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BMO Partners Trade Informatics to Improve Trading Performance
BMO Capital Markets (BMO), the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group, has partnered Trade Informatics to access the latter’s transaction cost analysis (TCA) tools and execute algorithmic trades with improved execution quality. The partnership allows BMO to measure and evaluate trade decisions with personalised systematic trading technology that is customised to match…
The Deal is Done – Blackstone to Take 55% stake in Thomson Reuters Financial and Risk Business
The deal is done, Thomson Reuters yesterday signed a definitive agreement to enter into a strategic partnership with Blackstone that will give the private equity firm a 55% stake and Thomson Reuters a 45% stake in the company’s financial and risk business. The agreement also spelled out the future for Reuters News, which after the…
TNS Adds Hosting, Colocation and Connectivity Services in New York and Chicago
Transaction Network Services (TNS) has extended its managed hosting, colocation and connectivity service to New York and Chicago, where it will offer services out of the Secaucus campus and Chicago CH4 data centres. The US offer follows the introduction of the company’s solution in Europe and Asia, where it provides efficient and cost-effective managed hosting…
QQQ Capital Selects Eze Software to Streamline Investment Workflows
QQQ Capital, Singapore’s new long-term value hedge fund manager, has selected the Eze Investment Suite to automate its operations. The company will launch its QQQ Capital Feeder Fund, a $100 million fund focused on technology, education and tourism, in early 2018, using the Eze software to help streamline front-to-back investment workflows. As a fundamental long-short…
TRG Secures Exclusive Rights to Distribute Vela’s DART Terminal Usage Analytics
TRG continues to build out its spend management and usage tracking business through an agreement with Vela for exclusive global distribution rights to the company’s DART terminal usage analytics. Under the agreement, TRG will provide sales and relationship management for new customers, while Vela will provide after-sales support and development, and continue to manage existing…
Alantra Equities Goes Live with Ullink’s High-Touch and Connectivity Solutions
Alantra Equities (formerly N+1 Equities) has gone live with Ullink’s high-touch order management system (OMS) ODISYS and NYFIX connectivity hub. The Spanish equities broker division of the global mid-market investment banking and asset management specialist Alantra, went live in advance of the January 3, 2018 Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) deadline to…
Thomson Reuters in Talks to Sell 55% Stake in Financial and Risk Business to Blackstone
Thomson Reuters’ board is expected to meet today to discuss Blackstone Group’s offer of over $16 billion for a 55% stake in the company’s financial and risk business – a move that would take the business into the private sector, allow for a restructure out of the public eye, and create a standalone financial data…
QuantHouse Adds Exchange Data International to API Ecosystem
QuantHouse has added Exchange Data International (EDI) to the qh API Ecosystem it established last September as a framework for fintech firms to offer their products as on-demand solutions available through open APIs, and API based users, particularly hedge funds and automated trading firms, to access trading solutions without the complexity of integration. The addition…
Best Practice Approaches to GDPR Compliance
Compliance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an extensive undertaking for financial services firms, but it also generates benefits including reduced risk and cost, improved data security, new business cases, and the availability of trusted information for analytics. The challenges and opportunities of GDPR were discussed during a recent A-Team Group webinar moderated by…
Duco Plans to Add Products, People and Markets Following $28m Investment
Duco plans to expand its cloud data engineering solutions and extend its global footprint following a $28 million investment round. The investment reflects interest in the fintech’s Duco Cube software-as-a-service solution and growing uptake of cloud technology across the industry. The company provides technology that enables banks, brokers, asset managers and exchanges to normalise, validate…