Technology
Screen Opens Singapore Datacenter to Host InfoMatch for Asia Clients
The Singapore facility will allow Screen to better serve InfoMatch clients in the region, as well as to expand the range of services it can offer locally.
ASX to Upgrade Secondary Datacenter
Upgrading ASX’s backup datacenter facility will cost the exchange up to A$25 million ($19.8 million) in capital expenditure.
Lux FTS to Expand into Alternative Data Space
After investment, the vendor is looking to partner with Quandl to deliver alternative datasets to hedge funds.
Metamako, Redline Ally for Low-Latency Data
The agreement will provide mutual clients with access to normalized market data at the lowest possible network latency for a wide range of asset classes.
MDX Confirms Wurster as US Sales Head
Wurster, who has been wiorking with MDX for over a year as a consultant, will bring 20 years of experience of sales from the banking and brokerage industries to grow MDX's presence in North America.
Options Offers NYSE Integrated Feed in Co-Los
By making NYSE's Integrated Feed available via its managed connectivity platform, officials say the vendor now supports NYSE's entire suite of datafeeds.
TNS Adds Co-Lo Hosting Centers in NY, Chicago
Expanding the managed hosting service to key market centers in the New York and Chicago metro areas will help firms gain access to data and trading on "hundreds" of platforms without having to buy proprietary infrastructure.
Colt to Launch On-Demand Network in Singapore and Hong Kong
This service is powered by the Colt IQ Network, which connects more than 25,000 buildings globally.
Getting ‘Carded’: Current and Future Uses for FPGAs in Finance
With their origins in industries such as defense, aerospace, and medicine, FPGAs have been used by certain aspects of financial markets for about a decade to gain speed. Wei-Shen Wong examines the current uses for this specialized hardware in finance,…
Tradeworx Sells Trading Arm to Focus on Fintech
The company renamed itself Thesys Group and will focus on growing Thesys Technologies.
FIX Releases Cybersecurity Guidelines
The guidelines recommend authentication methods to use TLS protocols with FIX.
Buy Side Bands Together on Blockchain Vision in Landmark Paper
Fund managers, vendors and trade associations release joint paper on making distributed-ledger technology work for the buy side.
Societe Generale Completes Trades on Blockchain Platform
The French bank's securities services arm successfully tests a full trade cycle with OFI Asset Management on a blockchain platform
Mifid Data Runs Aground with Issues at European Regulators
Glitches and halts mark first few weeks of transparency requirements at systems operated by regulators.
Chicago Code: A Profile of DRW's Seth Thomson
Seth Thomson, CIO of DRW, talks to Waters about his career, innovation and how the firm has expanded into new asset classes, including cryptocurrencies.
Deutsche Borse Taps Metamako for Network Monitoring, Timestamps
After upgrading the co-location network for its cash and derivatives markets in 2017, Deutsche Borse needed an upgraded monitoring solution.
Northern Trust Buys Omnium Technology Development from Citadel
The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2018.
BSO Buys Apsara, Gets PE Funding
The deal will help BSO expand its low-latency network offerings in the key financial centers of New York and Chicago.
FIS Derivatives Utility Signs Wedbush as First Non-Bank FCM
Wedbush is the third client win for the utility, which is rolling out a new clearing platform in 2018.
Apcela Adds COO, Funding
Dziak has almost 30 years' experience in technology management, business development and consulting roles.
JPMorgan and Barclays Join IBM Q Network
The network will provide organizations access to quantum expertise and resources to help with experiments in a 20-qubit environment.
Mifid II—Navigating Intent
Webinar: Nasdaq
Panel: Buy Side Should Build Consolidated Tape for FX
Speakers at a conference organized by Inside Market Data stablemate FX Week believe a consolidated tape of FX data is needed to support increasingly data-intense analytics. FX Week editor Eva Szalay reports on the arguments behind calls for an…
After Scandals, Banks Release Chat Back into the Wild
Chat tools are being embraced again as the industry seeks more efficiency in the workflow.