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IPSX Creates Integrated Technology Framework Ahead of First Admission
UK-based IPSX, which describes itself as the world’s first regulated stock exchange dedicated to real estate assets, has pulled together an integrated technology environment and a set of standardised data workflows ahead of its first ‘Intention to Float’ (ITF) on its IPSX Wholesale market, scheduled for next month. IPSX has been working with a plethora…
What Can We Expect from European Trading Post-Brexit?
By Sylvain Thieullent, CEO, Horizon Software. The abrupt finalisation of the Brexit agreement meant UK-based firms suddenly had to trade stocks in the EU, and vice versa. Almost overnight, firms had to move all operations to the EU or they simply couldn’t trade. It’s not easy to move operations from one country to another, let alone in…
Low-Code Specialist Genesis Raises $45 Million from Accel and Others
In another indication of the industry’s appetite for low-code application development techniques, Genesis, a pioneer in the space, has raised $45 million in a Series B funding round led by venture capital firm Accel, and supported by GV, Salesforce Ventures and existing investors Citi, Illuminate Financial and Tribeca Early Stage Partners. Genesis provides a low-code…
Northern Trust and Two Sigma Partner to Provide Quantitative Analytics to Asset Allocators
Northern Trust and Two Sigma have entered into a strategic agreement to offer quantitative analytics through Venn, Two Sigma’s cloud-based investment analytics platform, to Northern Trust’s clients. The partnership provides asset allocators with enhanced portfolio insights and analytics, and aims to allow them to make better investment decisions. Under the agreement, Northern Trust will offer…
A-Team Webinar to Examine Trade Surveillance in Today’s New Normal
A panel of trading surveillance experts will discuss lessons learned and best practices for ensuring compliance in work from home (WFH) environments on A-Team Group’s April 8 webinar: Trade surveillance: Deploying monitoring and surveillance capabilities for today’s new normal. The webinar – sponsored by OneMarketData and ACA Compliance – will discuss the trade surveillance and…
BidFX Launches Data & Analytics Suite for Insight into FX Pricing, Market Impact & Liquidity
BidFX, a provider of cloud-hosted electronic trading solutions for the foreign exchange markets, has launched BidFX Data and Analytics to complement its existing EMS, risk and compliance modules and TCA offerings. The new Data and Analytics suite has been designed to give clients a comprehensive view of the pricing, market impact and liquidity for every…
Options Extends SGX Footprint with Ultra-Low Latency Offering
Expanding on its introduction of managed colocation services for trading on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) last summer capital markets infrastructure provider Options Technology has partnered with the exchange to provide ultra-low latency (ULL) connectivity to SGX’s Tier 1 site. The addition of the new SGX capability follows on the heels of the company’s acquisition of…
Neuravest Harnesses AI, Alt Data for Portfolio Construction Platform to Improve Fund Performance
Neuravest Research, the data validation and predictive analytics company launched earlier this year as a successor to Lucena Research, has released a portfolio construction and management platform designed to help asset managers deliver superior fund performance through algorithmic portfolios using alternative data and AI technologies. According to Neuravest founder and CEO Erez Katz, the offering…
Quod Financial Launches Middle Office Suite to Automate Trading Workflow
Quod Financial has added a middle office component to its multi-asset OMS/EMS platform, aimed at allowing customers to automate complex trading workflows. Quod Middle Office is a hosted STP platform that seeks to address inefficient manual processes across all asset classes including equities, derivatives, foreign exchange and fixed income, as well as digital assets. The…
A-Team Webinar: A Checklist for Migrating Market Data to the Cloud
As firms and data vendors increasingly look into migrating their market data infrastructures towards the cloud, which types of data are best suited to cloud delivery and what are the business use cases? What kind of cloud options are available and how can firms best utilise them? And what challenges do they face along the…