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New BMLL CEO Humphrey Outlines ‘Scale-Up Phase’ Post-$25 Million Funding
Fresh from a January funding round that brings total financing raised to $25 million, UK trading analytics specialist BMLL Technologies has named industry veteran Paul Humphrey to take the helm as CEO. Humphrey says the company is now in “scale-up phase” as it sets about its mission to derive value from data hidden within market…
London Metal Exchange Partners Trading Technologies
The London Metal Exchange has partnered Trading Technologies (TT) to supply the exchange’s trading participants with direct access to the exchange via the TT front-end interface. TT will replace the LME’s current GUI when its new trading platform launches in 2021. Delivered via software-as-a-service, the TT platform will provide LME members and members’ clients around…
Redline Onboards 24Exchange to Expand Support for NDF Trading
Redline Trading Solutions, a provider of high-performance market data and order execution systems for automated trading, is supporting 24Exchange, a new offshore, multi-asset class, OTC platform, on its InRush Ticker Plant and Order Execution Gateway for its FX clients. 24Exchange becomes a market data and routing destination on the Redline Trading Solutions Network with mutual…
Options Collaborates with Pure Storage on All-Flash Storage-as-a-Service
Options, a provider of cloud-enabled managed services, has collaborated with Pure Storage to deliver all-NVMe (non-volatile memory express), all-flash cloud storage to capital markets. Built on Storage-as-a-Service infrastructure from Pure Storage, the solution allows Options’ customers to reliably store data at scale and access the information instantly across its global financial network. Customers can also…
Exegy Delivers Website Reporting Performance and Value of Signum Real-time Trading Signals
Exegy, a provider of low-latency market data solutions and predictive analytics, has released a new website providing daily reports on the performance and value of its Signum portfolio of real-time trading signals. One report estimates the net price improvement in US equity trades that is achievable when using Exegy’s Quote Vector, which accurately predicts the…
Exablaze Adds Super-Fast Network Devices
Exablaze, a provider of ultra-low latency network devices, has released two new network adapters: ExaNIC X25 and ExaNIC X100. Exablaze says that in both live trading and benchmark tests the network adapters proved to be the fastest available, and have set a new record for low-latency performance. The exceptional speed of the Network Interface Cards…
Velocimetrics Cuts Costs with Software Only Network Monitoring and Cloud Traffic Storage
Velocimetrics has released stream2Cloud, a software only network monitoring and traffic storage solution that can be used across multiple sites and provides access to real-time enterprise analytics. The solution is based on tried and tested Velocimetrics technology, such as network traffic capture protocol decoders developed for real-time analytics. It can be integrated with Velocimetrics’ VMX…
Options Sets Targets Following Investment from Private Equity Firm Abry Partners
Options Technology, a provider of cloud-enabled managed services, plans to accelerate growth strategy, pursue strategic M&A targets, invest in its technology platform and expand its reach to key global financial centres following ‘significant growth investment’ from Boston-based private equity firm Abry Partners. Details of the investment were not disclosed. Founded in 1989, Abry is a…
Network Resilience in Financial Services – Why it Matters and How Firms Can Achieve it
By Alan Stewart-Brown, vice president EMEA, Opengear Firms across the financial services sector are increasingly reliant on IT networks to deliver core services, but this can leave them vulnerable to rapidly escalating security threats. Hacking software is widely available and threats from social engineering, phishing, and malware attacks are an ever-present reality. To alleviate the…
Trading Technologies Contracts SBI Thai Online to Distribute Platform
Trading Technologies International (TT) has contracted with SBI Thai Online, a Bangkok-based broker and subsidiary of SBI Group, to distribute the TT platform to its client base. The agreement will allow SBI Thai Online to provide international clients with access to the Thailand Futures Exchange (TFEX) via the exchange’s proprietary EMAPI API from within TFEX’s…