Sell-Side Technology/News
Autobahn Equity Links to AutEx
PARIS-Users of Deutsche Bank's Autobahn Equity multi-broker trading platform can now disseminate indications of interest (IoIs) across electronic multi-asset trading venue Tradeweb's AutEx network, say vendor officials.
TSE Sets 2010 Launch for Arrowhead
TOKYO-Operators of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) now expect to take Arrowhead, the exchange's new cash-equities platform, originally planned for a mid-2009 launch, live in January 2010, according to an exchange spokesperson.
Building a Better Brazilian Exchange
Nearly nine months into the integration, officials from Brazilian exchanges Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (BM&F) and Bovespa are focusing on eliminating redundancies while maintaining technology upgrades. DWT U.S. reporter Oksana Poltavets…
OCL Adds a DealHub Deployment
LONDON-Options Computer Limited (OCL) has deployed its DealHub internal trade netting tool with an existing client-bank, enabling it to reduce more than 100,000 component trades to 1,000 aggregate trades, say vendor officials.
IT Spending to Drop in 2009
LONDON-Sell-side IT organizations should plan to do more with less as industry experts predict a double-digit decline in IT spending for next year.
Broadridge Expands Ascendis Suite
NEW YORK-Financial technology outsourcing provider Broadridge Financial Solutions will add institutional brokerage features to a product in its Ascendis suite of offerings, say vendor officials.
Seamico Selects GL Net for DMA
BANGKOK-Starting in early 2009, clients of Thai broker Seamico Securities will be able to route its orders to the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) via a new direct market access (DMA) offering from Seamico, according brokerage officials.
Agora-X Set to Debut Platform
KANSAS CITY, MO.-In a matter of weeks, Agora-X expects to launch the first phase of its electronic over-the-counter (OTC) commodities options trading platform, officials tell DWT .The first part of the trading platform will be an ECN, "which will allow…
RTS Rolls Out Global Upgrades
NEW YORK-Dramatic growth in trading and market data messaging is driving exchange gateway provider RTS Realtime Systems Group to upgrade a bevy of exchange interfaces, which should be accomplished in the next three months, DWT has learned.
Splicing Succes
Merging two firms is never easy, especially in today's less-than-optimal financial environment. DWT reporter Oksana Poltavets sits down with Cynthia Zeltwanger, global COO of Newedge, to discuss the integration of Société Générale's Fimat Group and…
Orc Eyes 'Fourth-Generation' FIX Engine
NEW YORK-Trading technology and connectivity provider Orc Software has released the latest version of CameronFIX in a step toward what vendor officials have dubbed a "fourth-generation" FIX engine, according to vendor officials.
FIX Sets Groundwork for Cross-Asset Trading
NEW YORK-The adoption of the FIX protocol is enabling the growth of cross-asset trading in the marketplace, industry insiders say.
Experts: Thinning Liquidity Drives FX Algo Adoption
LONDON-There will be greater internalization of flow as banks search for foreign exchange (FX) liquidity, according to a number of industry participants.
FX Spending On the Rise
LONDON-Half of foreign exchange (FX) dealers plan to spend more on technology next year than they did this year, according to a recent poll of bank delegates who attended the FX Week Europe 2008 Congress in London last week.
UBS Cuts Hardware Spend, Moves to Virtualization
NEW YORK—Like many financial firms these days, Swiss banking giant UBS plans to decrease its hardware-related spending in the coming year, according to senior technologists at the bank. UBS has already seen an 80 percent decline in spending on desktops…
Tradebook Resumes FX Trading
NEW YORK-After a six-week trading outage due to the foreign exchange (FX) industry's concern over the viability of its central clearing partner AIG, Bloomberg Tradebook FX is back in production, trading more than 40 currency pairs after partnering with…
Ivory to Take On Mainframes
ATLANTA-Service-oriented architecture (SOA) software developer GT Software plans to make its SOA development environment for mainframes, Ivory Service Architect, easier to integrate with more systems in the next release, DWT has learned.
Intel Launches Nehalem Line
NEW YORK-Intel is launching today, Nov. 17, the first product in a family of offerings built on its new Nehalem processor technology.
FTEN Adds European Destinations
NEW YORK-Prime brokerage customers of direct market access (DMA) and trading technology provider FTEN can now provide their clients access to European venues, DWT has learned.