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Broadridge and BMLL Partner to Embed Pre-Trade Analytics into Trading Workflows
Broadridge Financial Solutions has formed a strategic partnership with Level 3 historical market data and analytics provider BMLL Technologies, in a move that will embed sophisticated pre-trade analytics directly into Broadridge’s global sell-side Order Management System (OMS) and its Xilix Execution Management System (EMS) for buy-side firms in Japan. The collaboration aims to provide traders…
Implementing Technology Business Management with Pace and Precision
By Simon Mendoza, Chief Technology Officer, Calero. Implementing a Technology Business Management (TBM) platform can feel like a major logistical challenge. Every organisation starts from a different place – different data maturity, internal priorities and levels of stakeholder engagement. But that doesn’t mean every implementation needs to be a blank slate. The fastest and most…
ICE to Provide FX and Precious Metals Data to Chainlink Network
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has agreed to provide foreign exchange and precious metals data from its ICE Consolidated Feed to Chainlink, the infrastructure for tokenised assets. Under the new collaboration, ICE’s market data will be used as a contributing source for the derived data sets offered through Chainlink Data Streams. These streams are used by a…
Sustainable Trading to Wind Down, Leaving ESG Legacy for Trading Industry
Sustainable Trading, the non-profit membership network created to drive environmental, social, and governance (ESG) best practices within the financial trading industry, is set to close its doors. The decision, which comes just over three years after its high-profile launch, was confirmed following a board recommendation and subsequent member vote at an Extraordinary General Meeting on…
Beyond the Monolith: Crafting the Agile Trading Stack for the Modern Era
For decades, the central question for any firm designing its trading systems architecture has been a seemingly binary choice: buy an off-the-shelf platform or build a proprietary one in-house? The ‘buy’ camp argued for speed to market and vendor-managed upkeep, while the ‘build’ camp championed bespoke functionality and control over intellectual property. Today, this long-standing…
FCA Advances Bond CT to Auction Stage; ESMA Confirms fairCT as First EU Bond-CTP
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened the price auction phase for shortlisted bidders for its bond market consolidated tape (CT), a single, real time feed of post trade bond data drawn from every UK trading venue and Approved Publication Arrangement (APA). The initiative is intended to make bond markets “more transparent, efficient and…
BMLL and Ultumus Partner to Enhance ETF Trading Analytics with Level 3 Data
Market data and analytics provider BMLL has entered into a strategic partnership with Ultumus, a leading specialist in ETF and index data, to deliver a combined data offering aimed at improving trading efficiency and analytics for the global ETF community. The collaboration integrates Ultumus’s widely used ETF reference and Portfolio Composition File (PCF) data with…
InTick Secures £2 Million Funding to Fuel Expansion of Derivatives Block Trading Platform
InTick, the fintech firm focused on automating listed derivatives block trading, has secured £2 million in a funding round from a diverse range of angel investors. The investment is earmarked to accelerate the development of its technological infrastructure and expand its all-to-all matching platform across more products. The funding follows a period of significant momentum…
Rapid Addition and TradingStack Partner to Bridge FIX Connectivity with Digital Asset Markets
FIX connectivity provider Rapid Addition has partnered with TradingStack.io to deliver institutional-grade access to digital asset markets. The collaboration aims to support capital markets firms looking to integrate digital assets into their trading operations without compromising performance or regulatory standards. The move comes as capital markets institutions increasingly explore opportunities in digital assets and tokenisation,…
IEX Selects DataBP Platform to Modernise Market Data Administration
The Investors’ Exchange (IEX) has adopted DataBP’s market data management platform to streamline its commercial data operations, aiming to enhance efficiency across licensing, reporting, and compliance workflows. The move is part of a broader strategy by IEX to simplify its administrative processes as it expands. According to Mark Schaedel, CEO of DataBP, the project was…