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Alize Trading Builds Algo Trading Business on Horizon Platform
By: Zoe Schiff Alize Trading, a Paris-based algorithmic prop house, has gone life with Horizon Platform with a view to developing its algorithmic trading business. The flexibility of Horizon’s algorithmic trading software allows smaller prop trading firms to engage in trades with a few exchanges and gradually increase their scale of operation as they grow….
Opinion: Avoiding the Troubles of Target Obsession Disorder
By Dennis Slattery, CEO, EDMworks A lot of effort has recently gone into researching the impact of target setting in the public sector. Does it deliver a benefit or not? The topic is relevant to financial services as many of us are engaged in designing metrics for measuring and improving data quality. Unsurprisingly, evidence from…
Talking Intelligent Trading with Sarah Underwood: The Scapegoat of the Libor Scandal
The conviction of former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes on eight counts of conspiring to rig the Libor benchmark and the handing down of a 14-year jail sentence hit the headlines big time. The judge said Hayes was the centre of the conspiracy, the Serious Fraud Office acting as prosecutor said he was motivated…
Vendor Profile: Advent Software
Established in 1983, Advent Software is one of the old guard of investment management solution providers, but it has kept pace with the market and is expected to develop further following its acquisition by SS&C Technologies, which completed in July 2015. Together, the companies are creating a strategic plan for growth including extended cloud-based services,…
Opinion: ECB AnaCredit Project Will Subject Reference Data to a New Level of Scrutiny
By David Attenborough, Business Development Manager EMEA, AxiomSL The European Central Bank (ECB) is increasing its focus on credit risk. As part of the Analytical Credit Dataset (AnaCredit) project, it plans to create a centralised register of granular data about the credit granted by financial institutions in Europe to the non-financial sector. The regulator is…
Anova Goes Live with Low-Latency Laser Link Between Secaucus and Carteret Data Centres
By Zoe Schiff Anova Technologies has gone live with a hybrid laser market data link between the Secaucus and Carteret, New Jersey data centres that house the Nasdaq and Bats/ Direct Edge matching engines. The company is offering Nasdaq TotalView-ITCH and BX, Bats BZY and BZX, and Direct Edge EdgeA and EdgeX market data feeds…
Data Management Companies Feature Highly in Institutional Investor’s 2015 Tech 50
Congratulations to our data management colleagues who have made it into Institutional Investor’s 2015 Tech 50 ranking. Among them are Lance Uggla, CEO at Markit; David Craig, president of financial and risk at Thomson Reuters; Brian Conlon, CEO at First Derivatives; Steven O’Hanlon, president and CEO at Numerix; and Brian Sentance, CEO at Xenomorph Software….
Commerzbank Details Use of Asset Control’s Data Management Platform
Commerzbank has upgraded its Asset Control AC Plus data management platform to gain extended audit capabilities, increase functionality around the creation and display of yield curves, and benefit from the company’s Risk Data Manager component, which was introduced in June and provides better risk controls than were previously available on the platform. This development is…
smartTrade Secures Contract Wins in London and Japan
By Zoe Schiff smartTrade Technologies has secured contract wins in London and Japan. In London, the trading solutions supplier will build and host an e-trading platform for R5FX, a new liquidity pool dedicated to emerging market currencies trading. In Japan, smartTrade will host its LiquidityFX low-latency connectivity platform for Gaitame.com, an online foreign exchange company….
Metamako Combines Technologies to Deliver Development Platform for Network Edge Applications
Metamako has combined layer 1+ switching technology, field programmable gate array (FPGA) hardware and an Intel x86 server to deliver MetaApp, an adaptable application platform that supports network edge development and is expected to find favour in ultra-low latency environments such as high frequency trading. MetaApp adds functionality to the company’s MetaConnect and MetaMux deterministic,…