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GoldenSource Releases Nexus as a Hosted Service
GoldenSource has released the latest version of its Nexus data management platform, giving buy-side firms a single, fully managed source for market and reference data. The platform is designed to help asset managers deal with mounting trade transaction and reporting pressures ahead of the implementation of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) on…
Two Months to MiFID II: Are Financial Institutions at Risk of Eating Their Data Soup with a Fork?
By: Roy Kirby, senior product manager, SIX Financial Information Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) is just around the corner, and one issue that may have escaped firms’ attention is the practical consideration of how to exchange data with other market players. Come January, manufacturers will be faced with the challenge of working…
Itiviti-ULLINK Combo Sets Sights on Trading Tech Market Leader Fidessa
The planned merger of Nordic front-office trading systems provider Itiviti with rival French supplier ULLINK is aimed at creating a global full-service trading powerhouse with a remit to take on market leader Fidessa. The merger of equals – announced today – expects to meld Itiviti’s trading and market-making capabilities with the equities and listed derivatives…
BNP Paribas Selects Fenergo for Compliance and Optimum Customer Experience
BNP Paribas has selected Fenergo’s client lifecycle management (CLM) solution as part of a global transformation project that aims to deliver a single view of clients across all jurisdictions and enable the bank to comply efficiently with local and global regulatory rules, and deliver optimum customer experience. Bernard Gavgani, global head of CIB IT and…
Sponsored Blog: Ullink’s Richard Bentley Discusses the Shifting Balance Between High-Touch and Low-Touch Trading Technology
As global trading markets continue to evolve, moving from high-touch to low-touch trading solutions and beginning to benefit from hybrid products, we caught up with Ullink chief product officer, Richard Bentley, to talk about his take on market direction, the rise of managed services, and the products firms need to implement to keep pace with…
Marlin Puts Asset Control on the Block with £100 million Price Tag
Asset Control is up for sale, with owner Marlin Equity Partners looking to sell to another private equity or venture capital company, according to individuals familiar with the proposed transaction. The asking price? An astonishing eight times EBITDA, or about £100 million, according to these individuals. Marlin is believed to have paid less than £20…
A-Team Group Reveals Winners of Inaugural RegTech Awards
The winners of A-Team Group’s inaugural RegTech Awards have been revealed, with winning solution and service providers named across categories from best data management solution for regulatory compliance to best innovative solutions for specific regulations, best reference data for regulatory compliance, best trade surveillance solution, best voice and mobile messaging solution, and the most innovative…
After the Flood: GDPR and the Need for Digital Governance
By Rafael Bloom, director at change management consultancy Salvatore Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are landmark pieces of legislation in their own right – but there is one overarching phenomenon that explains the need for these and other such regulations that are springing up across industry…
Colt Partners Celoxica to Deliver Low Latency Normalised European Data Feeds
Colt Technology is extending its market data portfolio with feeds for European derivatives normalised with a field programmable gate array (FPGA) solution powered by hardware accelerator specialist Celoxica. The first content provider Colt will connect to, and provide normalised data from, is Deutsche Börse CEF Ultra+ Eurex, which contains Eurex derivatives instruments. The solution is…
NeoXam Partners Ullink to Open Electronic Trading to Buy-Side Clients
Data management software provider NeoXam is providing buy-side customers with direct electronic access (DEA) to brokers for order execution through Ullink’s NYFIX Capital Markets Connectivity Utility. The arrangement strengthens an existing partnership with Ullink and allows asset manager and private bank users of NeoXam’s order and execution management systems to automatically access the services offered…