FlexTrade Integrates BMLL Data Feed and Analytics into FlexTrader EMS

OEMS vendor FlexTrade Systems has integrated data and analytics from BMLL Technologies into its FlexTrader EMS, giving clients the ability to access data and enriched pre- and post-trade analytics from within the FlexTrader EMS blotter.

The BMLL Data Feed, which is pre-computed from granular, Level 3 order book data, is designed to provide market participants with actionable insights focused on market quality and execution performance, as well as available liquidity at different depths of the book. BMLL’s data and analytics can now be delivered directly into FlexTrader workflows via API, to help clients accelerate their research, optimise their trading strategies and generate alpha.

Investment Association Calls on G7 Summit to Escalate Commitment to Climate Change

The Investment Association (IA) is calling on this year’s G7 Summit to do more to tackle climate change by committing to improve companies’ reporting on climate-related risks. It proposes actions including support for the IFRS Sustainability Standards Board to develop sustainability reporting standards and increased cooperation between national regulators to implement the standards. The IA states: “Investment managers have a vital role to play in the shift to a more sustainable global economy. Ensuring high-quality and comparable data on the risks that companies face from climate change is key to achieving this and meeting net zero targets.”

MayStreet Increases Asia-Pacific Coverage with 19 New Exchange Feeds

Market data technology and content provider MayStreet has added 19 new market feeds in the Asia-Pacific region to Market Data Lake, the company’s market data repository.

The new content includes real-time and historical consolidated, top-of-book and full depth-of-book data from the leading equity, derivatives, commodity and fixed income exchanges in the region, and largely completes the firm’s global, multi-asset coverage universe buildout announced last August.

With the addition of the new APAC exchange feeds to the Market Data Lake, MayStreet has also expanded its data center footprint globally.

Horizon Software Launches Composite Spreader to Automate Spread Execution

Electronic trading solutions vendor Horizon Software has launched a purpose-built Composite Spreader as part of its broader OMS roadmap, to automate the execution of multi-leg spreads. The product, which is now live and can be integrated with Horizon’s algo framework, provides clients with a user interface to define synthetic multi-leg spreads with a set of trading paramaters, which can then be executed automatically.

Horizon leveraged its proven algo technology and expertise in high frequency trading to develop the Composite Spreader, which is designed to respond rapidly to market movements, and comes with advanced safety features in case liquidity cannot be sourced.

McKay Brothers Launches Low-Latency Connectivity Between Chicago Hub and Asian Centres

Low-latency wireless networking specialist McKay Brothers International is now offering private bandwidth between the Chicago exchange data centre hub in Aurora, Illinois, and major trading venues in Asia, expanding the global reach of its low-latency connectivity services. End points McKay offers in Asia include Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai. For ultra-low latency circuits, the company is leveraging its wireless expertise in combination with fibre wherever possible.

The company’s first hybrid wireless/fiber network in Asia – between Tokyo and Singapore – opened in 2016. Last year, McKay launched what it claimed to be the fastest link between Illinois and Busan, Korea, and has since expanded to offer connectivity to Hong Kong and Shanghai.

DSB Opens Industry Consultation on 2022 ISIN and CFI Service Provision

The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has opened its 2021 industry consultation on 2022 OTC ISIN and CFI service provision. The consultation paper that will shape DSB activity for 2022 is published on the organisation’s website. Industry will be able to respond until 5pm UTC on Monday 31st May, with final results of the consultation delivered on Thursday 1st July. The consultation covers topics including cloud resilience, cybersecurity, enhanced supplier risk assessment, and the DSB technology stack.

Etrading Calls for Standards Experts to Join Digital Token Identifier Advisory Committee

Etrading Software, the exclusive registration authority for the ISO standard for digital token identifiers (DTIs), is calling for industry participants to join its product advisory committee – the application deadline is May 17, 2021. The scope of work includes providing advice on the use of DTIs and the issuance process for the identifiers, as well as advising Etrading on future product enhancements. Etrading states: “We are looking for participants who have expertise in standards, and who appreciate the unique considerations digital assets require when creating effective identifiers.”

Equiduct Partners EOSE to Explore New Data Products

Equiduct, a retail focused pan-European exchange, has partnered EOSE, a market data specialist, to strengthen distribution of its market data products that offer a real-time view of pre-trade and post-trade data. EOSE will provide Equiduct with a team of data sales and business development professionals, allowing Equiduct to concentrate on developing core business strategies, while exploring new data products and routes to market. Equiduct says the partnership provides resource to drive growth and innovation in market data products, while ensuring it remains focused on delivering solutions to enhance the trading experience for its clients and end investors in Europe.

CNP Assurances Group Selects NeoXam to Streamline Data Management

CNP Assurances Group has selected NeoXam’s DataHub to house all its pricing and reference data on a single platform. The group wanted a centralised platform to shorten the time needed for data management processes that were previously handled manually. By providing increased visibility into data underpinning all investible assets, DataHub supports the group’s UChange programme, which aims to develop data optimisation, security and innovation. 

Colombia Pension Fund Selects Charles River Investment Management Solution

Colfondos Pensiones y Cesantías, one of Colombia’s largest pension funds, has selected the cloud-based Charles River Investment Management Solution to manage its domestic and global equity and fixed income portfolios on a consolidated front and middle office platform. The Charles River solution allows Colfondos to meet the demands of its investment process and automate support across asset classes for the geographies it invests in. It also allows the firm to enter new markets in Chile and Peru at enterprise scale by leveraging Charles River’s open architecture platform and interoperability with an ecosystem of liquidity, data and regulatory reporting providers.