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Quantitative Brokers Adds Octane and The Roll Best Execution Algos
Quantitative Brokers (QB), an algorithm and analytics provider for the futures and US cash treasury markets, has introduced Octane and The Roll, algorithms designed to optimise urgent completion and calendar spreads respectively. These algos join QB’s existing suite of best execution algos – Bolt, Strobe, Legger and Closer – and are supported by QB’s Transaction…
The Devil is in The Data: The Role of FMIs in Providing Data Services and the Importance of a Best Practice Approach
By Tim Lind, Managing Director, Data Services at DTCC In recent years, it has been claimed that data has eclipsed oil as the world’s most valuable resource. Financial market infrastructures (FMIs) are on a constant search for ‘new oil’ and the value of data is certainly on the list of new services they are developing….
Broadridge Offers Next-Generation Global Asset Servicing Solution
Broadridge Financial Solutions is gaining interest in a ‘designed by users for users’ solution that aims to address industry, business and operational challenges around global asset servicing. Developed with a global Tier 1 bank, and cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS) enabled, the solution streamlines corporate actions, dividend and coupon processing across multiple asset classes, business lines…
OneMarketData and West Highland Partner to Provide OneTick Monitoring
OneMarketData and West Highland have partnered to provide premier monitoring and support services for clients using the OneTick data aggregation and streaming analytics platform. The partnership reflects increased demand for hosted and managed solutions, and uses West Highland’s managed services to provide uninterrupted access to data and analytics services on the OneTick platform. Scott Breslin,…
SIX Partners to Develop Post-Trade AI Based Services
SIX, owner of the Swiss stock exchange, has entered a strategic partnership with Israel’s Cortica and Hong Kong’s Duotem Capital to develop artificial intelligence (AI) based services for the securities industry. Initial work will focus on the post-trade industry, with a viable service expected to be demonstrated in coming months. The collaboration will identify and…
Datawatch Adds Panopticon Streams Real-Time Stream Processing Engine
Datawatch has increased the speed of real-time streaming and time series data analytics with stream processing engine Panopticon Streams. The engine can be used as a stand-alone solution or in conjunction with Panopticon’s Visual Analytics platform. Peter Simpson, vice president of visualisation strategy at Datawatch Panopticon, says: “Capital markets customers will benefit from Panopticon Streams’…
Mexican Stock Exchange Extends Reach Through Tie Up with BT Radianz Cloud
BT and the Mexican Stock Exchange, part of the BMV Group, have signed a contract that will allow global investors, market data vendors and service providers to access Mexico’s financial markets. The deal enables BT to distribute the latest BMV multicast feeds over the BT Radianz Cloud. The Radianz cloud community consists of thousands of…
BSO Extends Network with PoP in Mexico City
BSO continues to extend its network with direct connectivity between the Mexican Stock Exchange, part of the BMV Group, and some of the largest exchanges across North America. Its new Point of Presence (PoP) in Mexico City will provide connectivity spanning Latin America, Chicago and New York. Available this month, the new route will allow…
Nissan Securities Distributes Trading Technologies’ TT Platform
Tokyo-based derivatives broker Nissan Securities has contracted to distribute Trading Technologies’ TT platform, furthering its trade execution technology offer with access to TT features and technology including Autospreader, ADL, TT Premium Services, and charting and analytics. Tomoaki Hirao, director and head of global sales at Nissan Securities, says: “By providing Trading Technologies’ TT platform, we’re…
NovaSparks Fourth-Generation Ticker Plant Decreases Latency, Adds PCIe Card
NovaSparks has introduced a fourth-generation version of NovaTick that can decrease latency by 20% and process 10-times the number of symbols than its predecessor. The improvements result from the inclusion of Xilinx UltraScale+ FPGAs in the solution, which will allow banks and trading firms to accelerate their trading platforms without any compromise on scalability or…