Trading Tech
Wiener Börse Builds APA Platform for Trade Reporting
The Austrian Exchange will comply with OTC Mifid II reporting requirements by introducing the TTR2 platform for its Austrian and regional clients.
Acadian Asset Management Adopts Microsoft Bing Predicts for Investment Strategies
Quantitative fund manager implements predictive macroeconomic indicators system from Microsoft to boost investment forecasting.
AWS S3 Outage Brings Out Best of Twitter
The massive service disruption of AWS Simple Storage Service’s US-EAST-1 Region last week caused plenty of issues for folks, but it also gave Twitter the opportunity to truly shine.
Natixis Japan Securities Deploys Torstone Technology for Collateral Management
The firm joins Torstone's Asian client base, as the vendor continues to expand its presence in the region.
Numerix Acquires TFG Financial Systems
Numerix executes its first acquisition, giving it a platform providing real-time risk, profit-and-loss, and position capabilities to its Oneview enterprise solution.
Cheyne Capital, Novus Partner to Develop Fixed-Income Analytics Platform
Collaboration driven by demand for greater insight into fixed-income portfolio analytics from both allocators and fund managers.
EDI, Investment Tools Launch Dividend Forecast Service
EDI officials say the company had been looking at creating a dividend forecasting service for some time before partnering with Investment Tools.
BCCG, Xinfinit Seek Partner for Wider Distribution of Joint Data Platform
The companies believe an investor would help their combined data platform and front-end product gain traction.
Intercontinental Exchange's Trayport Sale Order Upheld by UK Competition Appeal Tribunal
ICE appeal against CMA order to divest Trayport platform over reduction of market competitiveness rejected by UK court.
Bloomberg Tradebook Changes Best Ex Approach with OPTX
OPTX uses Bloomberg’s data and analytics and partnerships with algo providers to offer optimized execution.
IBM Talks CAT Database
Dan DeFrancesco chats to IBM's Ron Lefferts about his firm's role in creating and managing the database underpinning the Consolidated Audit Trail, set to come online in November this year.
Exegy Adds IEX Level 1 Data
Exegy advances its data vendor aspirations by adding an "essential" component to the creation of a consolidated US National Best Bid and Offer.
An Overdue Revolution: Blockchain and Syndicated Loans
Banks are exploring blockchain’s potential to reduce settlement times and inefficiencies in the syndicated loan market.
Horizon Software Expands Presence in Southeast Asia
Edelweiss Singapore will be using the latest version of Horizon’s high-frequency trading solution.
Euronext Takes $10 Million Stake in Fixed-Income Tech Provider Algomi
Latest investment in London-based vendor follows $2.3 million licensing agreement in November last year to create joint venture to launch new pan-European bond multilateral trading facility.
State Street Expands MediaStats Sentiment Platform to Europe, Asia
After launching the MediaStats platform last year, State Street is looking to expand its coverage beyond US equities, to measure the impact of media activity on stock prices of companies listed on European and Asian markets. Joanne Faulkner reports on…
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 59: Gabriel Woo, VP of Innovation at RBC
Dan and Gabriel talk about AI initiatives at the Canadian bank. Later, Dan, James and Anthony discuss the LSE-Deutsche Börse merger debacle.
Taking a Hack: JPMorgan's Anthony Johnson
Anthony Johnson discusses race, management, and cybersecurity in the capital markets.
A Scary New World for CISOs
“What happens if someone destroys the fabric of the internet, where the whole objective is not to make money but to make the world burn?"
Metamako Ups MetaConnect Switch to 96 Ports to Meet ‘Creative’ Client Connectivity Demands
Metamako doubles MetaConnect capacity to 96 ports while keeping deterministic latency at 6 nanoseconds.
Markit Debuts Wall Street Horizon-Powered Event Data Service
The Hub Horizon event data service is available via the Markit Hub content portal.
S&P, Kensho Ink Development Collaboration Deal
S&P data will underpin Kensho's existing analytics products, as well as future developments.
Tradition, Lmrkts Extend Trade Compression into Non-Deliverable Forwards
Inter-dealer broker works with fintech to complete Simm optimization for NDFs with clients.
QuantHouse to Extend Turquoise European Midpoint Matching Services
Market data and services provider to extend Turquoise Plato platform for midpoint matching services throughout Europe.