Trading Tech
BST North America Roundup: Staying Secure, HFT Mayhem
Another successful iteration of Buy-Side Technology North America came and went this week. Tim wraps up BST's coverage of the event, and ponders the explosive mood at one panel in particular.
State Street TruCross/FX Platform Goes Live
State Street Global Markets has announced that its TruCross/FX foreign exchange (FX) spot benchmark execution platform, overseen by State Street Global Markets' agency FX unit, is now live.
China Opens Up Capital Markets with Hong Kong Connection
With the impending launch of the Shanghai–Hong Kong Stock Connect program, China has begun allowing foreign investment into its capital markets to an unprecedented degree. But what does this mean for institutional investment firms, and are there still…
Kx Names Quill Global Head, Sales Engineering
Tick database provider Kx Systems has promoted Fintan Quill from senior engineer to global head of sales engineering, expanding his prior role beyond just North America and to cover more technical sales and support the vendor's push into new industries,…
TeraExchange Claims First Bitcoin Swap Trade
Swap execution facility (SEF) operator TeraExchange has said that the first ever Bitcoin derivative trade has taken place on its venue.
WorkFusion's ‘Automation Notification' Boosts Data Extraction Options
New York-based software-as-a-service vendor WorkFusion has launched new "automation recommendation" functionality on its WorkFusion data extraction platform to automatically notify customers when the software is able to automate data extraction processes…
Hite Hedge AM First on SS&C's Integrated Offering
In an effort to consolidate its vendor footprint, Hite Hedge Asset Management turned to SS&C Technologies and is now live with the fund administrator's newly launched integrated front-, middle- and back-office solution.
SimCorp Poll: Only 23 Percent on Buy Side Can Perform Intraday Calculations
Investment management solutions provider SimCorp has released a poll that surveyed 60 executives from North American-based capital market firms about performing intraday calculations on the impact of position-driving events.
eClerx Launches KYC Solution
Knowing your customer is a major priority for firms in an age of strict regulation and massive fines, says eClerx principal Alan Paris.
ITRS Adds Bloomberg B-Pipe Monitoring to Geneos
ITRS Group, a provider of performance monitoring technology for real-time systems, has launched an interface that provides monitoring support for customers of Bloomberg's B-Pipe real-time market data feed within ITRS' Geneos monitoring platform via a new…
FICO Updates Analytic Model Management Tool
FICO has announced the release of Model Central 5.0, an updated version of its analytic-model management solution.
Standard Bank Selects Eagle for Data Management, Accounting
Standard Bank South Africa will use Eagle Investment Systems' accounting and enterprise data management platform, taking the services on a hosted basis through the vendor's private cloud, Eagle Access.
SS&C Debuts Integrated Platform Offering
SS&C Technologies has announced the release of an integrated technology platform that spans the front, middle and back offices, aimed specifically at hedge funds.
YCharts Preps Unstructured Company IR Datasets for Screening, Research
Chicago-based fundamental analysis provider YCharts has begun collecting, parsing and tagging information from investor relations websites to provide traders with more idea generation and stock-screening tools that leverage unstructured and text-based…
Portware to Offer S3's Counterparty Intel Analytics Platform to Clients
S3 announced its Basel III analytics solution, Blacklight, will be available for all Portware clients.
CounterpartyLink Chooses Datactics For Data Matching
The data quality and matching software provider Datactics will supply its FlowDesigner matching and research product to the legal entity data source
Liquid Introduces Beta Mobile Application
OEMS provider Liquid Holdings has begun rolling out the beta version of LiquidMobile to select platform users.
BST North America Panel: Derivatives Regulation Creates Tech Limbo, Opportunities
A panel of industry experts discussed the impact regulation of OTC derivative trading will have and what the future holds for the market at 2014's Buy-Side Technology North American Summit.
Bitcoin Exchange Netagio Launches API
UK Bitcoin exchange Netagio has announced the launch of its own application programming interface (API) to give its users faster electronic market connectivity and allow them to fully automate their trading strategy on the exchange.
Neonet Connects to Turquoise Block Discovery
Agency broker Neonet will provide access to Turquoise’s dark block trading service, Turquoise Block Discovery, from its go-live date on October 20.
Re-Shaping Corporate Actions Through Big Data, Back Office and Automation
Regulatory and front-office demands are creating a need for corporate actions services that can handle greater complexity. Will Dolan of Fidelity ActionsXchange describes how back-office, big data and automation efforts can address that demand
RepRisk Rolls Out Country-Sector Risk Matrix
Zurich-based environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk data provider RepRisk has rolled out a new matrix that tracks ESG risk by combining country- and sector-level analysis in response to increased customer demand for more granular data, officials…
Recognia Unveils Options Analytics
Ottawa-based technical analysis software vendor Recognia has unveiled a technical analysis tool for options trading, dubbed Options Ideas, to help brokers educate equities trading clients on options strategies.
Schroders Selects ClusterSeven for Spreadsheet Management
Schroders has chosen ClusterSeven's Enterprise Spreadsheet Management (ESM) platform, the vendor has announced.