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True Innovation?
By Chirstian Voigt, a Senior Regulatory Adviser at Fidessa The recent slew of exchange announcements introducing new dark trading facilities in response to MiFID II would appear to suggest that the regulation has triggered a whole raft of innovations. But is that what’s really happening here? Euronext tells us it is planning to introduce a…
DTCC Names James Hollands as Global Head of Sales
DTCC has named James Hollands as managing director, global head of sales and partners. Hollands took up his role at DTCC last month and will lead the company’s sales drive from London. Hollands joined DTCC from post-trade infrastructure provider TriOptima, where he was head of sales for triResolve. Since starting his career at RBS, where…
Mark Hepsworth Sets Sail as CEO of Asset Control
The arrival of Mark Hepsworth at Asset Control signals a shift away from the company’s traditional focus on large enterprise data management solutions and a move towards the provision of more focused use case products such as the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) solution introduced last month and the company’s independent price verification service….
Talking Intelligent Trading with Andrew Delaney: Post-Holiday Blues?
Feeling like I need a holiday after our ‘energetic’ family getaway to Greece, we are taking stock of the exciting programme of activities we’ve lined up for the ‘fall’ season here at Intelligent Trading Technology. Simply put, there is a lot going on. So I thought it would be useful to go over some of…
Citisoft Details Impact of Blockchain on Buy-Side Data Management
Blockchain, or distributed ledger, technology is expected to track a similar adoption curve as the internet, with a period of inspiration and experimentation being followed by a phase of ‘crossing the chasm’, and a final phase of growth and mass adoption leading to full maturity of the technology by 2035. A recent report by Citisoft…
Velocimetrics Improves Algo Testing with MdPlay
By Zoe Schiff Velocimetrics continues to build out its data tracking and performance analysis technologies with the addition of mdPlay, a service that allows subscribers to accurately re-experience the market data sent or received during any selected trading period in their pre-production environment. Firms using market data provided by mdPlay can improve the precision of…
Xenomorph Develops TimeScape EDM+ to Support Regulations Including FRTB
Xenomorph is pushing its TimeScape EDM+ data management and analytics solution into the regulatory compliance space, initially helping users master the data management requirements of the Basel Committee’s Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) and BCBS 239 regulation. The regulatory modules of TimeScape EDM+ are not yet in the market, although Xenomorph is talking…
Blockchain Technology is Making Progress but Needs Standards, Business Cases and Brave Pioneers
Summer in the City and time to review what could, arguably, be the ‘next big thing’ for capital markets – blockchain technology. It is certainly on the agenda across the financial services sector, consortia have been set up to drive development, and the business case looks great, with blockchain offering the potential for more efficient,…
Avox Migrates to Amazon Web Services Cloud
Avox Data Services has migrated its data servers to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud as part of a strategic move by parent DTCC to adopt technologies with the largest potential to improve applications. Avox is an early adopter of cloud in the DTCC group and says its move to AWS could reduce the cost…
Talking Intelligent Trading with Andrew Delaney: Don’t Kill the Messenger
Away from the surreality of the supposed real world of British politics, the past week has seen a resumption of action in the trader messaging space. Thomson Reuters announced it has partnered with CME Group to combine their respective messaging networks, creating a critical mass in the derivatives markets. Earlier, Thomson Reuters said it was…