Sell-Side Technology/News
EBS Direct Beta Program Goes Live
EBS Direct, the disclosed liquidity provider from ICAP’s electronic foreign exchange (FX) business, has gone live with its beta program and four liquidity providers: Commerzbank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley. All four have conducted initial…
Telehouse America Data Centers Adopt Seccuris for Security Monitoring
Datacenter operator Telehouse America has formed a strategic partnership with Seccuris, a security automator based in Winnipeg, Canada, to provide its cloud security solution, OneStone, to Telehouse America customers.
DTCC, Euroclear Launch Joint Collateral Service
Euroclear and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) have announced the launch of a joint collateral processing service, which aims to automate elements of margin call workflows for derivatives trades.
Markit Reaches South Africa with IQ Partnership
Markit has announced that it has entered into a commercial partnership with consulting firm IQ Business, to market its analytics products to the country.
Bloomberg Under Fire for Terminal Breaches
Data vendor Bloomberg has come under sustained pressure for the past few days over admissions that reporters from its news arm accessed client information through the company's ubiquitous terminals.
Nasdaq Offers Nordic Pre-Trade Risk Management
US exchange operator Nasdaq OMX has announced the launch of its pre-trade risk management offering targeted at its Nordic derivatives-trading clients.
BATS Chi-X Europe Receives FCA Approval for RIE Status
One of the largest multilateral trading facility (MTF) operators, BATS Global Markets, has received approval from UK regulators to change the designation of BATS Chi-X Europe to a Recognized Investment Exchange (RIE).
Trading Technologies Expands X_Trader Functionality
Trading Technologies has announced that, in addition to adjusting its price bands, its X_Trader Product will be updated with new functionality previously only available in the enhanced edition of the software.
Nasdaq to Begin Displaying Customer Latency
Nasdaq OMX has partnered with Corvil, the Dublin-based latency monitoring specialist, to provide performance measurement details and diagnostic tools in the form of on-demand historical packet capture files.
BNP Paribas, Clearstream Go Live with Collateral Management
BNP Paribas Securities Services and Clearstream have announced that their collateral management service for mutual clients has gone live.
SBI Taps smartTrade for FX Order Routing and Liquidity Aggregation
SBI Liquidity Market, a Japanese foreign exchange (FX) infrastructure solution and liquidity provider, has selected smartTrade Technologies' LiquidityFX trading system to provide aggregation service and smart order routing.
Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Joins BT Radianz Cloud
The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) has become a member of the BT Radianz Cloud network, according to an announcement from the British telecoms company.
IP Trade Integrates Red Box for Voice Recording
Trading communications system provider IP Trade has announced that it will partner Red Box Recorders, integrating the firm's technology into its own for video and voice call recording.
Deutsche Börse Combines Market Data, Tech Arms
The exchange operator's new Market Data + Services segment, headed by managing director Holger Wohlenberg, will bring together its external technology, connectivity, market data, and analytics offerings.
ConvergEx Readies Electronic Blue Sheet Compliance
ConvergEx Group has announced that its LiquidPoint options trading software will be fully compliant with Electronic Blue Sheet (EBS) requirements in the US, once they come into force on November 1, 2013.
Broadridge Debuts Swift Trade Confirmation Product
Broadridge Financial Solutions has announced the launch of its service for Swift Global Electronic Trade Confirmation (GETC), allowing institutional brokers a higher degree of automation when dealing with buy-side clients.
Alpha Completes Conversion to TMX Trading Engine
Alpha, the Canadian alternative trading system acquired by TMX Group, has completed its migration to TMX Group's proprietary trading engine, TMX Quantum.
Bonaire's Revport Makes Sell-Side Splash
Boston-based fee tracking and reconciliation software provider Bonaire, which historically targets buy-side managers, has beefed up its recent foray into vendor agreement optimization for capital markets.
Bermuda Stock Exchange Adopts Nasdaq Trading Platform
The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) has launched Nasdaq OMX’s X-stream trading platform in an effort to gain the best latency and throughput among Caribbean exchanges.
Capital Banking Solutions to Package IBM Middleware
Technology vendor Capital Banking Solutions (CBS) has announced that IBM will provide certain middleware modules for its CapitalBanker platform.
IndusInd Bank Selects Calypso
The Indian private bank, based in Mumbai, says it will use Calypso's cross-asset solution to ramp up treasury activities, offer new derivatives, and monitor risk limits as it expands its client base.
BNP Paribas Integrates Swift for Collateral Protection
Global custodian bank BNP Paribas has announced that it has partnered Swift in order to enhance its Margin Protect software, by integrated standardized messages.
Getco Selects EuroCCP for Interoperable Clearing
US-headquartered market-maker Getco has chosen central counterparty clearing house (CCP) EuroCCP to provide interoperable clearing for its European GETMatched platform.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: The Winners
Sell-Side Technology is pleased to announce the winners of the first annual Sell-Side Technology Awards. The Awards were held on Tuesday evening, April 23, at the Marriott Marquis in New York.