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Vela Teams Up with Enyx to Deliver Ultra-Low Latency Solutions
Vela, a trading and market access technology provider, has partnered with Enyx, a developer of ultra-low latency products, to provide its clients with access to Enyx’s field programmable gate array (FPGA) technology, initially focused on ultra-low latency market data solutions. The firms have completed a proof of concept integrating the Enyx nxFeed, an ultra-low latency…
Addressing the Challenges and Realising the Benefits of a ‘Cloud First’ Policy
By Andy Mather, European Financial Services Industry Specialist, Telstra. The move to a ‘cloud first’ policy by financial firms is a tantalising idea. After all, which chief technology officer wouldn’t want to seriously reduce their company’s on-premise compute and storage costs, while at the same time boosting agility and ability to profit from new, innovative,…
HPR Reaches Goal of Delivering a Consolidated View of Real-Time Global Trading Risk with CRM-X
HPR – aka Hyannis Port Research – has reached the goal of a consolidated view of global trading risk across equities markets with CRM-X, the latest version of its Central Risk Manager (CRM), which supports a regional view of trading risk. CRM-X acts as a manager of managers and can be positioned anywhere to parent…
big xyt Extends Analytics Platform to Include TCA Functionality
Following consultation with clients, independent data analytics provider big xyt has added Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) to its platform. The company’s aim is to apply analytics to create a consolidated view of a fully automated trading environment that traders can access to assess trends. big xyt solutions specialise in normalising and storing trade data. Using…
PRA110: Now is the time
The UK Prudential Regulation Authority’s new PRA110 liquidity framework comes into effect on 1 July 2019. Compared to other liquidity templates, PRA110 is significantly more granular and requires more frequent reporting. Effective implementation, however, offers financial institutions the opportunity to raise their liquidity standards; improve their access to vital data; and add genuine commercial value….
Liquidnet Adds Ecosystem Pro Multi-Order Execution Solution
Liquidnet has expanded its Execution Ecosystem with the release of Ecosystem Pro, an intelligent workflow and blotter management tool designed to help buy-side traders analyse, monitor and automate execution strategies across multiple symbols simultaneously in the Execution Ecosystem. The ecosystem complements Liquidnet’s institutional liquidity pool by providing customisable trader intelligence tools to manage and course…
MiFID II Transaction Reporting Requirements Posing Big Problem for Investment Firms
Over 1,000 investment firms identified problems with their MiFID II transaction reporting requirements in 2018, according to regulatory consultancy Bovill – raising questions around how well the industry is really adapting to the complexities of the new regime. A Freedom of Information request found that a total of 1,335 notifications of inaccurate transaction reporting were…
TradeChannel Joins Forces with UnaVista for SFTR Reporting
Software specialist TradeChannel, part of Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS), has joined the UnaVista Partner Programme to support clients in meeting the extensive and complex demands of the upcoming Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR). “With EMIR and MiFID II we have seen how regulatory changes affects our clients and their data needs,” says TradeChannel CEO Mikkel…
Exablaze Partners with Algo-Logic to Provide Ease in FPGA Deployment
Exablaze, a provider of ultra-low latency network devices, is partnering with Algo-Logic System Inc., a provider of Gateware Defined Networking (GDN) solutions, to give its clients access to pre-built trading applications without the need to build or expand their own teams to implement FPGA logic-based algorithms. Exablaze FPGA-based network cards and switches come with a…
Kx Partners with Magnitude Simba to Deliver an Improved ODBC
Kx, a division of FD that incorporates the kdb+ time-series database to deliver high-performance, in-memory computing and streaming analytics, has partnered with Magnitude Simba, a provider of innovation in data connectivity solutions such as Magnitude Gateway. Kx and Magnitude Simba seek to provide kdb+ customers with an improved Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) interface to external…