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Trading Technologies Expands X_Trader Functionality
Trading Technologies has announced that, in addition to adjusting its price bands, its X_Trader Product will be updated with new functionality previously only available in the enhanced edition of the software.
Nasdaq to Begin Displaying Customer Latency
Nasdaq OMX has partnered with Corvil, the Dublin-based latency monitoring specialist, to provide performance measurement details and diagnostic tools in the form of on-demand historical packet capture files.
Eqecat Signs Fermat Capital Management
The catastrophe modeling software vendor will provide Fermat, a $4.3 billion asset manager and specialist in insurance-linked securities (ILS), its RQE version 13 platform.
S&P's Sta. Maria Takes EMEA Role; Ordonez To Head APAC Sales
Rocco Sta. Maria of data and pricing vendor S&P Capital IQ is to move to London to head sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, while Jose Ordonez will replace him as managing director of sales and client services for Asia-Pacific
BNP Paribas, Clearstream Go Live with Collateral Management
BNP Paribas Securities Services and Clearstream have announced that their collateral management service for mutual clients has gone live.
Thomson Reuters Offers New Index
The "TRust Index" will provide quarterly benchmarks for 50 top financial firms, starting with the first quarter of 2013
SBI Taps smartTrade for FX Order Routing and Liquidity Aggregation
SBI Liquidity Market, a Japanese foreign exchange (FX) infrastructure solution and liquidity provider, has selected smartTrade Technologies' LiquidityFX trading system to provide aggregation service and smart order routing.
Nordea Implements SimCorp's Broker Strategy Function
Nordea's Investment Management arm, which executes with an array of ten brokers, has streamlined its trading operations with the new tool, part of SimCorp's Dimension order management solution.
LEI Working Group to Improve Pre-LOU Communication; Plans for LEI Board Unveiled
A new working group is being set up to improve co-ordination between pre-Local Operating Units following concerns about duplication, and regulators have unveiled their plans for the board of directors of the legal entity identifier foundation in…
SS&C Launches Investment Intelligence
SS&C Technologies has announced the launch of Investment Intelligence, its business information tool that operates across cloud, mobile and other platforms.
Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Joins BT Radianz Cloud
The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) has become a member of the BT Radianz Cloud network, according to an announcement from the British telecoms company.