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Longwood Signs Digiterre for CRM
Longwood Credit Partners has adopted Digiterre's Communica for its customer relationship management (CRM) operations.
HKEx Implements MillenniumIT for Central Gateway
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) has announced that it will use MillenniumIT's technology for its Orion Gateway project.
Bloomberg Adds FX Options Functionality to Platform
Bloomberg has enabled foreign exchange (FX) options trading on its multi-bank trading platform, FXGO.
QuantHouse Partners Cisco for Low-Latency Data Provision in Asia
QuantHouse has partnered with Cisco to provide accelerated price discovery and support for algorithmic trading on its proprietary fibre optic network in Asia.
Sanlam Private Investments Implements SS&C's Portia Operations Platform
Sanlam Private Investments, a South African asset management firm, has gone live with SS&C's middle-to-back office investment operations platform, Portia.
Swedbank Extends CLS Membership
CLS Group, the organization responsible for the mitigation of settlement risk for institutional foreign exchange (FX) transactions, has announced the addition of Swedbank as a settlement member.
Linedata Preps Mshare for Fatca, Swift MX Changes
In an effort to get ahead of changing regulations that are coming down the pike, Linedata has upgraded its Mshare investor accounting solution to be compliant with Fatca and the upcoming Swift ISO 20022 messaging format.
Numerix Adds Derivatives Modeling Framework for Trading Desks
The firm's CrossAsset Integration Layer (CAIL), based on its current analytics platform, will allow users to build custom interfaces for listed, exotic, and structured products.
Torstone Hires Global Head Of Sales
Jonny Speers has moved from OpTier to Torstone Technology, where he will lead global expansion of the software vendor's business
IPC Expands Connectivity with CME
Trading communications provider IPC says CME has added its Financial Markets Network as an "approved telecommunication service provider" for its Aurora, Ill. datacenter.
IPC Connects to Aurora Co-Lo Center for Access to CME, CME-Linked Markets
Latestlink provides connectivity to CME co-location site and cross-connected exchanges, while allowing co-located firms to access other markets on IPC's network.
eVestment Nabs PerTrac, Fundspire in Continued Alternative Investments Push
Atlanta-based eVestment, which provides institutional investment data and cloud-based analytic solutions, has acquired both PerTrac and Fundspire, both of which offer buy-side tailored solutions.
Bloomberg Launches App Portal
Bloomberg, a New York-headquartered provider of financial information, has released a new app portal.
Omgeo Expands Chilean Presence as 3 Brokers go Live on Omgeo CTM
Three major Chilean broker-dealers ─ LarrainVial, Celfin Capital and IM Trust ─ are now live on Omgeo's trade matching service, Central Trade Manager (CTM).
Bloomberg Makes Data Available To Third-Party App Developers
The data vendor says if a developer comes to it with an idea for an app that uses Bloomberg's reference data, it will include the product in a new portal
Using Gnodal Switches, Emulex Builds a Network Congestion Reducer
Network latency has been reduced by half in tests, ideal for high frequency trading.
PhilipCapital Singapore, Schroders Connect to Calastone for Order Routing
PhilipCapital Singapore, a brokerage firm with $18 billion under management, has gone live on Calastone's automated funds order routing service.
Jih Sun Futures Taps Orc for Taiwan Futures Exchange Connectivity
Jih Sun Futures, the brokerage arm of Taiwan-based Jih Sun Financial Holdings, has chosen Orc Software to provide connectivity to the Taiwan Futures Exchange.
Bloomberg Launches App Store
Tools from third-party developers including Recognia and Lucena Research are among 45 apps initially available