Sell-Side Technology/News
Canadian Regulator Addresses Direct Access
Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), an umbrella organization of regulatory bodies in Canada, has announced amendments to recent regulation over direct access to markets.
Ovum’s Mayo: Regulatory Demands Should Bring Business Benefits
Technology and operational investments forced by regulators on financial services firms should be used as a way of driving the business or they will be at a significant competitive disadvantage, says Daniel Mayo, head of Ovum’s financial services…
Tradeweb Submits CFTC Application for SEF Status
Tradeweb Markets has announced that it is applying to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for swap execution facility (SEF) credentials, operating two separate platforms.
Nasdaq OMX Signs Strategic Partnership with Borsa Istanbul
Nasdaq OMX Group has agreed to provide a suite of exchange technologies to Borsa Istanbul, to strengthen Istanbul’s position as an international trading hub.
SEC Announces Quant Analysis Unit
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a number of new initiatives designed to combat fraud and market abuse, including a unit dedicated to risk and data analysis, within its enforcement arm.
Broadridge Teams with Scivantage
Broadridge Financial Solutions announced it is partnering with Scivantage in order to provide its clients with cost basis solutions.
Deutsche Börse to Launch Trading Venue for Cloud Computing
Deutsche Börse, in collaboration with with Berlin-based Zimory GmbH, is launching a trading venue for “cloud-computing” resources to provide its clients with additional outsourced storage and computing capacity. Trading is to begin early 2014.
EuroCCP Adds Deutsche Bank Frankfurt as Clearing Participant
European cash equities clearing house EuroCCP has announced the addition of Deutsche Bank Frankfurt as a general clearing participant (GCP).
Olivetree Taps SunGard to Deliver Securities Lending Data on OTAS Platform
Olivetree Financial Group, an equity brokerage and technology firm, has selected SunGard’s Astec Analytics to provide users of its Olivetree Trading Analysis System (OTAS) platform with faster securities lending data and enable smarter decision making.
Iraq Exchange Updates Trading Technology
The Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) will upgrade its trading platform from Nasdaq OMX’s Horizon to Nasdaq’s X-stream technology. The upgrade is expected to be rolled out by mid-year 2014.
ConvergEx to Provide Real-Time Transaction Cost Analysis
New York-based broker ConvergEx Group has announced it will soon be providing real-time intra-day transaction cost analysis (TCA) to its prime services customers through its TCA product, PerformEx.
Nasdaq OMX Unveils Pre-Trade Risk Management Service for Commodities
Nasdaq OMX has rollout out a new pre-trade risk management service geared toward the commodities market, dubbed Genium INET PRM.
Numerix, TMX Group Team on Risk Solution
Numerix is partnering with TMX Technology Solutions, the tech arm of TMX Group, where TMX's Razor Risk enterprise risk management product will leverage Numerix's library of risk and pricing models from its solutions for credit risk, market risk and…
Polish Player BRE Securities Turns to SunGard for Connectivity
Dom Inwestycyjny BRE Banku SA (BRE Securities), the broker arm of Polish BRE Bank Group, part of the Commerzbank financial services group, has selected SunGard's Valdi solution, together with the SunGard Global Network (SGN), the company's international…
Goldman to Offer TT Hosting to Futures Clients
Goldman Sachs has added TTNet, the hosting solution from Chicago-based Trading Technologies (TT), to its suite of futures trading systems offered to the firm's institutional clients.
RTS Advances China Move
RTS Realtime Systems Group, a Frankfurt-based trading solutions provider, has established a Shanghai office and has initiated plans to move its data center to the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEx) co-location facility by year's end.
Tales from Cloud City
I'm filing this letter from London's Heathrow airport, where I'm preparing to head to Singapore for our inaugural Asia-Pacific Trading Architecture Summit.
Ex-LSE CTO Paine Goes to London Metal Exchange
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has appointed former London Stock Exchange (LSE) CTO Robin Paine as its new CTO.
Futures Trade Bodies Combine as FIA Global
The Futures and Options Association (FOA) and the Futures Industry Association (FIA), trade groups representing participants in derivatives markets, have agreed to merge, and will become a single organization under the name FIA Global.
Icap Invests in Portfolio and Data Analytics Firm EFM
Interdealer broker Icap has invested in portfolio reporting and data analytics firm Enso Financial Management (EFM) to support its growth strategy.
Santander Takes Fonetic for Dodd-Frank, Mifid Compliance
Spanish voice analytics specialist Fonetics has announced that Santander has deployed its record keeping solution in seven of its international trading rooms.
BCS Gains FCA Authorization, Launches Brokerage
Russian financial group BCS Prime Brokerage has gained regulatory approval from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and is launching its international brokerage business.
CFN Launches TradingHub Link to Global Venues
Network provider CFN Services has announced the launch of TradingHub, a secure cloud connecting liquidity venues worldwide with one single connection.
Tradier Taps Nasdaq OMX FinQloud to Build Cloud Platform
Tradier, a cloud-based brokerage technology platform, has selected FinQloud, a secure cloud computing platform from Nasdaq OMX to build its "cloud brokerage in a box."