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Aberdeen Australia Increases Fund Order Automation To 50% With Calastone
Australian arm of the asset management firm adopted Calastone's order routing service because it can accept messages of any size and format, and because the vendor has shown commitment to the local market
ITG Canada Colocates With TMX
ITG Canada and its crossing network, Match Now, have completed their technology migration into the TMX Datalink colocation facility.
CFN Launches WAN Advisory
The firm's Net Transform wide-area network offerings will help firms optimize large legacy networks connectivity.
Apogee Leadership Team Joins Gravitas
The management team of Chicago-based consultancy Apogee Strategies has joined Gravitas, an India-based technology provider to the alternative investment industry, following a joint venture launched in 2011.
Nasdaq OMX to Acquire eSpeed Platform from BGC
Nasdaq OMX has announced that it will purchase BGC Partners' US treasuries-trading platform, eSpeed,for $750 million and contingent stock issuance.
Finnish Banks Hand Compliance Burden to SunGard
A trio of private banks from Finland have signed SunGard for support with risk management and performance.
BNY Mellon Taps Sakati for Securities Financing Program
BNY Mellon has named Dean Sakati as head of strategy and business development for its securities finance division, which resides in the company's Global Collateral Services (GCS) business. GCS currently services $2 trillion in global collateral.
Bloomberg Ups Nasdaq Tape C Admin Fee
Bloomberg is increasing its monthly administration fee for the Tape C feed of Nasdaq Level 1 data from $2 to $3 -- a seemingly insignificant increase, though end-users say it increases the vendor’s administration revenues while firms are still struggling…
Wizards of Oz: Why ‘Down Under’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Down-and-Out’
Australia is about as far as you can get from the financial centers of New York, Chicago and London. But that isn’t stopping Antipodean entrepreneurs from setting their sights further afield.
Nasdaq OMX and CME to Trade Market Data By Microwave
Colocation customers of Nasdaq OMX and the CME Group will be able to receive market data from the other exchange in record time, thanks to a microwave connection set up between their respective data centers in Carteret, New Jersey, and Aurora, Illinois.
ISITC Groups Drafting MBS, Portfolio Value Guidelines
ISITC working groups plan to collaborate with Sifma to meet a June deadline on mortgage-backed securities margin requirements, and to revisit total portfolio value standards. ISITC as a whole will continue work begun last year on the legal entity…
NRI's OMS Gets an Upgrade
Nomura Research Institute (NRI) has enhanced its order management system (OMS), SmartBridge Advance (SBA), to integrate mutual fund and investment advisory operations’ execution processes.
Equinix Plans Third Singapore Data Center
Equinix has announced that it will partner with Mapletree Industrial Trust to build its third International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Singapore.
Omgeo Adds Three to Board
Edward Hazel, Richard Taggart, and Susan Cosgrove replace John Devine, Peter Johnston, and Donald Donahue, who are stepping down from the post-trade services provider's leadership.
ADR Services Now Available on RealTick
ConvergEx Group has made its ADR Direct and Reverse ADR products available through its execution management system, RealTick.
Multi-Bank Group Aims for Client Enablement Standardization
A group of major sell-side institutions have launched a working group, the Trading Enablement Standardization Initiative (TESI), in order to facilitate client and trader enablement on electronic trading platforms.