Trading Tech
Central Clearing Blurs the Line Between Front and Back Office
The biggest impact that the new centrally-cleared derivatives regime is having on buy-side infrastructure is an organizational one, said Michael O’Brien, director of global trading at Eaton Vance, at the Buy-Side Technology North America Summit.
ICE to Close NYSE Acquisition on Nov. 4
NYSE Euronext announced today that its acquisition by IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) will close on Nov. 4.
SmartStream's Twiggs on SmartRecs
Darryl Twiggs, head of product at SmartStream Technologies, talks to Waters about the vendor's recent release, SmartRecs.
SmartStream's Twiggs Discusses Reconciliations Challenges
Darryl Twiggs, head of product at SmartStream Technologies, talks to Waters about the ways in which new technology is changing the role of reconciliations.
Newedge Updates China Metals Platform
The multi-asset trading venue says enhancements to CN Pulse include improved pre-funding capabilities, pre-margin risk functions that mirror Chinese exchange and domestic trading practices, and offer broader access to metals markets in the country.
Gravitas Introduces File Sharing, Sync, and Storage Service for Buy Side
The co-sourcing platform provider to alternative investment firms says newly-released Atmosphere will provide more surety and security of access for managers as they distribute information.
Javelin Turns to Cinnober for SEF Market Surveillance Tool
Javelin Capital Markets has added a market surveillance system to its swap execution facility (SEF) trading platform as required by the Dodd-Frank Act.
Tabb's Rowady: System Fragmentation Preventing Data Fluency
The number of factors shaping the future of capital markets technology is overwhelming, according to Tabb analyst Paul Rowady’s remarks at the SAP Financial Services Forum North America.
Aquis Names CCP Partners
Aquis Exchange, the proposed pan-European equities exchange, currently awaiting approval to open its door for business from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority, has named the Netherlands-based European Multilateral Clearing Facility (EMCF), LCH.Clearnet…
Thomson Reuters Adds IIR Energy Refinery Info to Eikon
Thomson Reuters has added data on planned maintenance of oil refineries from Houston, Texas-based IIR Energy to its Eikon next-generation desktop, to provide oil traders with supply chain data about maintenance at more than 600 refineries worldwide in…
LSE to Institute First Wireless Connection to Datacenter
London Stock Exchange (LSE) will debut in November a millimeter wave (MMW) link between its City of London datacenter and the Equinix datacenter in Slough, cutting latency by a third compared to some fiber links.
Korea Exchange Taps Solace Appliances
The Korea Exchange is to roll out Ottawa-based hardware-based messaging provider Solace Systems' appliances as the data delivery infrastructure for its upcoming Exture+ next-generation, low-latency trading platform for equities, bonds and derivatives,…
LSE Preps Wireless Data Net to Equinix Slough
The London Stock Exchange will next month go live with low-latency wireless connectivity between its datacenter in the City of London and Equinix's datacenter campus in Slough, west of London, which many market operators and trading firms have chosen to…
Markit Builds Streaming Data TCA Tool
With the current regulatory landscape requiring more careful analysis of trading and risk at the forefront of traders’ minds, technology suppliers such as UK-based data vendor Markit are finding ways to perform critical trade analysis in real time,…
ANZ Automates Wholesale Lending with Misys
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has implemented Misys' Loan IQ platform for its core commercial loan management operations as it grows its wholesale lending globally.
Hargreave Hale Goes Live with Dion's Corporate Action Workflow Solution
UK stockbroker and investment manager Hargreave Hale is live on Dion Global Solutions' Corporate Action Workflow platform in order to decrease the operational risks associated with managing corporate actions.
Munich Re's Asset Management Arm Selects SimCorp
Munich Ergo Asset Management GmbH (MEAG), the Bavarian insurance provider's $228 billion asset manager, will install SimCorp Dimension at its home office in Germany, as well as in Hong Kong and New York.
Eagle Alpha Launches Twitter Tool
Eagle Alpha has launched Social Sonar, a tool that identifies data on stocks and global macro topics published on Twitter, with the aim of giving traders the information ahead of mainstream news.
Eagle Alpha Switches on Sonar to Swoop on ‘Social' Financial Data
Startup social media data provider Eagle Alpha has unveiled Social Sonar, a service that compiles lists of key sources and influencers on Twitter to give sell-side, buy-side and individual investors read-only access to market-moving information on stocks…
Thomson Reuters SEF Goes Live
Thomson Reuters has announced that its swap execution facility (SEF) has officially started trading today.
The Business of Upsetting Apple Carts
What's the first thing that springs to mind when you think of Bloomberg? For New Yorkers, it'll probably be the outgoing mayor, Michael Bloomberg. Ask Joe Public, and it'll be the news channel. Ask someone involved with IT budget control? Expensive, most…
Analytics: Tools and Technologies -- webcast
WatersTechnology gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on September 30, 2013 to discuss how analytics have become the essential part for investment activities and the various tools available to financial services firms operating in the capital…
S&P Capital IQ Launches Company Credit Risk Data Service
McGraw Hill Financial-owned data, research and analytics provider S&P Capital IQ will this week launch a new tool for assessing the probability of default for all public and private companies, dubbed PD (Probability of Default) Model Fundamentals, to…
Markit Confirms Federated Chat Partners
Data vendor Markit has named Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Barclays, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and GFI Group as official partners in its Federated Chat initiative, joining Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Thomson Reuters,…