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Xignite’s Dubois: Covid-19 Expected to Accelerate Shift to Cloud for Market Data
The Covid-19 pandemic and its concomitant shift of much of the work force to home-working may force a re-evaluation of on-premises market data management. After an initial delay as the pandemic kicked in, financial institutions’ interest in cloud-based delivery of market data is now accelerating, according to Xignite CEO Stephane Dubois. Xignite has seen a…
Push Technology Teams with Baker to Build Scalable Trading, Data Systems
West Coast real-time data streaming technology supplier Push Technology has forged a partnership with London-based trading user interface specialist Baker Technology to combine their offerings to meet demand for outsourced development of high-scale single-dealer and exchange trading systems. Baker builds custom on-premise and cloud-based trading systems for sell-side firms and exchanges. Using Push’s Diffusion Real-Time…
Communications = Key Compliance Concern During Covid-19
COVID-19, lockdown, working from home and self-isolation are now well established across the financial industry, but how are compliance teams impacted? A recent survey on market abuse monitoring from SteelEye found that almost half (40%) of the 80 market participants have seen their compliance budgets increase since the lockdown, with monitoring communications seen as the…
New Fixnetix Chief Beeman Outlines Vision for Front-Office Lift-Out Offering
Jake Beeman, who took over as general manager of Fixnetix this month following the departure of Steve Williams, has arrived with the remit to expand on the company’s vision for front-office transformation, with a specific focus on data, analytics and infrastructure. Beeman took on his new role at Fixnetix on May 13, Prior to that…
BrokerTec and TriOptima Collaborate on End-To-End Repo Workflow Solution
BrokerTec, a provider of electronic trading platforms and technology services in fixed income markets, and TriOptima, an infrastructure service that lowers costs and mitigates risk in OTC derivatives markets, have collaborated to create the industry’s first end-to-end repo workflow solution for industry participants, providing full automation across the lifecycle of a repo trade. Connecting the…
Crosslake Fibre Strengthens US/Canada Connection with 165 Halsey Street Expansion
Crosslake Fibre, a telecoms operator specialising in connectivity between Canada and the US, has expanded its network into the 1.2 million square foot data center, colocation and telecom carrier hotel 165 Halsey Street, just 13 miles from Manhattan. The new network, which delivers sub-9 ms round trip delay (RTD) performance between Toronto and New York…
Why Markets Must Give Bonds a Data Licence to Thrill!
By Neill Vanlint, Global Head of Sales at GoldenSource. Nothing causes more heated debate than a new bond. As the spectre of the world’s central banks global response to COVID-19 continues, today marks the U.S Treasury’s latest attempt to weather the economic storm by issuing $54 billion worth of debt in the form of 20-year bonds. Depending on…
BCC Group Partners with IBM on ONE Platform for Cloud Distribution
Cloud market data specialist BCC Group International has announced a partnership with with IBM to deliver real-time streaming market data into IBM Cloud Pak for Data and IBM Streams. IBM Paks are lightweight, enterprise-grade, modular cloud solutions, integrating a container platform and open source components along with common software services for development and management. The…
Tourmaline Secures Majority Investment from Copley to Fund Growth
Tourmaline Partners, which provides trading solutions to buy-side clients on an outsourced basis, has secured a majority investment from private equity firm Copley Equity Partners. The company will use the funds – terms weren’t disclosed – to finance its geographical expansion from bases in Stamford, Conn., London and Sydney, to expand its asset class coverage…
Shield Expands Surveillance Platform with Advanced Workflow Functionality
Israeli RegTech provider Shield has launched a new Advanced Workflow function as part of its wider eComms Surveillance platform, with the goal of helping financial firms to build their own workflows and business processes within the application, ensuring compliance investigations meet the requirements of the business, and enabling different teams to be managed from one…