation and execution by more than 100 banks globally.
Westpac Taps Broadway Technology for Global FX
The Sydney-based bank's institutional arm says it will deploy Broadway's high-performance TOC software platform to back increased trading activities in Australian (AUD) and New Zealand (NZD) dollars, key Asian currencies, and the mainstay G3: US dollars,…
Calypso Opens Beijing Office
Treasury and capital markets software vendor Calypso Technology has announced the opening of a new presence in Beijing.
IRD Awards Results
The results of the Inside Reference Data Awards for 2013 were announced at a dinner in New York on May 21
SunGard Extends FoxRiver Algo Suite to Japanese Equities
SunGard Financial Systems has extended the international reach of its Fox River algorithm suite to support trading in the Japanese equities market.