Sell-Side Technology/News
DBS Appoints Latiff as New Institutional Digital Head
Banking veteran takes on digital lead for Singapore-based bank’s institutional operations.
LiquidityBook Names Twitter Vet Andy Carroll as Chief Architect
Carroll has over 30 years of experience, most recently serving as tech lead of Twitter’s NFL live-streaming project
Euroclear and Paxos Break Up over Blockchain Project
Euroclear abandons Bankchain platform but startup says launch will go ahead in 2018
Big xyt Launches Cloud Platform Spin-off Liquidity Cockpit
Platform provides interactive analytics for both dark and lit markets and tracks large-in-scale trading activity.
Nasdaq Blends Behavioral Science and Buy-Side Surveillance with Sybenetix Acquisition
Nasdaq purchases buy-side surveillance vendor to integrate behavioral analysis into market oversight
Tradeweb Invests in DealVector to Grow Fixed-Income Suite of Solutions
DealVector has over 600,000 deals loaded on its platform across more than 1,000 firms and plans to grow that base with this investment.
UnaVista Makes Senior US Hires from S&P and NEX
LSE-owned business adds sales and marketing execs ahead of Mifid II and CAT implementation dates
Synechron Signs Calypso Implementation Deal with SIX
Synechron will train SIX employees on Calypso features to manage triparty activities.
Bats Europe Rolls out Penultimate Mifid II Exchange Upgrades
Trade reporting, order keeping and transparency capabilities enhanced by exchange group ahead of Mifid II
IBM Debuts Full Encryption with z14 Mainframe Release
IBM Z will allow for full encryption without performance disruptions to service-level agreements, IBM's Nick Sardino says.
Swift Opens KYC Registry Membership
Financial institutions can now use the registry even if they do not connect to Swift
Nigerian Stock Exchange Takes Smarts for Surveillance
The African exchange has deployed Nasdaq technology to introduce the first surveillance platform in the country.
ITG Unveils TCA Platform for Fixed Income
Fixed income expansion aimed at addressing new best execution requirements under European rules
Bloomberg Latest to Receive FCA ARM Nod
Bloomberg gets FCA approval to test transaction reporting capabilities under MiFID II
Vela Trading Continues Growth Strategy with Object Trading Acquisition
This Vela move follow’s its acquisition last month of futures and options trading specialist OptionsCity.
Icma Warns on Euro Clearing Relocation
Trade body says any forced move could increase risks and costs for derivatives users
Blockchain Frameworks Move Forward with Partnerships and Production Releases
Hyperledger Fabric has released its production-ready version 1.0, as R3 partners with Intel
CLS Adds Four Currencies to Aggregation Service
Non-CLS eligible currencies from Russia, China, Turkey and Poland are the newest additions to its aggregation service.
Deutsche Börse Pumps $10 Million into Trumid
Strategic investment and partnership to drive Trumid's European expansion
Swift Targets Interbank Balances with Expanded Blockchain Pilot
Swift expands participants in project to examine blockchain's potential for making interbank payments more transparent
ICE Accepts Final CMA Verdict over Forced Sale of Trayport
ICE to end commercial agreement with energy and commodities platform, find buyer after final CMA verdict.
NEX Group Launches Dual-Regulated SEF for FX Futures
NDF trading platform will add new products and services by year-end, and is regulated by both the CFTC and FCA.
Deutsche Börse Upgrades Xetra Trading Technology in Harmonization Push
Xetra, the Deutsche Börse's German equities and European ETFs platform, has moved to the T7 equities system, aligning with Eurex.
FactSet Selects ChartIQ’s HTML5 Charting Technology
FactSet had previously built its own charts, but decided to look at third-party options for this iteration