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UAE Bank Installs DDoS Software for Cyber Protection
Mashreq implements software from Prolexic to respond to spike in cyber-attacks.
DTCC Unveils LEI Utility At Sifma
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation's (DTCC) legal entity identifier (LEI) utility will allow first-party and third-party registration and enable users to conduct individual searches and download its entire LEI database
Orange Launches Flexible Trading Service
Cloud-based product combines turret offerings with TCSnet and voice recording.
Southpaw Selects SunGard's VPM for Portfolio Accounting
The Connecticut-based firm hopes to streamline back-office accounting and investor reporting.
Dion Partners with Numerix to Bolster Valuation, Risk Management Offerings
Financial services software provider leverages Numerix analytics in valuation and risk management solutions.
Société Générale Appoints Head of Portfolio Trading
Brian Curran joins from RBS to take over portfolio trading and quantitative distribution.
FinAnalytica Nails Down Fifth Tail-Risk Patent
The functionality allows users to create a framework for modeling asset returns by incorporating a flexible copula function based on a mixture between two copula functions.
Wells Fargo Targets Contracts, Compliance
Steve Listhaus, head of market data services at Wells Fargo, outlines the bank's new efforts around negotiating contracts for data services, and market data compliance.
Investment Managers Say Fee Leakage Remains Unwieldy
Up to half of investment management firms to continue to see operational costs in manually processed payments and delayed billing.
TradingScreen Teams With Zeno for FX TCA Partnership
TradingScreen will combine its expertise in the FX space with Zeno's consulting services in TCA.
TradingScreen Teams With Zeno for FX TCA Partnership
TradingScreen will combine its expertise in the FX space with Zeno's consulting services in TCA.
Infront Eyes New Products, Sales Growth with Majority Stake in Infinancials
Nordic vendor aims to create new products from acquisition, utilizing Infinanicials' content, while growing Infinancials' customer base
Eagle Releases Version 12.0
Vendor focuses on data management, performance and accounting.
Bats Chi-X Loses COO to Morgan Stanley
Paul O'Donnell returns to the firm he left in 2008.
Capita Adopts Calastone's Daily Reconciliation Service
Positions can now be reconciled daily instead of monthly.
Invesco Taps OneTick for TCA
The fund manager will be able to build customized historical simulations and conduct quantitative research.
Tullett Prebon Info Inks Data Deal With Dion Global Solutions
Deal will allow TPI to expand Asia-Pac presence
Interactive Data, Scivantage Unveil Enhanced Wealth Management Workstation
The two vendors have worked together in the past and plan to add additional functionality to the web-based Market-Q platform in the months ahead.
CFN, xCelor Nuke Latency with Microwave Data
Vendors ally to slash data latency using microwave radio frequencies with fiber-optic backup, using xCelor's bandwidth-reducing FPGA-based Market Feed Handlers.