Trading Tech
TS-Associates Enters Administration, Velocimetrics Takes Over IP, Tech Team
Latency monitoring technology provider Velocimetrics has acquired an exclusive license to sell and maintain the Precision Instrumentation product range developed by UK-based latency monitoring technology provider TS-Associates, which has entered…
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Dials Mobile Data App
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has launched a mobile application designed to provide investors with a selected and user-friendly view of trading data.
Options Partners with Orchestrade for Cross-Asset Platform
Options has announced that vendor Orchestrade's risk management and operations platform has been integrated with its infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offering.
Raymond James Implements GBST for Middle-Office Processing
GBST has announced that the implementation of its Syn~ product at Raymond James Financial's Equity Capital Markets division has been completed, and that the broker is now live on the system.
Nomura Asset Management Selects NRI T-STAR for Back Office
Nomura Asset Management, Japan's largest asset management firm, has adopted Nomura Research Institute's (NRI) T-STAR back office suite, including the RX, GX and ReportAssist tools.
ITG Launches FX Trading Cost Index App
Broker and research provider ITG has released a tool that provides foreign exchange traders and portfolio managers with liquidity costs for 20 currency pairs.
OTAS Bows Real-Time TCA
London-based analytics provider OTAS Technologies has rolled out a new transaction cost analysis platform that provides traders at buy-side firms with real-time analytics on trade performance in changing market conditions.
FX ECN Spotex Taps Solace for Data Messaging
Spotex, a foreign exchange trading ECN that launched in June, has confirmed it is using Ottawa-based hardware messaging appliance vendor Solace Systems' routing technologies to provide low-latency messaging for price and trade data between trading…
Traiana Extends Kill Switch Range to SDPs for CreditLink
Icap-owned specialist Traiana has announced the expansion of kill-switch functionality in its CreditLink offering, which now includes single dealer platforms (SDPs).
Squawker Adds Fidessa Support
High-touch block-trading venue Squawker has announced that it is now available through Fidessa Spotlight.
OTAS Launches Real-Time TCA
OTAS Technologies has announced the launch of OTAS InTrade, its real-time engine for transaction cost analysis (TCA) and performance analysis.
Linedata Integrates InvestSoft Fixed Income, Derivatives Analytics
Linedata has embedded InvestSoft's BondPro analytics library into its own analytics platform to improve its coverage of esoteric products
SunGard, Aite Study Highlights 'Firefighting' Versus Strategic Data Management Split
A new survey of 48 firms shows a marked split on the buy side between those with a long-term plan, and those without one.
Swing Löw, Sweet Chariot
It's a good Monday to be German, although perhaps less so if you're in Buenos Aires right now.
Bats Chi-X Europe Bolsters Interoperable Clearing
Bats Chi-X Europe has announced that it will extend its interoperable clearing program to include exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded products (ETPs).
Updata Launches ‘Integrate’ Database Tool for Firms to Chart In-House Data
UK-based technical analysis software provider Updata has released a new tool, dubbed Updata Integrate, which maps data from client firms’ in-house databases to the vendor’s Professional analytics workstation, enabling users to display their own data in…
Hitachi Data Systems, Informatica Ally on Legacy Platform Retirement
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), the storage, software and services subsidiary of Japanese technology conglomerate Hitachi, is partnering with data integration software provider Informatica to provide a technology platform abstraction and retirement service…
Infrastructure special report
June 2014 Sponsored by Intel
Investment Book of Record ─ Webcast
On June 26, Waters hosted a webcast to discuss one of the most pressing and important technological developments on the buy side in recent memory ─ the development of an investment book of record (IBOR) system.
Linedata Partners with InvestSoft for Fixed Income, Derivatives Analytics
Linedata has entered into a partnership with InvestSoft Technology where Linedata will provide InvestSoft's BondPro analytics engine for fixed income and credit derivatives to its asset management clients.
Tick Data Bows Cloud Data Storage, Access
Historical tick-level trade and quote data provider Tick Data has introduced cloud-hosted options to allow firms without large IT and storage infrastructures to access and run analytics on the vendor's full tick history.
Fidessa Upgrades IMS to Version 14, Adds Compliance
London-based Fidessa has upgraded its Investment Management System (IMS) to version 14, bolstering its reporting capabilities and adding new compliance functionality.
SS&C Signs Two for Global Wealth Platform
SS&C Technologies has announced that both Vancity Investment Management and the Lucie and Andre Chagnon Foundation have selected its Global Wealth Platform (GWP).
TPI Enlists Matriks as Turkish Data Distributor
Turkish data vendor Matriks Bilgi Dagitim Hizmetleri has signed a deal with Tullett Prebon Information (TPI), the data arm of interdealer broker Tullett Prebon, to distribute TPI's over-the-counter prices on global commodities to its client base of…