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BI-SAM Bolsters Americas Presence with Two Appointments
BI-SAM, the Paris-based performance, attribution, and risk management specialist, has appointed Sean Murray, head of account management and sales engineering for the Americas.
smartTrade Enhances Mobility with HTML5 Upgrade
Foreign exchange (FX) and gold trading vendor smartTrade has upgraded its LiquidityFX and Liquidity Management System products with an HTML5-based front end, allowing for enhanced mobile functionality.
Bank of China Implements Murex Platform
Bank of China has chosen Murex's MX.3 platform to provide a fully integrated front-to-back solution for treasury and trading.
China Merchants Securities Rolls Out Algo Offering
Shenzhen-based China Merchants Securities has announced that it will be offering algorithmic strategies to its retail investor clients, with plans to extend it to buy-side institutional clients later.
TT Fills Top Buy-Side Need with Multibroker Solution
For five years, Chicago-based derivatives software vendor Trading Technologies (TT), attempted to adapt its X_Trader derivatives trading platform to incorporate multiple brokers, without success. The technology proved too complicated. Not long ago it…
TradingScreen, FXall Compete for Axa's Affections
Axa Investment Managers, a Paris-headquartered asset management firm with £460 billion (approx. $730bn) under management, has begun implementation of TradingScreen's execution management system (EMS), TradeEMS.
Gresham Invites FDM to Help Implement its Transaction Control Software
Gresham Computing, a provider of transaction control solutions, has appointed FDM Group, fellow London-based IT services provider, as a strategic implementation partner for its Clareti Transaction Control (CTC) software.
Citi Rolls Out Upgrades to Processing, Risk Management Solution
Citi has launched Network 3.0, which features better risk management capabilities for institutional investors, asset managers and alternative asset investors.
FFastFill Hires NYSE Vet for Strategy Post
Trading and risk management vendor FFastFill has hired Paul MacGregor as its managing director of product strategy for Europe.
India's Third Bourse Eyes February Open for Equities Trading
Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) is preparing to launch trading in cash equities and equity derivatives on February 11, under the MCX-SX banner, the bourse has announced.
QuantHouse Singapore Office First Step to Bigger Asia-Pac Presence, Feed Coverage
New office will be first of many across Asia-Pacific in 2013, officials say.
Information Mosaic Preps IMActions for T2S
Post-trade software provider Information Mosaic, based in Dublin, says its corporate actions solution has been enhanced to meet the new European settlement protocols.
Information Mosaic Updates Corporate Actions Product For T2S
Version 6.3 of IM Actions includes the ability to identify and track market claims, transformations and buyer protections based on standards published by the T2S corporate actions sub-group
Final Fatca Regulations Published In Federal Register
The final regulations provide clarity about what firms need to do to comply with the US anti-tax evasion regulation
Volante Opens Dubai Office, Makes New Hires
Mick Fennell has left Misys to lead Volante Technologies' new Dubai office
Kyte Group Live with AlgoSpan Platform
Kyte Group, a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), has gone live with AlgoSpan's low-latency exchange market access platform.