Order and execution management system (OEMS)
Asset Management Shift Inspires IT Transformation Among Middle Eastern Banks
While markets along the Persian Gulf have conspicuously built up financial infrastructure in recent years to attract foreign firms and capital, local banks elsewhere in the Middle East are bolstering their technological capacity to do precisely the…
European Insurer Uniqa Taps SimCorp for Structured Products
Austrian and Central European insurance firm Uniqa Group AG, with €26 billion in assets under management, will use XpressInstruments to manage its structured products support.
2013's Trading Technology: A Year of 'Accelerating Returns'
Readers of Waters' ongoing coverage will have noticed several themes that blossomed over the past 12 months. Some of them were predictable. But 2013 also offered up more than a few unexpected hints of opportunities to come—whether imminently, or further…
Liquid Introduces Performance Simulator for Emerging Managers
Liquid Holdings, an OEMS and risk reporting paltform provider, says the new scheme will allow nascent hedge funds to beta-test their strategies.
Wolverine Introduces Hedge Agent Applet for Executed Options
The new tool, provided through its Wolverine Execution Services (WEX) arm will allow clients on the firm's trading platform to save resources by automatically calculating hedge quantities based on current delta, and immediately sending out a…
SmartTrade Launches New FX-Focused OMS
SmartTrade Technologies has recently launched its next generation of Order Management System (OMS), focused on foreign exchange (FX).
Bank of Singapore Takes Ullink's OMS and Connectivity
Bank of Singapore has selected Ullink’s connectivity and order management systems.
Newedge Updates China Metals Platform
The multi-asset trading venue says enhancements to CN Pulse include improved pre-funding capabilities, pre-margin risk functions that mirror Chinese exchange and domestic trading practices, and offer broader access to metals markets in the country.
Munich Re's Asset Management Arm Selects SimCorp
Munich Ergo Asset Management GmbH (MEAG), the Bavarian insurance provider's $228 billion asset manager, will install SimCorp Dimension at its home office in Germany, as well as in Hong Kong and New York.
Global Prime Partners Takes Liquid OEMS
The London-based boutique brokerage known as GPP, which focuses on small buy-side shops such as hedge funds and family offices, will now offer clients Liquid's cloud-based front office and data management services.
Messaging Architecture Key as Citadel, REDI Partner on New OEMS
The pair of technology providers—both with sterling ancestry—are looking to confront a problem that, so far, has alluded a durable solution for the buy side. They are not the first to try—but from a tech perspective, the match looks promising.
Swan Wealth Advisors Takes Omex for Order Routing
The buy-side risk management specialist, with $850 million assets under management and based in Durango, Colorado, will use Omex's execution platform for implementing options strategies across its multiple custodians and sub-accounts.
Eze Software Group Enjoys Stellar Six Months
Six months is a long time in the life of a software company. Take the Eze Software Group as an example: The fledgling buy-side focused vendor – born in January this year after $56 billion private investment firm TPG stumped up the capital to acquire…
Broadridge Backs Bloomberg Tradebook
The investor communications provider is now helping Bloomberg's agency brokerage begin self-clearing U.S. equities with its hosted business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions.
'Trust But Verify’ Key to Contracts Post-Bloomberg Spying Scandal
With renewed focus on security protocols for data and communications, conventions already in place for trading platforms are a good place to start.
Nordea Implements SimCorp's Broker Strategy Function
Nordea's Investment Management arm, which executes with an array of ten brokers, has streamlined its trading operations with the new tool, part of SimCorp's Dimension order management solution.
ITG Takes XIP OMS to the Cloud
Execution and research broker ITG has announced that its ITG Order Management System (OMS), formerly known as Macgregor XIP, has been relaunched with a hosted solution offering.
Phatra Rolls Out Charles River
Thai investment manager Phatra Securities has implemented the Charles River Investment Management System (IMS) to operate its multi-asset trading activities.
Linear Investments Moves to TradingScreen's TradePrime Platform
London-based hedge fund Linear Investments has announced it will use TradingScreen's TradePrime Platform for execution, order and risk management, as well as to help support compliance processes.
FlexTrade Puts OneMarketData Analytics Into its EMS
FlexTrade Systems, is now offering integration with OneMarketData’s OneTick, a single solution for complex event processing (CEP) and tick data, to enhance FlexTrader, its execution management system (EMS).
NRI's OMS Gets an Upgrade
Nomura Research Institute (NRI) has enhanced its order management system (OMS), SmartBridge Advance (SBA), to integrate mutual fund and investment advisory operations’ execution processes.
ADR Services Now Available on RealTick
ConvergEx Group has made its ADR Direct and Reverse ADR products available through its execution management system, RealTick.
Prescient Ridge Goes Live on New Trading Infrastructure
Highland Park, IL-based Prescient Ridge Management (PRM), a managed futures fund specializing in short-duration, systematic trading strategies, has gone live with its new trading infrastructure incorporating Connamara’s Made-to-Measure components.
OMSs, EMSs Need to Embrace Data Visualization
At the TradeTech conference in New York last week, a panel discussed transparency, multi-asset capability, and the future of trade management systems.