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kACE Launches FX Volatility Aggregator in Partnership with Algorithmica
kACE, the FX technology unit operated by BGC Partners’ Fenics Software subsidiary, has partnered with quantitative analysis solutions vendor Algorithmica, to launch the kACE Volatility Aggregator (kACE VA) application. The solution is aimed primarily at buy- and sell-side firms, and corporate treasuries that consume FX Option volatilities and wish to customise the data they receive….
Giving Data a Voice: How NLP and AI are Unlocking a Massive Store of Bond Market Information
By Vuk Magdelinic, CEO of Overbond. The lack of a consolidated tape or any centralized, unified data source for the bond market creates trading inefficiencies and information asymmetries—and is one of the primary roadblocks to the full automation of fixed income trading. First steps are being taken to develop a consolidated tape for the European…
The Rise and Rise of the Financial Data Marketplace
By Mike O’Hara, A-Team Special Correspondent. Data is often cited as the most essential resource in today’s global economy, with many of the world’s most valuable companies, including Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet profiting massively from how they collect, use and sell data. In financial markets, investment and trading firms have traditionally sourced…
TradingTech Insight Q&A: The Post-Brexit Liquidity Landscape
With Gareth Exton, Head of Execution & Quantitative Services Distribution (EMEA) at Liquidnet. Just over six months after the UK left the EU, and with equivalence now officially off the table, the UK and EU do seem somewhat aligned on their overall objectives for financial markets, but are pursuing markedly different paths towards achieving those…
Exberry Partners with Arcadier to Bring Exchange-Grade Technology to New Marketplaces
Exberry, an exchange technology provider, will provide infrastructure to enhance user capabilities and price discovery for Arcadier’s marketplace platform. The technology partnership aims to provide Arcadier’s marketplace operators with a unique trading experience, with all the robust features of an established exchange, offering sellers and buyers enhanced price discovery, creating a new, customer-focused, buying experience….
TradingTech Insight Q&A: Driving Technology Innovation in Fixed Income
With Edoardo Pacenti, Head of Trading Tools for Fixed Income at ION Markets. In the last decade, the global fixed income markets have been going through a steady process of transformation, with technology playing an ever more important role. Trading is slowly becoming more automated, new venues are proliferating, and both market participants and vendors…
When Being Digital is No Longer Enough to be Different – A New Take on Build vs. Buy
By Matt Barrett, CEO, Adaptive Financial Consulting. Technology has transformed financial services over the past decade – dramatically increasing efficiencies, simplifying some workflows and improving accessibility – benefiting everyone from large institutions to fintech start-ups. In this constant race to embrace technology, digitalisation has gone from being a ‘nice to have’ to becoming ubiquitous –…
Symphony’s Cloud9 Acquisition Lays Path for Combining Voice Communications with Natural Language Processing
Infrastructure and technology platform provider Symphony’s recent acquisition of electronic communication specialist Cloud9 Technologies for an undisclosed sum is aimed at allowing the combined entity to offer new services and solutions combining trader voice with natural language processing (NLP) and automation. The company believes this approach will accelerate trade flows, improve transactional accuracy, and extend…
Cloud, Trading Infrastructure Modernisation, Digital Transformation Are Hot Topics at This Year’s TradingTech Summit Virtual
The three key themes of Cloud, Trading Infrastructure and Digital Transformation underpinned A-Team Group’s 2021 TradingTech Summit Virtual earlier this week, which brought together speakers and panellists from across the financial markets technology sector. Irina Sonich-Bright, Managing Director at Credit Suisse, in conversation with A-Team’s Andrew Delaney, started proceedings by giving an upbeat outlook on…
Brexit: Equivalence is Dead. What Now?
Last week, UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his first speech at Mansion House, outlining his vision for the UK’s financial services industry. During the speech, while stating that the UK government’s ambition following Brexit had been to reach a comprehensive set of mutual decisions on financial services equivalence, he conceded that “this has not happened,”…