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BlackRock's Proposed Bond-Trading Platform Raises Questions
Who will oversee the network, is it a dark pool, and will there be enough matching opportunities to make it viable?
BlueCrest Chooses Digiterre for CRM
Digiterre software will provide a repository for customer information.
Verdict Reversed in Goldman HFT Code Theft Case
Appeal court finds law insufficient to cover charges.
Vista Equity Partners Continues Acquisition Push, Buys CDC Software
Move to give software firm greater independence, investment capability.
Interactive Data Updates Evaluated Prices Portal
Evaluated pricing provider Interactive Data responds to clients' demands for greater transparency in Version 2.0 of its Vantage web platform
Société Générale Takes Misys Summit FT
Bank now live on hosted cross-asset trading software.
BNY and CME Partner to Facilitate Corporate Bonds for Margins Posting
Move comes as firms seek non-traditional collateral types for futures OTC clearing.
NorthPoint Releases New Form PF Solution
The new tool provides data aggregation and auditing capabilities through a dashboard solution.
Tokyo Bourse to Aid with Burmese Exchange Plans
TSE and Daiwa Securities helping central bank with creating Myanmar bourse.
AboveNet Opens Low-Latency Connection to BATS Chi-X Europe
Fiber optic network allows access to trading platform.
UAT Appoints Collett COO, CFO
Collett brings extensive buy-side experience to sub-advised and externally managed funds.
Walsh Takes COO Job at AcadiaSoft
Industry veteran brings counterparty risk skills to the margin automation provider.
Broadridge Adds Mutual Funds Sales Tracking Suite
SalesVision Distribution Manager to facilitate greater sharing, monitoring of sales data.
Singapore-based Analec Expands into US
Analec will release its fundamental analysis platform ModelViewer in the US as the Singapore-based firm looks to expand its global presence.
HedgeCo Hires Langbert as President and COO
The former UBS and Morgan Stanley managing director will help start-up hedge funds market themselves under new federal legislation.
Markit Adds PRDCs to Portfolio Valuations Service
The power reverse currency notes will include several currency pairs, pay-off structures and call and redemption features.
Pierpont Derivatives Goes Live With Calypso
The broker-dealer will use the platform to launch a swaps business.
SunGard Releases New MarketMap Mobile Solution
The new version is accessible from a range of mobile devices, has lower bandwidth requirements and is integrated with the online desktop application.
NYSE Liffe Teams with DTCC on New Repo Trading
Futures to be traded based on GCF Repo Index.
Hedge Fund Database Hires Langbert
Brett Langbert, previously a managing director for UBS and other firms, has been named president and chief operating officer for Hedgeco Networks
Velocity Trade Goes Live with Web Portal
Financial Software Systems' Spectrum System will enable leveraged FX trading at Velocity Trade's London office.
Impulse Announces C-to-HDL FPGA Compiler
Kit allows for algorithmic conversion to super-fast chip language.
Off-Exchange Equity Trades Grow in March [UPDATE]
Research report shows increased flow to internalized and dark pool execution.
Smarts Broker Implemented by China Merchant Securities
The surveillance tool from Nasdaq OMX is being deployed by a China-based broker-dealer for the first time.