Trading Tech
Informed Portfolio Management Taps Portware for FX
The Stockholm-based investment manager Informed Portfolio Management (IPM) will use Portware FX in a bespoke, end-to-end solution that mirrors a growing trend in buy-side currencies trading.
HTML5 the Future for Web-Based Trading Apps
A survey of over 300 app developers within the financial services industry suggests that HTML5 is the future platform upon which web-based trading apps will be built.
ADM Investor Services Taps Trading Technologies for Derivatives Access
Chicago-headquartered ADM Investor Services has chosen Trading Technologies' (TT's) fully managed hosting service to provide its institutional investors with access to the global derivatives markets.
Progress To Make Available Beta Version of Connectivity Solution
The DataDirect Cloud service will be fully delivered in the second quarter of next year.
NYSE Partners ATG for Brazilian Equities Venue
NYSE Technologies and the Americas Trading Group (ATG) have announced that they will form a joint venture aimed at establishing a Brazilian platform.
Neonet Signs Prize Capital Markets
Oslo-based broker Prize Financial has selected Neonet for its managed execution services.
Eurex Launches CCP for Bilateral Securities Lending
Eurex Clearing is set to establish the first European central counterparty (CCP) for the bilateral securities lending market, the company has announced.
Tightening the Belt
It's not just people and processes, but everything else that costs money. Just ask the banks.
Update: Datacom Expands Sales Staff, Trading Tools
Vendor brings on new staff, independent representatives to boost sales of new monitoring products to trading firms and network providers
Totan IT Taps MDX for OTC Price Publication
Japanese broker's IT arm uses MDX Tech as component of price distribution platform, mulls expansion for OTC pricing
Deutsche Bank Launches Application-based Fund Solution
The Autobahn App Market gives access to research and analytics through a single sign-on environment.
Quantifying Catastrophe After Sandy
Business continuity planning is certain to receive renewed attention in the wake of Hurricane Sandy that ravaged the East Coast of the US this week. Reliability will be a focus, but so too should firms seek to better understand the threats.
South African Depository Turns to TCS BaNCS
Strate will replace its legacy bond market system with one from the South African vendor.
Open Platform: Business Operations Management Key in Securities Trading
In the fast-paced, risk-prone world of securities trading, establishing a business operations management methodology is a must.
Can Vendors Ease Compliance Burden?
As yet another regulatory reform takes effect—the European Securities and Markets Authority's regulation on short selling—Imagine Software's Brian Miranda says firms are struggling under the weight of it all.
New Misys Tool Aggregates Risk
London-based technology provider Misys says its Global Risk offering interacts with firms' internal or third-party systems to create an enterprise-wide view.
Drilling Down On Benchmarks
Buy-side firms are scrutinizing their benchmark data sourcing more closely to ensure more accurate performance reporting and attribution, according to officials and leading service providers participating in an industry discussion. Michael Shashoua…
Full And Fair Disclosures
When it comes into force next year, the IFRS 13 accounting standard will place significant requirements on end-users to provide new disclosures about the prices and evaluations they use, but pricing vendors are well placed to help them comply, writes…
Infrastructure Ready for OTC Reforms, FSB Reports
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has released its latest report on readiness for meeting Group of Twenty (G20) mandate for the reform of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trading.
Frankfurt Summit: Firms Put Brakes on Latency Race, Panel Says
Panelists say lowest latency is no longer as important as overall infrastructure management