Trading Tech
Twitter Manipulation Begs Questions of Utility, Ethics
As news emerged yesterday of a second case in as many days of deliberate manipulation of Twitter affecting stock prices, Steve Dew-Jones caught up with MarketPsych's sentiment analysis stalwart Richard Peterson to gauge his response.
TraFXpure Renames, Adds Mitsubishi and Nomura Before Launch
TraFXpure, the bank-backed foreign exchange (FX) platform being developed by interdealer broker Tradition, has added Nomura Securities and Mitsubishi UFJ to its supporters, and will rename as ParFX ahead of its 'imminent' launch.
CFTC's O'Malia Says Tech Training Wheels Are Off
The only way to face the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's challenges is through robust surveillance automation and analytics. Technology is the bike—the commissioner says the regulator needs to learn to ride.
Anthony Malakian: FIXating on Cost
As the broker community continues to struggle with the rising costs of managing FIX connections, third-party providers are trying to penetrate that market. Anthony says the buy side will have a significant say in the outcome of this conversation.
Max Bowie: The Future Isn’t Analytics or Latency, It’s ‘Analatencytics’
After years of focusing on reducing latency, firms are placing greater emphasis on reducing costs, Max says, meaning that latency projects must now be tackled as part of broader initiatives and deliver more than just raw speed.
DataArt Expands in Ukraine
The custom software builder is set to open additional R&D outposts in the coastal city of Odessa and inland industrial center Dnipropetrovsk.
CIMB Australia Taps Broadridge for Accounting Support
Sydney-based CIMB Securities Australia, part of Malaysian execution and order management provider CIMB Group, has gone live with Broadridge's accounting solution.
smartTrade Enhances Mobility with HTML5 Upgrade
Foreign exchange (FX) and gold trading vendor smartTrade has upgraded its LiquidityFX and Liquidity Management System products with an HTML5-based front end, allowing for enhanced mobile functionality.
Bank of China Implements Murex Platform
Bank of China has chosen Murex's MX.3 platform to provide a fully integrated front-to-back solution for treasury and trading.
China Merchants Securities Rolls Out Algo Offering
Shenzhen-based China Merchants Securities has announced that it will be offering algorithmic strategies to its retail investor clients, with plans to extend it to buy-side institutional clients later.
No Easy FIX: Brokers Eye Outsourcing FIX Connections
FIX costs have long been a thorn in the side of more than a few brokers. While many still insist on managing their FIX connectivity internally, others have chosen to outsource this service to third-party providers. The question remains: Is the benefit…
TT Fills Top Buy-Side Need with Multibroker Solution
For five years, Chicago-based derivatives software vendor Trading Technologies (TT), attempted to adapt its X_Trader derivatives trading platform to incorporate multiple brokers, without success. The technology proved too complicated. Not long ago it…
TradingScreen, FXall Compete for Axa's Affections
Axa Investment Managers, a Paris-headquartered asset management firm with £460 billion (approx. $730bn) under management, has begun implementation of TradingScreen's execution management system (EMS), TradeEMS.
Head in the Clouds: Impax COO Darren Johnson
After cutting his teeth at a variety of high-stress jobs in the City of London, Darren Johnson finally struck a balance between hard work and tranquility. Now as COO of Impax Asset Management, he sees the future in the cloud. By Steve Dew-Jones with…
Citi Rolls Out Upgrades to Processing, Risk Management Solution
Citi has launched Network 3.0, which features better risk management capabilities for institutional investors, asset managers and alternative asset investors.
Second Time Around, Corporate Bonds Platforms Putting Interface First
Benchmark Solutions and iTB both aim to make corporate debt tools elegant as trading in the asset class incrementally goes electronic. Their interfaces illustrate two approaches, fit to purpose.
India's Third Bourse Eyes February Open for Equities Trading
Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) is preparing to launch trading in cash equities and equity derivatives on February 11, under the MCX-SX banner, the bourse has announced.
The UX Factor: Visual Design Meets Finance
Financial applications once eschewed Marshall McLuhan’s famous argument—that the “medium is the massage”—by prioritizing function and cost over the beauty of the interface. No longer, experts say. Tim Bourgaize Murray reports on a design revolution that…