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Q-Wixx rolls out flagship CDS trading platform
Q-Wixx, a recently-launched utility assisting buy-side credit trading desks with the processing of credit default swaps (CDSs), has launched a new platform to automate the entire process.
Australian manager live on Charles River for fixed income
Australian asset manager, Tyndall Investment Management, with $9.5 billion under management, has deployed Charles River Develop-ment's Charles River Investment Management System (IMS) to support expansion of its fixed-income business in Australia and New…
Delaware installs Quantifi XL
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'There would not be an instance where two different hedge fund clients were on the same hardware platform. Data lapses cannot happen, not even accidentally'
SunGard unveils Asset Arena on the shores of Lake Como
At this year's SunGard Europa conference held in Como, Italy last month, SunGard announced that it had launched Asset Arena, its new 'umbrella' platform comprising the firm's buy-side-focused products and services.
Sky sees scalability benefits with Indata
Sky Investment Group, a $200 million investment and wealth manager primarily serving private clients, has achieved operational scalability and automated data management capabilities following its implementation of Indata's Investment Management System …
Kiodex extends LME support by adding daily contracts
Kiodex, the SunGard business unit and provider of Kiodex Workbench, a web-based commodities risk management platform, is set to roll out support for all daily commodities contracts listed on the London Metals Exchange (LME). Kiodex also confirmed that it…
Start-up energy fund takes Kiodex ASP
ETG Capital, a recently launched hedge fund manager focused on energy and commodities, has implemented SunGard's Kiodex Risk Workbench hosted commodity risk management, reporting, market data and valuation platform in order to develop efficient front…
Bloomberg Integrates Numerix Analytics
Bloomberg is rolling out multi-asset-class analytical tools for pricing structured products and over-the-counter derivatives from New York-based pricing and risk analytics provider Numerix integrated within Bloomberg Professional terminals, the vendors…
Thomson Preps Direct Feed Tests
Thomson Financial will next week begin a test phase with user firms for the low-latency element of its Thomson Data Feed, which is set to begin providing low-latency exchange data to clients in August.
Vendors Jump on Infini-Band-Wagon
Low-latency data rivals Reuters and Wombat Financial Software both unveiled new configuration options last week that utilize InfiniBand inter-application networking technologies from Voltaire to deliver reductions in data latency.