Broadridge and Iress Partner to Enhance Trading Solutions for UK Market Makers

Broadridge Financial Solutions has announced a strategic partnership with financial technology software company Iress, under which Broadridge’s order management system (OMS) and its Tbricks market-making platform will be integrated with Iress’s Retail Service Provider (RSP) network.

The integration aims to provide market makers with streamlined order management, enhanced market connectivity, real-time data, analytics, and robust compliance features. The collaboration, designed to improve market data access, trade execution, and risk management capabilities, will result in a bespoke trading and connectivity solution for UK market makers, giving them comprehensive access to the retail and wealth sectors.

CJC Releases Detailed Report on Data Fabrics, Cloud and Trading Technology Panel from A-Team Group’s TradingTech Briefing

CJC have published an in-depth report on the panel session ‘Adopting Modern Data Fabrics and Cloud in Trading Technology Infrastructure’ from A-Team Group’s recent TradingTech Briefing, Buy & Build – The Future of Capital Markets Technology.

The panel, featuring Peter Williams, CJC’s Chief Technology Officer, alongside Richard Balmer of IPC Systems, Naomi Clarke of CDO Advisory and Bob Mudhar of Synechron, investigated a wide range of topics around modern data infrastructure in trading.

CJC’s full debrief of the conversation, along with analysis of audience poll results, is well worth a read at here.

Orient Futures Singapore Adopts Integral’s FX Platform to Enhance Client Experience Amid Rising Demand

Futures and FX broker Orient Futures Singapore has deployed an end-to-end currency trading platform from currency technology provider Integral, with the aim of improving clients’ trading experience, streamlining trading operations and accessing a broader market. The move to adopt Integral’s platform comes after Orient Futures Singapore witnessed surging demand for its services across the Asia/Pac region.

In 2022, Integral became the first cloud-based FX workflow platform to be deployed at the SG1 data centre. Orient Futures Singapore will offer clients the ability to streamline, automate and optimise every stage of their workflow, complete with SG1 implementation.

UBS Integrates Broadridge’s DLT-Enabled Repo Solution for Enhanced Cost-Savings and Efficiency

UBS has gone live on Broadridge’s newly launched sponsored repo solution, the next phase in the rollout of Broadridge’s DLT-enabled Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform, which aims to provide clients with significant settlement cost savings, process simplification, scalability, and reduction of operational risks via distributed ledger technology and smart contracts.

This marks the latest milestone in executing on Broadridge’s vision of transforming the global repo market infrastructure and further demonstrating the power and value creation of DLR, according to the company.

Bloomberg Introduces Bridge AXE for Enhanced Anonymity and Trading Interest Discovery

Bloomberg has launched Bridge AXE, an extension of the Bloomberg Bridge intermediated workflow, allowing participants to anonymously post to other Bridge participants and identify trading interests using Bloomberg’s liquidity discovery tools. This follows the launch of Bloomberg Bridge in 2022, which has now grown to more than 650 active client firms.

Bridge AXE allows buy-side firms to propose, identify, and engage with trading interests from other Bloomberg Bridge participants in an all-to-all environment. Participants can then launch targeted RFQs to begin an intermediated negotiation, anonymous to the axe contributors.

Bloomberg Finalises Acquisition of Broadway Technology to Boost O/EMS Capabilities in Credit and Rates Markets

Bloomberg has completed its acquisition of front-office solutions vendor Broadway Technology. By bringing together Bloomberg’s Electronic Trade Order Management Solutions (ETOMS) and Broadway’s low-latency execution management solution, the transaction will help further the development of a comprehensive, low-latency O/EMS for the credit and rates markets.

The acquisition aims to deliver solutions that provide greater asset coverage, connectivity, automation, and integration with pre-and post-trade workflows, according to the company.

World Federation of Exchanges Releases Recommendations on Crypto Platforms to Build Trust and Stability

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) today published a report, ‘Promoting Sound Marketplaces – DeFi/CeFi, Crypto Platforms & Exchanges’. The report draws on the collective experience of regulated market infrastructures and makes six recommendations in light of issues that continue to affect the crypto-currency industry following several high-profile controversies and collapses.

The WFE’s analysis also found that whilst Decentralised Finance might bring innovation to financial products, crypto-trading platforms (CTPs) are frequently not as decentralised as they first appear, which presents some risks. In the short term, the WFE recommends that CTPs disclose their regulatory status and do not describe themselves as exchanges until they are appropriately regulated and adhere to the standards set out in the report.

QUODD Unveils Enhanced Market Data Platform Post-Xignite Acquisition

QUODD, a provider of on-demand market data, has reintroduced its market data platform and API marketplace, integrating assets from its acquisition of Xignite in February 2023. QUODD’s two primary product sets, QX Digital Platform and QX Data, are powered by QX Technology, a modern cloud-based infrastructure and toolkit for the automation, control, and consumption of all types of financial market data information.

QX Digital Platform, QUODD’s flagship institution-facing market data platform, connects workflows from back to front office with mission-critical functionality. QX Data now offers the QX Marketplace for advanced tech buyers seeking programmatic access to QUODD’s cloud-based, integrated suite of market data APIs.

Pico Launches Next-Gen Corvil Analytics Appliances for Enhanced Financial Market Performance

Pico has unveiled its Next-Gen Corvil Analytics Appliances, powered by Intel’s latest 4th Gen Xeon scalable processors, designed to provide analytics for 40/100Gbps networks. The new appliances offer sustained 30Gbps packet capture, with Intel Quick Assist Technology (QAT) used to optimise capture data compression at speeds up to 100Gbps.

According to the company, the NVMe SSD drives used in the appliances create a significant improvement in storage technology, offering faster speeds, reduced latency, and increased efficiency for data storage and retrieval. Pico claims that the appliances can generate up to a 62% reduction in price-to-performance ratio.

Exegy and BMLL Technologies Team Up for Historical Data and Analytics

Front-office trading solutions provider Exegy has formed a strategic partnership with BMLL Technologies, the independent provider of harmonised Level 3 historical data and analytics. The collaboration enables clients to use BMLL’s granular, historical data to fine-tune algos and to derive alpha through Exegy’s back-testing and simulation solutions.

The partnership aims to free up much of the time that quants spend on data analysis, allowing them to focus more of their time on algo development. This is expected to be especially beneficial for firms keen on quick strategy testing and implementation.