Trading Tech
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.
WEX Introduces Options Vega Trader
Applet geared towards multi-strike trading
SWIFT Officially Launches KYC Registry
Move comes after pilot with handful of banks
Swift’s KYC Registry Goes Live
Central Utility Lets Firms Retain Data Ownership
Cantor Fitzgerald Adds IEX To Algo Suite
IEX's SOR and ATS will be used on Cantor Connect Clean Algo Suite
Eurex Strikes Deal with GMEX over Swap Futures
German firm licenses Euro-denominated constant maturity future.
Euronext Broadens Derivatives Validation and Confirmation Capabilities
New service positions Euronext to capture migration of OTC derivatives
TradingScreen, MainstreamBPO Sign APAC Deal
Providers take aim at regional end-to-end offering
Liquidnet Launches Trade Advisory and Execution Solutions
New hires to deliver Liquidnet's next gen of execution services & quant trading strategies
Waters USA 2014: Reducing Operational Risk
Gerald LeDonne stresses looking at each application on its own.
CJC Expands Managed Services Offering
Cleint demand for managed services drives CJC to build out development team
Waters USA Panel: Traders, Vendors Eye Convergence of Latency, Analytics
Panel says it's not just how fast you are, but what you can analyze that fast that counts
Waters USA 2014 HFT Panel: Reality Doesn't Reflect 'Flash Boys' Hype
New asset classes, geographies moot the arguments, sell-siders say.
Options Takes Space in Equinix Tokyo Co-Lo Center
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options has expanded into Equinix's TY3 datacenter in Tokyo to provide co-location services and access to global foreign exchange markets in response to increased customer demand.
Waters USA 2014: Top Fear for 2015? Cyber in a Landslide
Impromptu C-level survey reveals anxiety about internal, external vulnerabilities
Waters USA 2014: Analytics in the Trading Landscape
Analytics technologies are evolving with the trading landscape