Thomson Reuters-BestX Link Enhances TCA With More Data
The pairing of Thomson Reuters and FX analytics specialist BestX puts together a comprehensive data set with more analytical functions and visualisation capabilities, according to executives from both companies. In the partnership announced December 5, Thomson Reuters will offer connectivity to BestX’s transaction cost analysis (TCA) service, and Thomson Reuters users may send trades automatically...
MiFID II post Brexit
Intelligent Trading Technology Video MiFID II post Brexit The shock Brexit decision by the UK to leave the EU sent waves of uncertainty through the trading markets. But what happens now? What timetable should both the UK and international banks and brokers and institutional clients be working to in order to prepare for the reality...
Wolverine Chooses Corvil To Pinpoint Latency Issues
Trading execution services provider Wolverine Execution Services (WEX) has chosen trading analytics provider Corvil’s platform to navigate factors affecting the functions in the trading environment such as networks, messaging, order routing and client support desk actions, according to company officials. “Generally, Corvil has allowed us to tie everything together,” says Troy Googins, head of product...
Message Automation Building CCP Data Harmonization
Derivatives post-trade data management provider Message Automation’s signing of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) as a client on November 23 is a first step in making its central counterparty (CCP), exchange and broker data more comprehensive, said Hugh Daly, CEO and founder of Message Automation. “We started with the big clearinghouses that...
The CAT Controversy
By Kelvin To, founder and president of Data Boiler Technologies AutoCAD has been the de facto computer-aided design (CAD) program for engineers for so long that it’s like an acronym for anything that is professionally engineered, designed and created. In capital markets, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted rule 613 to establish the...
Talking Intelligent Trading with Andrew Delaney: AI, Machine Learning and the Intelligent EMS
In our ongoing exploration of how to inject intelligence into today’s super-fast, highly regulated and highly competitive markets, we like to pick the brains of practitioners who’ve been at the forefront of innovation in this narrow space. With our Intelligent Trading Summit in London just a few months away – February 2, to be precise...
Talking Intelligent Trading with Andrew Delaney: Post-Holiday Blues?
Feeling like I need a holiday after our ‘energetic’ family getaway to Greece, we are taking stock of the exciting programme of activities we’ve lined up for the ‘fall’ season here at Intelligent Trading Technology. Simply put, there is a lot going on. So I thought it would be useful to go over some of...
Velocimetrics Improves Algo Testing with MdPlay
By Zoe Schiff Velocimetrics continues to build out its data tracking and performance analysis technologies with the addition of mdPlay, a service that allows subscribers to accurately re-experience the market data sent or received during any selected trading period in their pre-production environment. Firms using market data provided by mdPlay can improve the precision of...
Talking Intelligent Trading with Andrew Delaney: Don’t Kill the Messenger
Away from the surreality of the supposed real world of British politics, the past week has seen a resumption of action in the trader messaging space. Thomson Reuters announced it has partnered with CME Group to combine their respective messaging networks, creating a critical mass in the derivatives markets. Earlier, Thomson Reuters said it was...
A-Team Survey Reports Potential Impact of Brexit on our Trading Community
To gauge opinion on the UK’s exit from the European Union, A-Team Group, producers of Intelligent Trading Technology, recently conducted a survey among capital markets participants. The survey uncovered serious concerns about the impact Brexit could have on the UK financial data and technology industry, with 85% of respondents expecting the impact to be negative...