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Firms Struggle with SM&CR Compliance and Preparations
As all FCA-regulated firms will fall into scope of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime by the end of the year, concerns emerge on how to implement the regulation.
Desktop App Interoperability: On the Front Lines with RBC and OpenFin
Anthony Malakian spent several weeks with RBC Capital Markets and OpenFin to see how desktop app interoperability works in motion.
TNS Hires Fintech, Data Sales Exec Burke for BizDev
Burke has also worked at CJC, FIS and Activ Financial, covering sales, service, and account management.
Liquidnet Builds Netflix-like Functionality for Buy Side
The company is leveraging AI to make investment suggestions and dig out sentiment from spoken announcements.
MOEX Sees New Network as Key to Asia Arbitrage Opportunities
Exchange hopes to exploit Avelacom's network PoPs in Asian countries to encourage trade flow from the region.
Wavelength Episode 163: Tony Amicangioli on Cloud, Race to Zero
The founder and CEO of HPR joins the podcast to talk about lessons learned and where the industry is heading.
Bank, Fintech Exec Gonzalez Joins Pico to Lead Americas Sales
Gonzalez has 20 years of experience in technology management and sales at financial firms and technology providers.
Not Random, and Not a Forest: Black-Box ML Turns White
Bayesian analysis can replace random forest with a single, powerful tree, writes UBS’s Giuseppe Nuti.
Pico Continues Infrastructure Upgrade
It has added new dark fiber capabilities in NY and is rolling out L1 venue connections.
Avelacom Sets Up Thai PoP
The provider will be upgrading its APAC infrastructure by opening new routes, particularly to connect with the US.
SEC’s Redfearn: US-Style Consolidated Tapes Won’t Solve Trading Data Needs
As European market participants bemoan the lack of a consolidated tape, a senior SEC executive debunks the idea that a pan-European tape, similar to the US, will resolve issues around data access and costs.
News ‘Flash’: MT Newswires, ICE Give Clients Early Look at Stories
By distributing stories prior to performing its full editing process, MT Newswires can give ICE clients several crucial minutes of exclusive advantage, compared to mechanical latency improvements that might deliver mere fractions of a second.
Acquisitive Exchanges Find Dealmaking is Only Half the Battle
While the large-scale exchange mergers of yesteryear may be over for now, regional bourses are still finding themselves in the M&A crosshairs. Yet for those operators that pick up smaller rivals, technology and data integration often prove to be trickier…
Banks Forge Cloud Agreements to Split Accountability
Banks are trying to split responsibility for their operating environments with the major cloud providers. Regulators are having none of it.
Speed and Power
For the final issue of Inside Data Management, Max Bowie summarizes some of the key changes of the past 15 years in market and reference data management.
Liquidnet is Rebuilding its Algo Infrastructure
The venue operator is building its own container to house current and future algorithmic offerings.
Trading Technologies Debuts Infrastructure-as-a-Service Offering
Vendor embarks on new strategy with Graystone Asset Management as its first client on the platform.
TNS to Roll Out R2G Low-Latency Tech Globally, Post-Acquisition
TNS will offer R2G's low-latency technology to clients of its own extranet service.
Velocimetrics and Napatech Team Up to Slash Trading Delays
Resolving issues with delayed market data from exchanges helped one investment firm reduce tick-to-trade latency by a factor of 10.
Avelacom Adds Third PoP in Tokyo
The new PoP will service clients looking to access Japan’s commodity and equity derivatives markets.
Challenging US Exchanges Will be Uphill Battle for MEMX, Experts Warn
An industry initiative to start a new US exchange promises much, but it may struggle to deliver without a clearer purpose.
Top Stories 2018: The Crypto Round Up
The crypto space dominated headlines over the past 12 months and WatersTechnology looks at some of the top stories.
FlexTrade Taps Corvil for Network Analytics
The technology layer is designed to profile FlexTrade's network infrastructure to detect and analyze performance issues.
XTRD Takes Avelacom for High-Speed Crypto Networks
The physical infrastructure will enable faster connectivity to global locations.