Trading Tech
HFT May Account for Three Quarters of European Equity Orders
Esma study suggests, under certain approaches, HFT touches 76 percent of equity orders.
EBS Enhances Data Analytics Capabilities with First Derivatives
First Derivatives to deliver its Delta Stream data analytics product through EBS trading platforms to all customers.
Top Stories of 2014: Risk's Multiple Tech Vectors
Market, counterparty, credit, liquidity ... operational, cyber ... what's next?
China Merchants Securities Selects Duco’s Reconciliation Product
Duco now counts 16 clients globally.
Metamako Taps NYSE, Wombat Vet Kennedy for US
Australian low-latency switch vendor Metamako has hired Ciaran Kennedy as New York-based business development manager to run the vendor's newly opened US operations.
Proquote Adds Turquoise Data, Trading
Integration expands Proquote's data and trading capabilities, while growing Turquoise's potential trader audience
Waters USA 2014: Revisiting the Kill Switch Debate
Are kill switches efficient, or more trouble than they're worth?
OTAS Breaks into Germany with Union Win
Asset manager adds big data capabilities with platform.
Stable Platforms
Waters USA coverage leads the week on Sell-Side Technology.
Japan Exchange, KVH Ally for Low-Latency Global Network
The Japan Exchange Group is using Japanese network provider KVH to provide low-latency connectivity to its markets and data to overseas trading firms.
Dubai's DGCX, DCCC Tap Cinnober for Settlement Service
New settlement service will enhance trading and cost efficiencies for clearing members.
Citi Private Bank Taps Fi-Tek for Securities Processing and Accounting Engine
Move part of an ongoing investment in technology refresh
Eze Software Integrates Eze OMS with RealTick EMS, Previews 2015 Upgrades
The upgrade comes after earlier work linking the OMS and Tradar PMS.
Update: Trading Central's Recognia Buy Will Enable Analytics Cross-Pollination, Institutional Expansion
Vendors eye lengthy company integration, but speedy product integration roadmaps
Bitcoin Venue LedgerX Seeks CFTC Approval
Commission opens public comment period
Trading Central Buys Analytics Vendor Recognia
Acquisition of Recognia to create "market leader" in technical and fundamental analysis.
2014 Review: Industry Finds Ways to Derive Value from the Crowd
New datasets created using crowd-sourcing continued to grow in 2014, with new players entering the market with propositions to solicit crowd-sourced investor predictions that could provide leading indicators of market movements to institutional traders.
2014 Review: As Volumes Intensify, Data Search Tools Get Smart
According to Interactive Data’s chief information officer Alex Goor, speaking at Inside Market Data’s Asia Pacific Financial Information Conference, about 90 percent of current data levels were created within the last two years. In the financial sector,…
Fincad Preps Upgrades, Install Boost in ’15
Canadian over-the-counter derivatives pricing and risk management software vendor Fincad will roll out new functionality in 2015 to facilitate faster implementations of its F3 enterprise valuation and risk analytics platform.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: December 8-12, 2014
A look at the best articles from the past week
Dhaka Bourse Eyes Multi-Asset Push with Technology Overhaul
When it comes to naming markets in South-East Asia, the young nation of Bangladesh might not be the first that springs to mind, competing as it does with giants such as Singapore. But with its implementation of technology from Nasdaq, that might be set…
Markit Tackles Derivatives Paperwork with Thunderhead
Markit has announced a partnership with Thunderhead.com, which will see the latter's One platform integrated with the former's Counterparty Manager for the purposes of electronically managing master confirmation agreements (MCAs).
Visual Trader Readies HTML5 Terminal, Updated Risk Control Tool
New workstation interface will make it easier for users to access Visual Trader's data via multiple methods.
StatPro Adds Benchmark, Equity Valuation Pages to Revolution
Portfolio and data analytics provider StatPro has rolled out a December update to its Revolution data desktop, which includes upgraded benchmark pages, and new equity valuation and currency overlay pages.