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Lightspeed Seeks Multi-Asset High-Frequency Platform
NEW YORK-Agency brokerage Lightspeed Trading plans to introduce multi-asset capabilities to its high-velocity trading Lightspeed Gateway platform, DWT has learned.
Ullink Expands Market Coverage via BGC Link
PARIS-Traders seeking more liquidity in credit and foreign exchange (FX) products can now access interdealer broker BGC Partners' eSpeed trading platform and the nascent ELX Futures exchange using a new gateway application programming interface (API)…
Reference Data Emerges as Building Block for Collateral Management Program at J.P. Morgan
LONDON - Data has emerged as a foundational component of a J.P. Morgan global collateral engine initiative, a multi-year, multi-million dollar program designed to enhance business infrastructure, officials tell Inside Reference Data.
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Credible Pricing
Turbulent market conditions have put increased pressure on evaluated pricing providers to ensure prices are credible. With fewer sources for dealer quotes and volatile markets, it is becoming more challenging to ensure data inputs are high quality and…
OSI: Managing the Impact Analysis
The business impact analysis, the logical first step of any options symbology initiative (OSI) program, should provide a complete view of the OSI's effect on an organization, its business processes and its systems, says Ernst & Young's Alan Paris, with…
The Corporate Actions Quest
If the need for risk reduction, greater automation and standardization of corporate actions was pressing prior to the financial crisis, now these requirements are urgent. Inside Reference Data gathered leading industry professionals to discuss the…
Atlantic thriving with SunGard ASP
Atlantic Fund Administration, the Portland, Maine-based third-party administrator with $2.5 billion under management, has realised significant benefits by opting to run its two mission-critical platforms supporting its fund accounting and transfer agency…
Growth by design
Odyssey Financial Technologies is a good example of a technology vendor that has grown its business through judicious acquisitions, to the point that now, from a buy-side perspective, it supports a range of mission-critical front-office functions via its…
Rio Tinto selects State Street for investment services
Rio Tinto, the Anglo-Australian mining group, has selected State Street to provide it with investment services for its $8 billion in assets. State Street will provide Rio Tinto with custody, fund accounting, securities lending and investment analytics…
Perfect Partners
The hosted services model is not a new phenomenon to the financial services industry. But during these testing times it has become more relevant to buy side firms offering managers the benefits of fixed IT costs, reduced time to market for new…
Calculating the real cost of technology
Buy-side firms are under increasing pressure to rationalise their technology infrastructures and staff compliments in an attempt to positively impact the bottom line. One way of doing this is by carrying out a total cost of ownership (TCO) exercise…