Capital.com Selects IntegralFX for Retail FX Customers

Global brokerage firm Capital.com has selected IntegralFX, the cloud-based FX workflow automation solution from technology provider Integral, to offer bank-grade pricing to its retail trader customer base.

Integral’s end-to-end eFX trading and workflow solution has been specifically built for the broker community. Capital.com will aim to benefit from connectivity to Integral’s low-latency market data, greater access to multi-asset liquidity sources, and advanced price distribution functionality.

Alveo Ops360 Adds No Code Curve builder & Integrates with QuantLab

Cloud-based market data management service provider Alveo has extended its data operations solution Ops360 by rolling out ‘no code’ capabilities in its curve builder and integrating with QuantLab for advanced analytics.

Without the need to code, users can now drag and drop input data sets into functions and set parameters to derive data and calculate curves and risk factors. They can also now prototype and do ‘what if’ analysis on risk factor creation against either standard libraries such as QuantLib, or their own libraries in Python or other languages.

OpenFin Expands to Government Sector

OpenFin, the operating system of enterprise productivity, has expanded out outside of the finance sector for the first time by entered into a strategic partnership with, and securing investment from, In-Q-Tel (IQT), the not-for-profit strategic investor serving the U.S. intelligence and national security community.

The company has also announced record growth for the first half of 2022, with a number of significant wins in the finance space. The software is now used at more than 3,800 banks, wealth and asset management firms in 60+ countries.

FactSet Partners Brazilian News and Market Data Vendor Agência Estado

FactSet has struck a strategic partnership with Agência Estado, a real-time news and market data vendor in Brazil. The partnership integrates Agência Estado’s Portuguese-language newswire into FactSet’s workstation to create the Broadcast+ FactSet Workstation, a co-branded solution combining local Brazilian news and content from Agência Estado with FactSet’s data, analytics, and technology services.

CQG Partners with Lime to Offer Trade Execution on US Equities

Trading technology solutions provider CQG has expanded its partnership with technology-driven broker-dealer Lime Trading Corp. CQG’s front-end trading platforms are now integrated and certified into Lime’s back end for trade execution, giving CQG clients the ability to seamlessly access Lime’s low-latency gateways to US exchanges and dark pool venues for equity trading.

CQG clients also gain access to Lime’s execution services, including its liquidity-seeking algorithm, a smart order router that searches for optimal liquidity in a fragmented marketplace.

Broadway Upgrades Duration Trader to Cater for Increased Bond Volatility

Front office solutions vendor Broadway has introduced major upgrades to its Duration Trader algorithm. During an ongoing period of volatile European interest rates, the upgrades provide clients with an enhanced ability to efficiently unwind risk, eliminate inefficient manual hedging processes and reduce market leakage.

By enabling customers to move to an automated hedging process, Duration Trader empowers them to keep pace with rapid market movements, reduce trading costs and minimize information leakage, according to the company.

SmartStream Launches AI-enabled Exceptions Management

SmartStream, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management solutions provider, has launched SmartStream Air version 7, which uses cloud-native AI technology to control exceptions management by learning from user behaviours.

The AI populates fields automatically, sets labels, and runs automations based on the processes it has learned. In addition, it aims to improve STP rates by providing suggestions to the user or fully automating the exceptions management process.

Capgemini Acquires Capital Markets Post-Trade Consultancy Quorsus

Capgemini has acquired Quorsus, a UK-based firm consultancy firm specialising in post-trade technologies, operations, regulatory solutions, and market infrastructure. The acquisition will allow Capgemini to further support its capital markets clients in addressing not only increasing regulatory requirements, but the need for strategic yet efficient operations across the trading lifecycle.

DBS Deploys Nasdaq Surveillance Technology to Support Market Integrity

DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest bank, announced that it will leverage Nasdaq Trade Surveillance technology to advance its surveillance and market integrity efforts. Nasdaq’s solutions will improve DBS’s ability to analyse market abuse surveillance scenarios and detect trading anomalies across equities and derivatives markets as well as OTC FX markets.

The technology will provide DBS with a consolidated view to manage and monitor market conduct, while enabling DBS’ trade surveillance team to detect, investigate, and document a wide array of market abuse through tailored alerts.

SS&C Partners with Coinbase to Offer Front-to-Back Crypto Management Solution

SS&C Eze has partnered with Coinbase to offer clients access to Coinbase Prime, an institutional platform for digital assets. Through the partnership, traders using Eze Investment Suite can manage their crypto trading processes in one place, from pre-trade compliance to custody.

Coinbase Prime is an institutional platform providing secure custody, smart order routing, data & analytics, trade settlement, and reporting. With the integration, Eze Investment Suite users can access a diverse liquidity pool of digital assets, and gain a holistic view of their crypto investments alongside traditional securities holdings.