Buy-Side Technology/News
MarketAxess Adds Ancoa Market Surveillance for its Fixed-Income Platform
Market abuse surveillance capabilities deployed on European fixed-income multilateral trading facility.
R3 Adds MetLife to Roster
Insurance company joins the blockchain consortium that has now grown to 60 financial firms.
IHS Markit to Release Mifid II Research Tool in 2017
The company will streamline access to four platforms as part of the product development.
KGI Securities Taps Horizon for High-Frequency Trading Platform
Taiwanese securities firm implements Automated Trading platform, alongside existing Horizon Delta One solution.
Bloomberg Closes Acquisition of Barclays Risk Analytics and Index Solutions
Acquisition includes Barclays fixed-income benchmark indices, Brais strategy indices, and the intellectual property of Point portfolio analytics.
MainstreamBPO Buys Fundadministration as Part of Expansion
The deal is expected to bring MainstreamBPO's funds under administration to $94 billion.
Northern Trust Launches Historical Corporate Actions Reporting Service
The service uses Scorpeo’s technology and calculates missed value
ICE: Sale of Trayport Not “Necessary, Appropriate or in Best Interests”
Intercontinental Exchange slaps down CMA suggestion of divestiture of Trayport platform, confirms intentions to carry on unchanged.
Cobalt Prepares for 2017 Distributed-Ledger Platform Release
The platform, now running in a beta environment, promises to reduce post-trade costs in the FX market.
Smead Capital Taps SS&C for Operational Infrastructure Automation
Implementation of Global Wealth Platform to reduce risk, improve compliance and automate operational infrastructure processes.
trueEX Adds Brazilian Real Swaps
Sunil Hirani, CEO of trueEX, talks about the importance of adding currencies to the SEF.
ICE Faces Potential Sale of Trayport Over CMA Inquiry into Lessening of Competition
UK watchdog raises issue of potential “substantial lessening of competition” as a result of $650 million acquisition last year, suggests “complete divestiture” as possible remedy.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016 Open for Entries
Entries to the 33 individual categories on offer in the 10th annual, London-hosted Buy-Side Technology Awards are now open.
Nuveen, Artivest Launch Online Platform for Alternative Investments
The platform is a first for Artivest as interest in alternative investments grows.
Bats LIS IOI Platform Set for 2017 Launch
Bats LIS will be supported by Bids ATS and will go live in 2017.
Trumid Hits $1 Billion Milestone
The Trumid Market Center was launched on June 30.
SimCorp Rolls Out Reconciliation, Fixed-Income Performance Attribution Modules for Dimension
Bi-annual update also includes functionality for private debt and alternative products to reduce complexity for asset managers.
R3 Partners with Thomson Reuters to Expand Buy-Side Participation
Thomson Reuters’ involvement aimed at improving buy side participation on distributed-ledger technology.
Intercontinental Exchange Introduces Single-Name CDS Trading Platform
ICE Swap launched for trading cleared single-name credit default swaps in a central order limit book.
Bridgewater Associates Announce First Dual-Party Outsourcing Model
BNY Mellon and Northern Trust to take on outsourcing roles for Bridgewater.
Algomi Rolls Out Synchronicity as SaaS
Synchronicity will now take two to four weeks to install as opposed to three to six months.
Boston Trust Taps SS&C for Hosting, Data Management Outsourcing
Investment manager to utilize Advent Outsourcing for portfolio accounting and reporting, trade order management, compliance.
ThinkMarkets Launches New Multi-Asset Platform
ThinkTrader comes with a simplified UX and a single account for multiple assets.
Trading Technologies Looks to Add Charting Capabilities in Q1 2017
Trading Technologies' Brian Mehta provides an update on the company's charting plans, as well as its options coverage and how the transition from X_Trader to the TT EMS is progressing.