TradingTech Insight Blogs The latest content from across the platform
VendEx Solutions Launches Vendor Gateway to Market Data Platform
Market data administration specialist VendEx Solutions has launched VLink, the latest iteration of its VendEx ecosystem, which aims to create digital connections between market data vendors and financial institutions. Following the launch of its VSource vendor services directory in June last year, VLink is the vendor gateway that enables vendors to highlight and share detailed…
MarketAxess Selects DataBP to Automate Data Licensing and Post-Sales Processes
MarketAxess, operator of an electronic trading platform for fixed income securities and provider of market data and post-trade services for global fixed income markets, is working with DataBP, a data licensing and commercial management platform, to support and automate its data licensing and post-sales processes. DataBP says that as data consumption methods in financial services…
What is Digital Transformation and How Do You Get it Right?
While financial institutions are grasping the opportunities offered by the digital transformation of their activities, a number of impediments are hampering some from extending the strategy to their operations teams in the back office. A stubborn corporate culture, fear of change and a lack of planning are just some of the challenges cited by industry…
Cowen Launches Cowen Digital LLC, Providing Digital Asset Trading and Custody Solutions for Institutional Investors
Cowen Inc, the financial services firm that operates a broker dealer and an investment management division, has launched a new division, Cowen Digital LLC, offering institutional clients full-service trade execution and custody solutions for digital assets. Custody solutions are provided through Cowen’s strategic partnership with Polysign’s Standard Custody & Trust, and prime brokerage is provided…
Tokenisation Transforms Markets Giving Investors a Means to Take Control of Their Finances
By Joe Jowett, CEO and co-founder of StrikeX. ‘Take back control’ may have been the mantra of politicians in recent years, but in the world of financial planning it runs deeper. It represents how many people are taking greater control of their investments and financial affairs to boost their income or build up their savings….
A Global Turning Point for Sanctions and Compliance
By Mike Castiglione, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Digital Assets, Eventus. The digital assets community is rallying around Ukraine in its moment of need. The humanitarian crisis there is personal and direct given Ukraine is a global leader in blockchain engineering talent. During a digital assets conference I attended last month in San Francisco, many entrepreneurs…
IPC Launches Connexus Alpha for Ultra-Low Latency Connectivity
Connectivity solutions provider IPC has expanded its electronic trading portfolio with the launch of Connexus Alpha, which will enable financial markets participants to connect to key global liquidity venues through ultra-low latency optimised point-to-point optical fibre connections. Connexus Alpha, which IPC claims will offer a speed advantage in executing complex trading strategies while reducing the…
Trading Technologies Acquires Algorithmic Executions Specialist RCM-X
Following its acquisition by 7RIDGE late last year, Trading Technologies (TT), a provider of trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, has acquired RCM-X, a Chicago-based technology provider of algorithmic execution strategies and quantitative trading products. RCM-X’s solution set includes trade analytics, independent transaction cost analysis (TCA), and back-testing and simulation services. The RCM-X engineering team…
LMAX Partners with SIX to Launch Cash-Settled Crypto Futures
LMAX Group, which operates trading venues for foreign exchange and cryptocurrencies, has partnered with Swiss financial infrastructure provider SIX, to launch cash-settled, centrally cleared crypto-asset futures. Pending regulatory approval, the launch is planned for the third quarter, and will initially include centrally cleared US dollar-settled Bitcoin and Ethereum futures, trading 23 hours, five days a…
A-Team Group Names Winners of Innovation Awards 2022
A-Team Group has named the winners of its prestigious Innovation Awards 2022. The awards, now in their second year, celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets. This year’s platinum award winners include Bloomberg, oneZero,…