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DTCC Files SDR Applications with CFTC
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced that it had filed a registration application with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to operate a swaps data repository (SDR), DTCC Data Repository (U.S.), across multiple OTC derivatives asset classes. “DTCC is committed to working with financial authorities and the industry to promote a transparent…
Cantor Evaluating Calxeda ARM Chips for 10x Breakthrough
“I think the Calxeda-ARM machine is an exciting step … I’m evaluating carefully how it can impact the metrics I care about,” says Niall Dalton, director of high frequency trading at Cantor Fitzgerald. He is referring to today’s announcement by Calxeda of their very low power microprocessors based on the ARM architecture – and HP’s…
Artha Provides Glimpse into Planned Trading Appliances; Will Leverage FPGAs and Network Packet Processors
Startup Artha Financial Technology is emerging a little from stealth mode to provide a few details of what it plans to be shipping early in 2012. Founded by Manoj Viswambharan, former head of the FPGA development team for the Global Arbitrage Trading group at Credit Suisse, Artha plans to deliver trading system appliances based on…
Northern Trust’s Van Praagh Takes on Operations Outsourcing Role
Following her move from Barings Asset Management (BAM) to Northern Trust at the start of this year, Terri Van Praagh has taken on a new role as senior vice president and head of investment operations outsourcing for the EMEA region. Prior to this role and since January, Van Praagh has been senior vice president and…
Bravura Solutions Appoints Roland Slee as Managing Director for Asia Pacific
Bravura Solutions (Bravura), a leading global supplier of transfer agency and wealth management software applications and related professional services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Roland Slee as Managing Director – Asia Pacific. Reporting to Tony Klim, Bravura’s Chief Executive Officer, Roland will be responsible for accelerating growth, developing new lines of business,…
Major Australian Superannuation Fund selects StatPro Seven
StatPro Group, a leading provider of portfolio analytics and data solutions for the global asset management industry, today announces that Brisbane-based superannuation fund QSuper, has completed the implementation of StatPro Seven’s performance and attribution SaaS platform. This is part of QSuper’s three-year strategic plan to improve its in-house investment capability and performance analytics solutions, in…
EFAMA Publishes Briefing on the European Fund Classification (EFC)
The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has published the second edition of its “European Fund Classification” (EFC) Forum Briefing which updates on progress made towards the adoption and enhancement of the EFC so far this year. The EFC has been launched with a view to enhancing the integrity of European investment funds. The…
Virginie’s Blog – SEC’s Systemic Risk Push and Form PF
This week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) conducted an open meeting about new proposed data reporting requirements for the private funds sector for systemic risk monitoring purposes. The SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have been tasked with adopting a joint form to collect critical systemic risk data about hedge funds…
Northern Trust and BI-SAM Announce Agreement to Integrate Attribution Models for Fixed Income
Northern Trust and BI-SAM today announced an agreement to integrate BI-SAM’s B-One Fixed Income Attribution models into Northern Trust’s multi-faceted web portal, Passport. The agreement with BI-SAM, a leading provider of software and services to the global performance, attribution and reporting industry, will strengthen Northern Trust’s fixed income portfolio analysis capabilities for custody and fund…
Nasdaq OMX Creating Ecosystem for Trading Tools Vendors, Licensing OMnet
Nasdaq OMX is creating a partner ecosystem of vendors that provide trading infrastructure tools, such as for latency monitoring and FIX testing, and has begun to license its OMnet messaging protocols to this community – including early members Correlix and Corvil. Ann Neidenbach, senior vice president of global technology products and services at Nasdaq OMX,…