Sell-Side Technology/News
BT Acquires IP Trade to Boost Unified Trading Comms
Unified communications and collaboration solutions provider to be integrated into BT portfolio of cloud-based solutions.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Entries Extended by a Week
The entry deadline to WatersTechnology's 5th annual Sell-Side Technology Awards has been extended by a week to Monday February 13, 2017.
DTCC Appoints Shuman as General Counsel while Thompson Focuses on Vice Chairman's Role
Shuman was former managing director and deputy general counsel at the CME Group.
Cambridge Blockchain Raises $2 Million from Digital Currency Group, Partech Ventures
Fintech vendor's solution aims to help firms with know-your-customer (KYC) costs via blockchain technology.
Nasdaq to Close NLX
The exchange operator announced the closure of its London-based market for interest rate derivatives in its Q4 earnings report.
BNP Paribas Securities Services Invests in Compliance Fintech Firm Fortia
Fintech vendor specializes in development of machine learning, artificial intelligence for compliance and regulatory requirements.
SEC's First-Ever COO to Leave Regulator in February
Jeffery Heslop was named the SEC's COO in 2010.
LSE, Boat Services Offer Smart Report Router for Mifid II
Open-access Smart Report Router to determine when trade reports to be published under new Mifid II obligations.
CFTC Acting Chairman Giancarlo Makes Several Appointments
New director of DMO, acting director of DOE, acting director of DCR and advisor on fintech all named.
Queensland Treasury Corporation Opts for Wolters Kluwer for Reporting
Wolters Kluwer's OneSumX is an integrated finance, risk and reporting platform.
Renaissance Capital Taps Itiviti Platform for Trading Consolidation
Moscow-based investment bank to replace legacy systems with modular trading platform for options market-making, algo trading.
NYSE Proposes 350-Microsecond Speed Bump for NYSE American
Exchange previously known as NYSE MKT will implement feature it once fought against.
BGC Brokers Partners with Pirum to Launch Collateral Trading Platform
The collaboration is expected to improve BGC’s post-trade efficiency for clients and boost the firm’s collateral trading platform, ColleX.
China Bank Implements Intellect’s Trust Banking Solution
The Filipino bank seeks to enhance its trust and asset management operations.
Risk Focus Launches Regulatory Subsidiary RegTek
New subsidiary vendor to exclusively focus on regtech solutions, to offer set of compliance solutions from Report-it suite.
OTC Exchange Network Joins Wall Street Blockchain Alliance
Blockchain-based trading platform will join non-profit trade association as corporate member.
Trading Technologies Names Kraines as CFO
Michael Kraines has over 25 years of experience in the investment banking sector.
Visible Alpha Acquires ONEaccess
ONEaccess’ sell-side tools will be integrated into Visible Alpha's platform to improve workflow for discovering, tracking and valuing all sell-side interactions.
Garry Jones Steps Down as CEO of the London Metal Exchange
Matthew Chamberlain, chief operating officer will serve as interim chief executive of LME
Mizuho Bank Takes Thomson Reuters’ FX Desktop
Japan's biggest bank has integrated FX Trading into its trading workflows, gaining access to a worldwide independent pool of foreign exchange.
SIX x-clear to Provide Clearing Services to Nasdaq Nordic
SIX Securities Services' clearing branch will start providing clearing services for trading venues in Copenhagen, Helsinki and Stockholm, operated by Nasdaq Nordic.
BNP Paribas Securities Services, Calypso Partner on Multi-Asset Post-Trade Outsourcing Service
Outsourcing service based on Calypso's technology aims to provide holistic front-to-back offering for investment banks.
Thesys Selected by SROs to Build Massive Audit Trail
Vendor selected from 31 bidders to build, implement and maintain the Consolidated Audit Trail.
DTCC Appoints Derek West as Chief Compliance Officer for European Trade Repository
Former director at the Québec regulator, Autorité des marchés financiers, to oversee compliance at DTCC’s European global trade repository business.