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IMS Launches SEC Service to Help Advisers & Managers Cope with Dodd-Frank
A new service has been developed by The IMS Group (IMS), the leading regulation and compliance consultancy, to meet the needs of non-US based investment managers affected by the imminent implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. More than three quarters of the hundred delegates at a recent IMS conference expressed…
Sifma Kicks off Industry Feedback to SEC on Proposals for Dealing with Unclaimed Securities, Further Clarity Needed
Sifma has been one of the first industry groups to raise concerns about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposals regarding the introduction of new requirements for broker-dealers and transfer agents to collect data on lost or missing security holders. The association (one of around a dozen to respond initially) is asking the regulator to…
Getting to Grips with Latency for HFT in FX
There has been much discussion recently around the impact of high frequency trading (HFT) on the financial markets. There is no doubt that the concept of HFT, analysing market information such as stock prices to implement proprietary trading activity in a matter of seconds, has many advantages. This includes greater market liquidity, lower transaction costs…
FOW TRADEdata Named TT Connected Partner
Trading Technologies International (TT), a leading provider of order-entry software and solutions for professional derivatives traders, and FOW TRADEdata, a specialist data aggregator and distributor of reference data for exchange traded derivatives, are pleased to announce that FOW TRADEdata has been named a TT Connected Partner. FOW TRADEdata’s Xymbology service ensures clean symbol mapping of…
New S&P Index to Represent the Global Macro/Managed Futures Universe
S&P Indices has launched the S&P Systematic Global Macro Index (SGMI), which aims to reflect price trends of highly liquid global futures, representing the general level of volatility taken by managers in the global macro and managed futures/Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) space. The Index is diversified globally across 37 constituents, falling into the six most…
Interactive Data Brings Local Evaluated Pricing Expertise to Germany
Interactive Data Corporation, a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that it has expanded its award-winning evaluated pricing services capabilities in Germany. A new team of evaluators based in Interactive Data’s Frankfurt office will provide local market knowledge and expertise in the evaluation of German domestic fixed-income securities in…
Thomson Reuters Marketing Exec Field Departs for Deutsche Bank
The management shake up within data giant Thomson Reuters has not been restricted to those at the top, individuals from many levels have entered and exited through the revolving doors over the last couple of months. One such exit has been strategic marketing manager Tiffany Field (nee Bloor), who last month joined Deutsche Bank as…
UK FSA Finally Launches its Zen System Ahead of November’s AII Reporting Deadline, Details Ref Data Requirements
After a series of delays over the last three years, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has finally launched its new enhanced transaction reporting and market surveillance system for the collection of Alternative Instrument Identifier (AII) codes, as required under the upcoming 13 November deadline for the reporting of these new codes. This new identification…
XTF Data Now Available on RIMES
RIMES Technologies, the award-winning benchmark data service provider, today announced that it has become the first data integrator to offer ETF ratings and analytical data from XTF, the global research and advisory firm dedicated to helping investors harness the power of Exchange Traded Funds. XTF offers a focused range of technical and fundamental research, financial…
FPGA Momentum Accelerates!
Perhaps it’s just me reacting to NIWeek, which just concluded here in Austin, but I seem to be noticing the F word – for FPGA (that’s Field Programmable Gate Array for you x86 guys) – cropping up more and more these days. Could it be that these specialised ‘go faster, run cooler’ chips that have…