CAT Builder Choice Marks End Of Years-Long Process
Spurred by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval of a national market system (NMS) plan in November, which includes creation of a consolidated audit trail (CAT), US securities exchanges chose Thesys Technologies, a New York-based trading technology provider with a focus on trading surveillance and big data functions already aimed at CAT functions....
Thomson Reuters Sets New Foundation For REDI
Thomson Reuters’ acquisition of execution management systems provider REDI Holdings will be integrated into its pre-trade and post-trade workflow services, and its Eikon financial analysis solution, according to Michael Chin, managing director and global head of trading at Thomson Reuters. The acquisition by Thomson Reuters is aimed at capturing more of the buy-side workflow, an...
OTAS Increases Frequency Of Text Format Reporting
Market analytics and trading intelligence provider OTAS Technologies has launched Intraday Lingo, which increases the timeliness of its Lingo natural language reporting technology. OTAS Technologies’ Lingo technology synthesises market data, charts and informational graphics to produce natural language text for users to read, explains Tom Doris, CEO of OTAS Technologies. “Everything relevant to your investment...
IHS Markit Launches ‘Different’ Solution For Derivatives Tax Compliance
Information, analytics and solutions provider IHS Markit has launched Markit / CTI Tax Solutions for Section 871(m), a service that went live with some users on January 1 as the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rule governing withholding on foreign investors for dividend equivalent payments for US equity derivatives took effect. Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH),...
S&P Global Calls QuantHouse Sale Part Of Realignment
Market information provider S&P Global’s sale of market data and end-to-end systematic trading solutions provider QuantHouse, which it had acquired in 2012, is intended to allow its S&P Global Market Intelligence division to focus on opportunities “that most closely align with our vision,” says Mike Chinn, president of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Access to exchange...
IBOR Systems Will Break Firms’ Internal Information Barriers
Continued increased interest in Investment Book of Record (IBOR) systems will continue to shape front-office trading operations and alpha generation in 2017, predicts Joshua Satten, head of the fintech practice at Sapient Global Markets, the Boston-based business technology and consulting provider. “IBOR is bringing together front, middle and back office data,” he said. “As we...
Architecture, Performance Proved Key to Deutsche Börse Use of TBricks
Deutsche Börse’s implementation of the Tbricks derivatives pricing and alerting platform offered by Itiviti, a Stockholm-based capital markets technology provider, harnesses the platform’s architecture and performance strengths, said Rickard Davidsson, vice president of sales, EMEA, at Itiviti. “TBricks uses out-of-the-box functionality for its overall set-up — for pricing, volatility management, alerting, and standard monitoring functionality...
MiFID II Preparation Challenges Emerge
For trading operations, MiFID II still appears to be a moving target in terms of transparency and reporting requirements, according to data and regulation experts from industry service providers. Compliance with MiFID II is requiring significant technology resources, the experts said, speaking during the general meeting of FISD in New York on December 15. “In...
Fonetic Upgrades Automatic Trade Reconstruction Technology
Fonetic has extended its automatic trade reconstruction (ATR) solution to give compliance and surveillance officers more features and functionality to support the investigation of trades, detection of fraud and the ability to export an ATR timeline as a data file to a regulator. The company suggests the solution is well suited to the trade reconstruction...
Time Stamps Key To Market Data Performance, TCA Provider Tells Webinar
To get the highest performance possible from managing market data operations, especially connectivity, a deterministic approach may not be the only one that should be taken, observed Louis Lovas, director of solutions at OneMarketData, who spoke in a December 8 webinar sponsored by the transaction cost analysis provider, and hosted by Intelligent Trading Technology and...