Sell-Side Technology/News
Euronext Takes $10 Million Stake in Fixed-Income Tech Provider Algomi
Latest investment in London-based vendor follows $2.3 million licensing agreement in November last year to create joint venture to launch new pan-European bond multilateral trading facility.
Ex-UBS CIO Oliver Bussmann to Head New Blockchain Venture
Bussmann will serve as president of Switzerland-based Crypto Valley Association.
Tradition, Lmrkts Extend Trade Compression into Non-Deliverable Forwards
Inter-dealer broker works with fintech to complete Simm optimization for NDFs with clients.
QuantHouse to Extend Turquoise European Midpoint Matching Services
Market data and services provider to extend Turquoise Plato platform for midpoint matching services throughout Europe.
Bloq Acquires Skry In Bid to Lay Groundwork for AI on Blockchain
This is Bloq's first acquisition, which will see integration of Skry's anomaly detection platform.
London Stock Exchange-Deutsche Börse Merger Suffers Potentially Terminal Setback
LSEG refuses European Commission’s antitrust demand to sell stake in Italian platform MTS, placing proposed merger in jeopardy.
Northern Trust Releases Blockchain Solution for Private Equity
Private equity firms can use the blockchain solution to open, manage, and administer funds.
Abide Financial Applies to Become ARM, APA Provider
Ahead of Mifid II implementation, Abide aspires to become one of the largest Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) and Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) providers.
IEX Launches API
The API includes top order book quotes, trading volume information, and other metrics.
Crédit Agricole CIB Replaces Legacy Infrastructure with Orchestrade
The investment bank is overhauling its interest-rate derivatives and FX forwards trading operations by replacing its trading and risk legacy systems.
BT Connects Five Datacenters in the Global FX Market
UK telecommunications provider has linked financial hubs in the UK, the US, Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong.
Pragma Rolls Out Conditional and Pairs Algorithms
Both algorithms give clients more control over trades and provide greater trading efficiency.
OpenFin Raises $15 Million in Series B Led by JPMorgan, Euclid Opportunities and Bain Capital Ventures
Mazy Dar, CEO and co-founder of OpenFin, talks with WatersTechnology about the latest infusion of capital.
PFSoft Releases Trading Terminal Exclusively for Macs
The fintech developer created a native front-end trading platform for OS X that will be included in its Protrader solutions package.
ICE Buys TMX Atrium
The acquisition adds low-latency connection between Toronto and New York.
BNP Paribas Securities Services Names Gallagher Head of Americas Region
Former head of securities services for North America adds Latin America to her mandate.
TradAir Improves Processing Times by 40%, Cuts Down on CPU Usage with Latest Release
The latest version of the firm's front-office optimization solution has improved execution quality and fill ratios, and reduced latency.
Alior Bank Deploys Misys’ FusionCapital Platform for Treasury and FX Trading
The Polish firm is seeking to boost its operational efficiency by streamlining its processes, and meet the regulatory obligations.
Neptune Adds Nomura, Jefferies to Bond Utility Network
Collaborative network for pre-trade bond indication sharing adds Nomura and Jefferies to liquidity pool.
Insider Dealing Doubled in a Year as Dark Web Access Got Easier
A new report claims that the main threat to financial institutions is coming from its people.
IHS Markit and Pirum Systems Join Forces for SFTR Solution
The two vendors are building a reporting solution for the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation coming into force with Mifid II.
Convergex Taps Ancoa for AWS-Hosted Market Surveillance Platform
Agency-only brokerage taps Ancoa for hosted platform in response to increasing regulatory demand for market surveillance tools.
ChartIQ Joins Fidessa's Partnership Program
Dan Schleifer, ChartIQ CEO and co-founder, speaks to WatersTechnology about what the vendor joining the program means for Fidessa users.
TriOptima CEO Sjöberg Steps Down
Stuart Connolly is replacing Sjöberg.