Trading Tech
Iowa BD Turns to SunGard for Social Media Surveillance
Iowa-based broker-dealer Berthel Fisher & Company Financial Services announced today its adoption of SunGard's Protegent Social Media Surveillance for regulatory compliance and monitoring of its advisors' online activity.
Infrastructure, Optimization Tools Imperative for New Swaps Execution
A modernized US swaps market portends benefits as well as costs for the buy side. But most of all, experts say, it means building technology that can cope─independently─with change.
IPC Survey Reveals Tech Spend Shifting to Cloud, Away from HFT
Of over 120 respondents to a survey by communications technology vendor IPC at the Futures Industry Association (FIA) Chicago event, three out of four say technology spend will increase in 2013, driven mostly by a pursuit of increased efficiency, with…
Xenomorph, Numerix Pair on Derivatives Trade Pricing
The providers of data management and derivatives valuation analytics say users of Numerix's Portfolio solution will now have integrated access to Xenomorph's TimeScape system, forming a complete risk management function.
Letting the Multi-Asset Genie Out to Breathe
Going multi-asset may help your returns, but there are hidden costs and complexities.
CME Clearing Europe Joins Euroclear's Collateral Network
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Clearing Europe has become a member of Euroclear Bank's Collateral Highway, which facilitates processes such as tri-party collateral management through operating agreements.
SuperDerivatives Aims to Shake Up Display Market with Low-Cost Alternative, App Store
DGX marks SuperDerivatives' entry into the data terminal business, leveraging its expertise in pricing and real-time data.
OpenGamma Preps Hosted Data, Analytics
Managed service version of OpenGamma's risk analytics infrastructure will target smaller firms with fewer technology resources.
Flexibility Key to Infrastructure Agility, Responsiveness
Despite the economic environment dictating high-level sign-off on new technology deployments —- something that is becoming harder to obtain-— firms must build an element of flexibility into their market data infrastructures if they are to create best-of…
BT Seeks Vendor Collaboration on Collaboration Tools
Data vendors could leverage BT's existing connectivity and collaboration platform to make it easier to engage with clients and counterparties, the telecoms vendor says.
The Challenges in Developing a Culture of Compliance
At Monday's Waters USA conference, held in Midtown Manhattan, regulation was on almost everyone's lips. From panels on Big Data to cloud to over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives to transaction cost analysis (TCA) to risk management, the word "regulation,”…
BNP Offers Post-Trade Services for LSE, SGX Collaboration
BNP Paribas is offering a post-trade service to banks and brokers looking to take advantage of a cross-trade agreement between the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Singapore Exchange (SGX).
Volksbank Goes Live with Murex
Vienna-headquartered Volksbank Österreich has undergone a significant implementation covering cross-asset trading systems, risk management and straight-through processing (STP) from Murex's partner integration firm, MXG Team.
S&P Adds RatingsDirect Content to CapIQ
Combining the vendor's two content delivery mechanisms will allow users to access more data for credit analysis in a single location.
iForex Adds Gestures to Mobile Platform
iForex has announced the launch of its foreign exchange (FX) mobile trading platform, with in-built gesture functionality popularized by the Apple iPhone.
Goodbody Selects Salmon Software for Treasury
Dublin-based Goodbody Stockbrokers has implemented Salmon Software's treasury management system (TMS), Salmon Treasurer.
Multi-Asset Platforms Are Efficient, But Don't Force It
As various asset classes sprung to life over the years, the trading desks that handled them often blossomed independently. Futures, options, equities, bonds, and the like became robust, yet siloed, at the big banks. Separate trading systems evolved to…
LMAX Exchange Joins Equinix Data Center
LMAX Exchange, a multilateral trading facility for spot foreign exchange (FX) trades, has chosen Equinix's London LD4/5 data center in Slough as the hub for its operations.
Multi-Bank FX Platforms More Ubiquitous, Less Popular
Foreign exchange (FX) traders are getting more comfortable with algorithms and electronic platforms, says Ugur Arslan, CEO of New York-based quant fund AienTech, at a webinar hosted by Lexington, Mass.-based complex event processing (CEP) software vendor…
Ethernet Tech Vendor Emulex Buys Endace for Network Monitoring Play
Acquisition values Endace at $130 million, and is expected to close in early 2013