Trading Tech
B&Z Taps MDX Tech for Internal Data Sharing
MDX solution will allow firm to share data and analytics, and collaborate more effectively, officials say.
Malaysia Brokers Tap Bloomberg for MYR FX Rates Distribution
The Malaysia Money Brokers Association, a group of six licensed money brokers in Malaysia, will use Bloomberg as its primary platform for the dissemination of foreign exchange rates, in move to increase price transparency in the country and support…
CYMBA Unveils Silverstone Platform
New platform features much of the functionality already available in the CYMBA's Athena platform.
Silver Lake Sells IPC to Centerbridge for $1.2Bn
Private equity firm Centerbridge Partners has entered into an agreement to acquire data network and trading telephony provider IPC from current owners Silver Lake Partners for about $1.2 billion.
Euronext Targets Non-Listed Securities with Expert Market MTF
The Euronext Expert Market is the first market of its kind to be set up by an European exchange.
TMX's McCrea Joins Audit Specialists JCV
Former exchange exec will help grow JCV's audit and IPR protection business.
NanoSpeed Readies Low-Latency LSE Data Access, Risk Checks
FPGA solution will provide low-latency data connectivity and risk checks for trading on the London Stock Exchange.
Confluence Buys Fund Analytics Vendor Orfival
Deal will allow US-based Confluence to expand its range of services and international reach.
Value in the Data
Quantum technology and broker profiles lead this week's coverage.
NanoSpeed to Provide Ultra-Fast Risk Checks to LSE
Nano-Risk FPGA run pre-trade risk checks with a latency of less than half a microsecond.
AlphaSense Grabs Gunther for Sales
San Francisco-based AlphaSense, a provider of financial search, indexing and extraction technologies for structured and unstructured content, has hired John Gunther in New York as vice president of sales, responsible for driving growth of the vendor's…
Cloud Collaboration ─ Microsoft and Excelian Discuss their Cloud Alliance
Microsoft and Excelian discuss the benefits of their cloud-based, high-performance computing alliance.
Cloud as a Business Enabler in the Capital Markets
Bloomberg's Brian Cunningham discusses his firm's cloud strategy.
Speakerbus Intergrates Nice with iTurret
Interoperability between the two products will offer better compliance for transactional recording.
McCoubrey Trades TIM for Predictive Retail Analytics
Dianne McCoubrey has left trade ideas platform vendor TIM Group, where she was regional sales director for the Americas, to become executive director of sales at Retalon, a provider of predictive analytics for retail inventory management, merchandising…
SGX Signs TradingScreen to Launch Asian Bond-Trading Platform
To drive this initiative, SGX has formed a new subsidiary, SGX Bond Trading
Percentile, Torstone Integrate Platforms
Partnership aims to enhance risk management automation.
GFI Introduces MAC Rate Swaps
The IDB joins a growing list of execution venues offering standardized coupons.
Interactive Data 7Ticks Outlines BATS-Direct Edge Connectivity Migration Support
Interactive Data will provide connectivity to matching engines operated by BATS Global Markets and Direct Edge once the merged exchanges migrate their operations to Equinix's NY5 datacenter in Secaucus, NJ in January 2015.
REDI Looks Outside of the Financial World for Financial World Support
More single-dealer EMS acquisitions could be in REDI's future
PBOR: The need for a single source of performance data
Without a consistent source of data and limited functionalities in existing systems, firms are unable to perform tasks that are becoming increasingly important in the investment management industry. To gain a competitive advantage in today’s market, it…
Capability Key as Data Management, Storage Rise to Cloud
Cost no longer the lone differentiator, panelists say.
OTAS Rolls Out Analytics Integration Tool
London-based analytics provider OTAS Technologies has rolled out an API and visualisation tool to allow developers to build applications that include OTAS’ intraday analytics and interface.
OTAS Launches Developer Toolkit for Visual Analytics
API and visualization toolkit assists developers in building applications that integrate OTAS analytics and visual elements