Buy-Side Technology/News
Citi Expands Total Touch to European Equities
The investment bank's hybrid block equities offering for institutional investors is launching in Europe, with 560 symbols initially supported.
Vermilion Partners with Ortec Finance for Performance Attribution Reporting Solution
Client reporting services provider Vermilion Software has partnered with financial risk and return management technology vendor Ortec Finance to enhance the firm’s performance attribution capabilities.
REDI Hires Three to Support Institutional Clients out of Boston Office
REDI Holdings, the provider of the REDIPlus execution management system (EMS), has appointed equity sales traders, Sean Graham and Roseann Hoffman Woodford, and software developer Jeremy Warburg, to support its sales, account management, and development…
SCB AM Goes Live with Charles River IMS
Bangkok-based Siam Commercial Bank Asset Management (SCB AM) has implemented the Charles River Investment Management Solution (IMS) and is now live with the platform, the vendor has announced.
Allianz Taps TR For Fixed Income Pricing
The global insurance and asset management giant says it will use Thomson Reuters Pricing Service (TPRS), covering 2.5 million fixed income securities, derivatives, and bank loans, to meet valuation, reporting and regulatory requirements.
SmartStream Hires Nicholas as APAC Director of Professional Services
Transaction lifecycle management provider SmartStream Technologies has appointed Richard Nicholas as its new director of professional services for the Asia Pacific region.
DataArt Updates Front-End App for Automated AIFMD Filing
Software vendor DataArt has updated its front-end applications for global fund managers for compliance with the latest requirements introduced by Europe's Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
Calpers Moves to Axe Hedge Funds
The California Public Employees Retirement Scheme (Calpers) has announced that it is eliminating its involvement with hedge funds, a move it says it designed to reduce complexity in its financial operations.
Markit, Pirum Pair on Securities Finance Data
The financial information provider and securities finance post-trade processing vendor are partnering to provider mutual customers more timely and transparent data sets.
Trendrating Rolls Out Index Builder
Trendrating, which specializes in momentum factor analytics, has added a premium Index Builder module to its Trendrating Momentum Analytics Platform (TMAP).
TeraExchange Dives Into Bitcoin
The swap execution facility says it has launched a regulated platform for bitcoin derivatives as well as a spot bitcoin price index.
BST Awards 2014: Entry Deadline Extended
The entry deadline for this year's Buy-Side Technology Awards has been extended by a week from 18.00 (EST) Friday September 12 to 18.00 (EST) Friday September 19.
Liquid Adds Three to Risk Team
Jeremy Shaw, Richard Boesch, and Isaac Babani each join the provider's risk analytics team in a senior financial engineer role.
FxPro To Acquire Spot FX Aggregator Quotix
The agency-model foreign exchange (FX) broker FxPro Group has announced its acquisition of Quotix, the provider of liquidity aggregation and distribution solutions to FX buy-side and sell-side firms, in order to open up to institutional clients and…
ParFX Prime Goes Live with First Trade
Foreign exchange (FX) platform ParFX has announced that its buy-side-focused service ParFX Prime is now live, and the first trade was completed between GSA Capital and Virtu Financial in late August.
DataArt Acquires AW Systems, Will Open New Development Center in Argentina
DataArt says it has bought South American consulting specialist AW Systems.
Nasdaq OMX Extends SMARTS to Energy
The exchange operator's market surveillance service now covers energy trading, and is designed for both sell-side intermediaries and end-user clients.
REDI Appoints Lax as Head of Emea Sales
REDI Holdings, the provider of the REDIPlus execution management system (EMS), has announced the appointment of Michael Lax as its new head of Emea sales.
KLP Extends SimCorp Usage
KLP Kapitalforvaltning has extended its use of SimCorp to cover its entire front-office activities, the Copenhagen-headquarter vendor has announced.
KOR Group Launches Best Ex Analysis Program
Boutique research and consulting firm KOR Group has launched its Best Execution Accreditation services, providing the buy side with regulatory compliance as well as information around execution quality and potential transaction cost reduction.
Tabb Unveils Trade Routing, Fill Rate Analysis Service to Improve Buy-Side Execution
Research firm Tabb Group has unveiled a new trade data and routing analysis service, dubbed Clarity, that will help market participants monitor and benchmark the impact on execution price performance of routing strategies for US equities that include…
Virtus Partners, SunGard Pair on Bank Debt
The technology giant's VPM asset management arm has announced a collaboration with Virtus Partners LLC, a provider of fixed-income asset administrative and middle-office services and data to funds, in which Virtus’s global load data feed will be fully…
Trustron Adopts Omgeo CTM
South Korea-based Trustron Asset Management has selected Omgeo Central Trade Manager (CTM) to handle its domestic post-trade equities activity, the firm has announced.
BST Awards 2014: Entries Close This Friday
Online entries to this year's Buy-Side Technology Awards will close, as scheduled, at 18.00 EST on Friday September 12.