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Placemark takes Pyxis for mobile sales, data functions
Placemark Investments, a Dallas and Boston-based overlay manager with $7 billion from managed account sponsors, has implemented Pyxis Mobile's mWholesaler wireless application to align its sales and data management operations. Placemark, which pro-vides…
Martin Currie live on Fidessa LatentZero Trading Network
Martin Currie, the Scotland- based investment manager with £14.1 billion under management, has become the first buy-side organisation to go live on Fidessa LatentZero's Trading Network (LTN), which provides FIX connectivity to trading counterparties over…
It's been spotty, infrequent, inconsistent and potentially biased
TowerGroup's Matt Nelson is dismissive of current pricing methods across the buy side for hard-to-price debt instruments, which, he explains, are typically managed internally by organisations either using Excel models or broker-supplied quotes and not…
New UK client and recruits for growing Advent Software
Raymond James Investment Services (RJIS), a UK-based private client investment management firm, has installed two Advent Software platforms to enhance its operational efficiency. Advent Portfolio Exchange will support portfolio management and client…
Savvis Offers Direct Amex Feed
Network and hosting provider Savvis has rolled out a low-latency Ethernet connectivity service to access exchange market data and has incorporated the depth-of-book feed from Amex into the offering.