TradingTech Insight Blogs The latest content from across the platform
RoZetta Teams with GreenBirch to Help Firms Deploy Managed Analytical Services
Australia-based RoZetta Technology has partnered with London cloud implementation consultancy GreenBirch Group to help financial institutions design and deploy capital markets technology solutions drawing upon their combined expertise in data science, analytics and managed data services. RoZetta specialises in the use of data science and analytics for trading and other financial markets applications; GreenBirch helps…
A Well-Designed Intraday Data Research Environment Can Help Traders Outsmart the Competition
By Scott Mayster, Global Product Manager of Tick Data, a subsidiary of OneMarketData. Today’s financial markets have been roiled by volatility, global economic turmoil, and the pressure of continued regulatory obligations. To navigate these dynamic conditions, remain compliant, and drive competitive advantage, traders need fast and efficient access to quality market data and the ability…
Archax’s FCA Approval Paves Way for Institutional Trading of Digital Assets
London-based Archax last week received long-awaited regulatory approval for its digital securities exchange for tokenised assets. The development makes Archax the first FCA-regulated digital exchange, paving the way for institutional market participants to trade in tokenised assets when the exchange launches sometime in 2021. Archax was founded by a group of market practitioners to offer…
Glue42 Teams with Leading Point to Promote ‘Composable Enterprise’ for Front Office
London-based smart desktop protagonist Glue42’s new partnership with consultant Leading Point Financial Markets – announced last week – is aimed at accelerating the uptake of the so-called ‘composable enterprise’ approach to optimising work flows in the financial front office. The approach – espoused by industry analysts like Gartner – allows firms to create a kind…
Shield Integrates with Zoom to Ensure Communications Compliance
In response to client demand, specialist RegTech provider Shield has integrated its complete eComms compliance and Surveillance platform with collaboration platform Zoom. Its capture, surveillance and investigation tools can now be used across video, audio, chat and shared data files on the Zoom system in order to protect communications and ensure compliance during these unprecedented new Covid-19 working conditions….
Symphony Adds Levy as President as Usage Surges due to Covid-19
Symphony has bolstered its leadership team with the addition of Brad Levy, who joins the collaboration platform as president and chief commercial officer. Levy, who was most recently a partner at IHS Markit, will focus on expanding the company’s commercial offering in the capital markets segment. The announcement comes as Symphony reports significant growth in…
Pico Strengthens its Global Data Centre Presence with New Taiwan Colocation Facility
Continuing its expansion in the Asia-Pacific region, trading infrastructure specialist Pico has launched a new managed Taiwan colocation facility, at Chunghwa Telecom’s CHT Taipei IDC in Banqiao, New Taipei City. The facility will offer connectivity to the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s (TWSE) data centre, with plans for links to the Taiwan Futures Exchange (Taifex) and Taipei Exchange (TPEx),…
SIX Partners with Xignite for Strategic Cloud Initiative
SIX Financial Information’s announcement last month of a strategic partnership with Xignite marks a significant step-up in the relationship between the two companies and signals SIX’s intention to embrace cloud delivery for its universe of financial information. The arrangement allow clients access to SIX content via Xignite’s API and cloud distribution infrastructure, opening up opportunities…
Vela and IPC Expand Market Data Partnership
Vela, an independent provider of trading and market access technology for global multi-asset electronic trading, has expanded its strategic partnership with financial markets communications giant IPC, to boost access to market data. The partnership will give IPC customers access to Vela’s market data solution, SuperFeed, via Connexus Cloud, IPC’s flagship financial ecosystem, which interconnects more than 6,600 capital market…
Cloud9 Partners with comitFS on Real-Time Voice Trading as Industry Adjusts to Virtual Landscape
New York’s Cloud9 Technologies has partnered with comitFS, a UK-based provider of voice middleware and API abstraction capabilities for financial service organizations, to work on improving real-time call control capabilities for voice trading within the institutional marketplace. The joint venture will combine comitFS’s mix of trader voice applications and API’s combined with Cloud9’s advanced solutions…