Trading Tech
Slowdown Showdown: Exchanges Eye Speed Bumps
Three exchanges have filed with the SEC regarding implementing either a delay mechanism or order types similar to what IEX operates, following its approval as a national exchange less than a year ago.
Rimes Hires LGIM’s O’Donovan as COO
O'Donovan joins Rimes after a career in data management at the asset management arms of Legal & General, UBS and JP Morgan.
Orbital Insight Raises $50M for Image Analysis Space Race
Orbital Insight will use the new funding to expand its products, partnerships, and sales presence worldwide.
German Data Vendor VWD Promotes Ramabadran to CEO
Before joining VWD as in 2015, Ramabadran held various positions at BlackRock, Prudential and Tudor Investment Corp
Tradeweb’s Bruner Discusses New All-to-All Corporate Bond Trading Platform
Tradeweb enters the all-to-all space, joining companies like MarketAxess, Liquidnet and Trumid.
Waters Cover Profile: Born to Be a Banker — Jodi Richard, chief operational risk officer, US Bank
Emilia David profiles US Bank's chief operational risk officer Jodi Richard and looks at how the bank tackles op risk and the extent to which its risk disciplines are integrated into the business.
Automation “Not the Holy Grail” For Buy-Side Trading Desks
Panellists at this year's TradeTech conference in Paris discuss the important of maintaining the human element of trading over the so-called "Holy Grail" of automation.
SIX Merges its Structured Products and Swiss Exchanges
SIX has confirmed that as of May 2, 2017, its Structured Products Exchange will operate as part of the Swiss Exchange.
Redline Adds Handler for Quincy QED Feed
The feed handler will allow Redline clients to ingest and normalize data from Quincy's microwave-based feed alongside other data sources.
StatPro Joins Cloud Security Alliance
Cloud-based portfolio analytics provider becomes the newest member of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) aiming to raise awareness around the cloud computing environment.
Trading Technologies Goes Big with TT Desktop
TT CEO Rick Lane talks with Waters about the vendor’s new desktop offering, which can accommodate 18 monitors, if not more.
Colt, NovaSparks Ally for FPGA-Normalized Tokyo Feed
NovaSparks has deployed its FPGA technology in the Tokyo Stock Exchange's co-lo facility, "wrapped in" Colt's MarketPrizm API for ease of access.
SGSS Partners with Euronext for Fund Investment Solution
The French bank contributes to Euronext Fund Service, offering foreign institutional investors easier access to French mutual funds.
MarketAxess Taps MDX Tech for Data Distribution, Axes
MDX's platform will enable MarketAxess clients to access data and submit axes to its Open Trading marketplace via Excel spreadsheets.
OpenMAMA Preps Enhancements to Expand Data Platform ‘Choice’
The recent and future enhancements will make it easier for applications to switch between current middleware solutions and OpenMAMA, as well as between data sources.
ABGSC Deploys Fidessa’s Trading Platform
The broker has implemented Fidessa’s workflow platform to support its services in equities and derivatives.
OpenDoor Securities Launches All-to-All Platform for US Treasury Market
The new platform will focus on improving liquidity in specific segments of the US Treasury bond market.
YCharts Integrates Morningstar Custodian Data for ‘Portfolio Sync’
Portfoilio Sync allows wealth manager clients to automate the uploading of client portfolio holdings data, enabling them to analyze specific client account information within YCharts' platform.
Don’t Stop that CAT: Why the Industry Needs to Aggressively Push Forward with the Audit Trail
The need for the CAT to be a top priority.
Redline Moves Lau to London
Lau moves from New York to London to spearhead Redline's sales expansion in the EMEA region.
NewsHedge, Metricle Bow Systematic Twitter Analysis API
The new offering identifies unusual trading activity and correlates it to news events on Twitter.
Virtu Financial Buys KCG
In a $1.4 billion deal, the two HFT firms will merge into a market-making and agency execution company.
Metori Taps QuantHouse for Trading Portfolio Automation
Newly founded asset management firm Metori has selected QuantHouse’s QuantFactory solution to automate its trading portfolio.
FlexTrade Builds Augmented Reality Trading Application
FlexAR is set to enhance the trading experience, using Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented reality headset.