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SIX Telekurs Adds IM to iD
SIX Telekurs plans to incorporate an instant messaging feature into upcoming versions of its Telekurs iD desktop data display application, to facilitate communications between different users of the product, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Second Client Tests TXC
NEW YORK-Trading Cross Connects US (TXC) has a second high-frequency trading client that began test trades last week, says a senior official.
RNA Taps Execs, Grows Boards
PORTLAND, ORE.-Datacenter virtualization technology provider RNA Networks has bolstered its financial markets and client support expertise, and its boards of directors and advisors with recent hires.
ISDA Delays FpML Version 5.0
NEW YORK-The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has delayed the release of version 5.0 of its derivatives trading communication protocol, the Financial products Markup Language (FpML), as it extends coverage to collateral management.
Revised GIPS standards focus on pricing and risk management
The CFA Institute, the Virginia-based investment industry group, has rolled out a new version of its Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) emphasising stronger valuation and risk management practices.
Investment managers underestimate impact of AIFM directive says report
According to a recently published report from BDO, investment managers are failing to perceive the risks associated with the European Union's Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive. The survey, which asked investment managers in the UK to…
ASB Bank completes second phase of Calypso roll-out
Auckland-based ASB Bank has completed the second phase of a Calypso project to implement its cross-asset, front-to-back treasury platform for foreign exchange, money market, interest-rate derivatives and risk (including limit management, enterprise risk,…
GlobeOp offers Linedata ASP to long-short clients
GlobeOp Financial Services, the hedge fund administrator with $106 billion in client assets under administration, has rolled out a hosted version of Linedata Services' LongView Trading order management system fully integrated with its middle- and back…
Netage survey results highlight importance of investor portals
Netage Solutions, a Watertown, MA-based provider of CRM software and online reporting systems to the alternative asset management industry, has published the results of a recent survey in which it claims that a large portion of alternative investment…
Omgeo's Japanese presence grows
Omgeo, a provider of technology and services to support post-trade efficiency, has relaunched the Japanese-language version of its website. This comes on the back of a 27% growth in business in Japan in the past three years. Trade volumes processed…