South Africa
EDI Expands African Economic Database with Beta Client Feedback, Preps Options Corporate Actions Data
Exchange Data International, a London-based provider of pricing and reference data, is finalizing beta testing of its African Financial & Economic Data (AFED) database, and is in the middle of developing a new pricing and reference data product to help…
Curo Taps Milestone for Old Mutual Multi-Managers' Enhanced Administration
Curo Fund Services, a South African administrator based just west of Cape Town in Bellville, has implemented Milestone's pControl to manage Old Mutual Multi-Managers and others clients' pricing and processing of complex investment structures.
JSE Maps Out Derivatives Data Migration
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) plans to start delivering derivatives market data to London-based trading firms via its point-of-presence at Equinix's LD4 datacenter in Slough within the next two to three years, as part of its ongoing migration to…
JSE Preps Co-Lo Center
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange will open a co-location center on its premises in May, to reduce network latency for clients from 2,400 microseconds at present to about 100 microseconds, officials say.
Freedom Index Co Bows Aussie, Africa Indexes
Startup not-for-profit index provider the Freedom Index Company-which launched last year to offer free and independent indexes to the asset management community-is planning to add Australian indexes to its family of free-of-charge products, and is now…
Post-Merger, Inet BFA Lays Out Integration, Execs
Inet BFA, the South African data provider formed by last year's acquisition of I-Net Bridge by McGregor BFA from Times Media Group, has finalized its combined management team and is laying out plans to integrate the two vendors' datasets and delivery…
South Africa's McGregor BFA Buys I-Net Bridge
Cape Town-based financial data provider McGregor BFA has acquired fellow South African data vendor I-Net Bridge from Johannesburg-based publisher Times Media Group for 112.7 million rand ($11.1 million) to create an "unmatched" financial database of…
Sanlam Private Investments Implements SS&C's Portia Operations Platform
Sanlam Private Investments, a South African asset management firm, has gone live with SS&C's middle-to-back office investment operations platform, Portia.
Rapid Addition and Tauri Partner for Orb Launch
Rapid Addition and Tauri Software Systems have launched the Orb FIX Messaging Network in South Africa, following a reduction of trading fees by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).
South Africa: Bigger, Better, Faster?
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange is moving its trading engine from London to South Africa in July, with the aim of increasing its matching speeds, and by so doing, enhancing the overall trading experience it provides its clients. Steve Dew-Jones talks to…
Malaczynski Burn Turns to PerTrac for Risk Software
PerTrac RiskPlus allows the South African consultant to help clients anticipate black swan events.
BRICS Exchanges Move Toward Derivatives Cross-Listing
Group of five national exchanges spearheads the first step in greater listing cooperation.
Saxo Capital Markets Launches in South Africa
Online trading platforms will provide clients with access to FX, CFDs, ETFs, stocks, futures, and options.
Connectivity Issues Halt Johannesburg Trading
Link between South Africa and London pauses JSE trading activity.
Maitland stops the clocks
Maitland Fund Services, based in the South African buy-side stronghold of Cape Town, has, according to Nick Baikoff, the firm's head of asset services, altered the clock speed for itself and its clients by developing a real-time front- to back-office…