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Horizon Partners with China Merchants Securities for Market-Making in Hong Kong’s First Virtual Asset Spot ETFs
Horizon Trading Solutions, the global electronic trading and algorithmic technology solutions provider, has partnered with China Merchants Securities (HK), a leading Chinese investment bank, to deliver market-making solutions for the newly launched Virtual Asset (VA) Spot Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) on the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX). The VA Spot ETFs, introduced on HKEX in April 2024,…
Moving to a Modern, Component-Based Trading Architecture Using a Buy and Build Approach
With financial institutions under increasing pressure to modernise their trading infrastructures while maintaining agility and control, the debate around what to buy and what to build in terms of technology solutions is critical. So how should firms weigh the costs and benefits of buying versus building? What role do open-source solutions play in trading systems?…
Practicalities of Implementing Interoperability and Low Code No Code Development Frameworks
Two technologies have recently emerged as pivotal enablers of innovation in the financial markets sector: interoperability and low code/no code (LC/NC) development frameworks. These tools promise to streamline workflows, enhance user experiences, and accelerate product development. But what are the practicalities of implementing them in the complex environment of capital markets? How can firms balance…
Bloomberg Launches Customisable OHLC Bar Product for Intraday Quant Pricing
Bloomberg has introduced its new Open-High-Low-Close (OHLC) Bar product, a customisable intraday pricing solution for investment research. Designed to streamline quantitative workflows, the product allows clients to quickly generate tailored intraday pricing datasets using either Bloomberg’s predefined templates or their own customised configurations of trade condition codes, aimed at accelerating insights and alpha generation. The…
BMLL Secures $21m in Funding with Optiver as Lead Investor
BMLL, the provider of harmonised, historical Level 3, 2, and 1 market data and analytics across global equities, ETFs, futures and options markets, has announced a new $21 million funding round led by Optiver, the Amsterdam-based global market maker and liquidity provider. The round also included participation from existing investors FactSet, Nasdaq Ventures, and IQ…
QuantCube Tackles ESG with Macroeconomic Data
Macroeconomic research specialist QuantCube Technology is targeting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) compliance with a new asset-mapping database aimed at helping financial institutions monitor the risk exposure of their physical assets. The tool focuses on the data gap faced by banks, insurance companies, asset managers, and corporates in assessing (ESG) risks at a granular level,…
How to Successfully Integrate and Deploy AI in Trading Analytics and Research
The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies has the potential to revolutionise the way financial markets operate, not least by providing new opportunities for enhancing trading analytics and research. So how can firms effectively integrate AI into their trading workflows? What are the challenges and opportunities associated with leveraging data…
UK Regulators Launch Digital Securities Sandbox to Foster Financial Innovation
The Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s two main financial regulators, have announced the launch of their Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS). The initiative aims to support innovation around digital assets and their integration into the traditional financial services sector. The DSS has three primary objectives: to facilitate innovation for…
Sequitor Partners with LSEG to Offer Simulation Service Using LSEG PCAP Data
Sequitor Engineering, the simulation service provider for electronic financial markets, has formed a partnership with the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to jointly offer its simulation services alongside LSEG’s PCAP (packet capture) data. This collaboration enables Sequitor’s clients to run highly realistic simulations using native wire-format market tick data, captured directly at LSEG’s exchange data…
ICE and IPC Systems Launch ICE Voice for Integrated Trading Communications
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), together with trading communications solutions provider IPC Systems, has successfully launched the ICE Voice platform it announced earlier this year. ICE Voice is a cloud-based audio solution integrated into ICE Chat, ICE’s instant messaging platform for commodities traders and other global market participants with over 120,000 users. The new ICE Voice…