Trading Tech
Alpha Omega Integrates with Linedata OMS for Post-Trade
Paris-based Linedata and California-based Alpha Omega Financial Systems, provider of FIX Protocol-based post-trade software, have agreed to integrate Alpha Omega’s FIXAffirm post-trade processing platform with the Linedata Longview order management…
BlackRock's VedBrat Explains SEFs to the Buy Side
While the sell side and larger buy-side institutions have been preparing for the entrance of swap execution facilities (SEFs) to the market for some time, medium and small buy-siders have not. Supurna VedBrat, BlackRock's co-head of electronic trading…
In Asia, Fragmentation Creates Regional Technology Challenges
Panelists at the Asia-Pacific Trading Architecture Summit, held in Singapore last week, discussed the role that regulatory fragmentation is playing in forcing banks to develop complex, semi-siloed systems in order to operate in multiple countries while…
Legacy Concerns Risk Overriding Architecture Decisions at Banks
Panelists at the Asia-Pacific Trading Architecture Summit in Singapore last week debated the contrasts between staying current in terms of technology and managing tightened budget sheets, saying that the approaching end of the lifecycle for technology is…
Olivetree Taps SunGard to Deliver Securities Lending Data on OTAS Platform
Olivetree Financial Group, an equity brokerage and technology firm, has selected SunGard’s Astec Analytics to provide users of its Olivetree Trading Analysis System (OTAS) platform with faster securities lending data and enable smarter decision making.
Iraq Exchange Updates Trading Technology
The Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) will upgrade its trading platform from Nasdaq OMX’s Horizon to Nasdaq’s X-stream technology. The upgrade is expected to be rolled out by mid-year 2014.
Real-Time Risk Management webcast
Waters gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on June 26, 2013 to discuss how financial trading firms are looking to aggregate their risk exposure on a real-time basis and the challenges they face.
The Pitfalls of Social Media
If the Mark Zuckerberg movie taught us anything, it's that there's plenty of drama in social networking. Usage of these tools is sky high in our personal lives. That shouldn't automatically carry over to our business lives.
Michael Shashoua: Game of Global Communication
Risk is a growing concern for corporate actions, but will that be enough to push through improved messaging standards? Michael thinks this should translate into a consensus for action.
Lord Abbett Turns to SimCorp for Investment Management
New Jersey-based asset manager Lord Abbett has selected SimCorp’s investment management solution to support the firm’s value creation strategy.
Poles Apart? Tech Push Boosts Poland's Prominence
Capital markets in Central Europe—and especially Poland—have made steady gains after being unlocked by the collapse of the Soviet Union, with new technology helping to both catalyze reform and create jobs. Tim Bourgaize Murray reports from Warsaw on the…
ConvergEx to Provide Real-Time Transaction Cost Analysis
New York-based broker ConvergEx Group has announced it will soon be providing real-time intra-day transaction cost analysis (TCA) to its prime services customers through its TCA product, PerformEx.
