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FactSet and Quantopian Partner to Deliver Enterprise Data Analysis Platform for Quants
FactSet and Quantopian, a crowd sourced asset manager and provider of an open source quantitative finance platform, have formed a strategic relationship to deliver Quantopian Enterprise, a data analysis solution that allows quants to research, test and simulate how investment algorithms will perform in the real world. To support this, the relationship combines Quantopian’s open...
Metamako Makes First Acquisition as it Takes on xCelor’s Hardware Business
Metamako has acquired the network device business of Chicago based xCelor, bringing xCelor hardware customers into the Metamako fold and allowing xCelor to concentrate on developing high-performance network applications that will be provided on Metamako hardware. This is Metamako’s first acquisition and a strategic milestone for the provider of low-latency FPGA-enabled network solutions. Sydney based...
TORA Introduces AlgoWheel to Help Firms Create Systematic Best Ex Processes
TORA has introduced an AI-powered AlgoWheel designed to help firms create scalable and systematic best execution processes in line with the requirements of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II). The TORA AlgoWheel is a quantitative execution strategy optimiser that uses AI technology to automate low-touch order execution or provide real-time market intelligence for...
big xyt Hires Former Barclays Capital Executive Mark Montgomery
big xyt, a provider of data and analytics as a service, has appointed Mark Montgomery, formerly director of electronic trading sales at Barclays Capital, to support strategy and business development. In the newly created role, Montgomery will work closely with big xyt CEO Robin Mess and focus on alignment of business strategy with client needs...
MiFID II Data Management: Where Are We Now?
Winston Churchill probably doesn’t spring to mind when considering Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), but his famous Battle of El Alamein description – “This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning” – fits the new EU regulation...
Silwood Expands Series of GDPR Starter Packs for Major Application Packages
Silwood Technology, a vendor of metadata discovery software, has expanded its series of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Starter Packs for major application packages. Starter Packs for Oracle E-Business Suite and Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 join existing solutions for SAP, JD Edwards and Siebel that are designed to help users quickly and simply identify the...
Eagle Plans Cloud-Based Data Management Platform Powered by Microsoft Azure
Eagle Investment Systems is collaborating with Microsoft to deliver a cloud-based data management platform that it intends to develop into a multi-tenant solution. The platform will be powered by Microsoft Azure, although the collaboration will also build on Eagle’s private cloud, Eagle Access, to create a hybrid offer. The multi-tenant data management platform is designed...
FlexTrade Releases FlexNow EMS for Hedge Funds and Mini-Primes
FlexTrade has formally released FlexNOW, an out-of-the-box, broker neutral execution management system (EMS) for hedge funds and mini-primes that want a multi-asset trading system at the click of a button. The EMS supports MiFID II compliance and is designed to handle equities, futures and options trading. It also offers connectivity to leading market data providers,...
Fidessa Native Solace Adapter Upgrades Integration with Messaging Platform
Fidessa has fully integrated its GS3 (global switching, security and service integration) middleware with the Solace messaging platform with the aim of solving the ‘many to many’ integration problem of delivering information between different systems. The company is a long-term partner of Solace and has released a native Solace adapter that provides faster and more...
GoldenSource Plans Big Data Solutions, More Golden Copy Data and an EDM Utility
GoldenSource is building on its core enterprise data management (EDM) capabilities to develop big data solutions, extend the concept of golden copy data, and grow its market footprint. It is also considering the possibility of initiating an EDM utility that would provide shared infrastructure and respond to client views that ‘the time has come’. We...