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Three new clients in the bag for CRD
Bridgeway Capital Management, the Houston, TX-based adviser to Bridgeway Funds, is to install the Charles River Investment Management System (IMS) to automate portfolio management, trading and compliance in its investment operations across all asset…
Who Said What And When
BST's 'Big Interview' featured a number of buy-side practitioners with a variety of views during 2007...
New Advent client installing APX and Moxy
Square Capital , a London-based wealth management firm with $500 million under management, is in the process of rolling out Advent applications for portfolio and order management.
Nasdaq Readies Options Depth Feed
Nasdaq plans to create a proprietary options market depth datafeed to carry the full depth of data from its forthcoming options market, and to provide increased transparency into the options market-though the exchange has not yet set a launch date for…
Code Red Preps Jan. Launches
Research management software vendor Code Red is targeting Jan. 1 to roll out both its IdeaNet online broker-client communication platform and version 3.2 of its Red Alerts research management system, which includes built-in integration between standalone…
Trade Alert Expands IM Alerts
New York-based Trade Alert, a provider of options trade data and analytics via instant messaging, is adding new features to its Options Alert product to expand the range of data and alert types that the system can provide.
TSX, MX to Form New Canadian Exchange
TORONTO-Following the rash of multi-asset exchange consolidations, officials from TSX Group, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and Montréal Exchange (MX) have announced their intention to merge under a tentative TMX Group brand.
Swift Fix for STP?
LONDON-Industry messaging cooperative Swift is in talks with FIX Protocol Limited (FPL) to advance interoperability between the messaging standards operated by the two bodies.
HKMA Debuts Electronic Trading Platform
HONG KONG-The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has launched its electronic trading platform (ETP) for exchange fund bills and notes, say officials.
Credit Suisse Wins AFTAs Hat Trick
NEW YORK-Credit Suisse's IT organization walked away with three of the 13 awards at the third annual American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) ceremony in midtown Manhattan last week. The firm's technologists took home top honors in the Best Global…
Orc Software Readies Canned Strategies
NEW YORK-Orc Software plans to release its Orc Liquidator product to a broader set of firms by offering the algorithmic trading engine with pre-packaged strategies in the first quarter of 2008 with a Chicago-headquartered client receiving the first auto…
LSE Targets April for Performance Channels
The London Stock Exchange aims to go live with a full production version of its low-latency Performance Channels datafeed in April 2008, following a period of testing with user firms that begins in January.