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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…
Glue42 Adds Apps to Desktop Interoperability Ecosystem
Glue42 has expanded its desktop interoperability ecosystem with the addition of independent software vendors Adaptable Tools and BCC Group, and service provider Norman & Sons. The providers are offering their services via the Glue42 platform that uses the FINOS FDC3 open standard to provide a seamless user interface and data integration between desktop apps. Adaptable…
Interxion Builds for Trading Stack Transformation at New LON-3 Facility
Interxion’s new state-of-the-art LON-3 data centre facility in London’s Brick Lane – which came onstream last year – aims to offer new space and capabilities for financial firms, liquidity providers and execution venues seeking sophisticated facilities for connectivity and trading. Interxion is stressing the new facility’s core attributes of location, regulatory compliance and latency as…
Refinitiv Redistributes MarketAxess Fixed Income Market Data Through Elektron
Refinitiv and MarketAxess have agreed to redistribute MarketAxess fixed income market data to Refinitiv’s customers via the Elektron Data Platform. The data made available through Refinitiv as a part of the agreement includes MarketAxess’ Composite+ and Axess All pricing tools. Composite+ is an algorithmic pricing engine for corporate bonds that leverages a range of proprietary…
Torstone Acquisition of Percentile Delivers More than the Sum of its Parts
Torstone Technology’s recent agreement to acquire Percentile will add risk management and compliance technology to the company’s post-trade securities and derivatives processes, making its Inferno platform a full-service, cross-asset, global post-trade solution. The deal will also add a compliance solution for Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) regulation to Torstone’s portfolio. The acquisition will…
Arab Bank Builds Mobile Trading App on Integral platform
Arab Bank (Switzerland) has deployed a trading app built on the Integral platform to expand its mobile trading services targeted at institutional and corporate customers. The bank aims to provide an end-to-end FX solution, having worked with Integral and its BankFX cloud-based platform since 2014 to provide a single dealer platform for clients.
Numerix Adds ISDA SIMM Margin Module to Oneview Derivatives Pricing and Risk System
Numerix, a provider of risk technology, has added an initial margin module using ISDA’s Standard Initial Margin Model (ISDA SIMM) methodology to its derivatives pricing and risk system, Numerix Oneview. Built on cutting-edge derivative models and a high-performance compute engine, Oneview provides a holistic view of the entire derivatives business across the front and middle…
TORA Implements Cloud OEMS at Buy-Side Firms Based in Zurich and New York
TORA has reported two implementations of its order and execution management system (OEMS) in as many weeks, taking both Zurich-based Systematic Investment Management AG (SIMAG) and New York-based Schonfeld Strategic Advisors’ Asian offices into the cloud with its unified OEMS. These implementations follow consolidation in the OEMS industry over recent years and demonstrate buy-side intent…
LCH Implements Three Solutions Built on Genesis’ Microservices Framework
genesis, a provider of trading technology products based on microservices, is gaining market traction with the implementation of three solutions at LCH following a recent deal with Linear Investments to develop a cash and margin management system. LCH has worked with genesis to design, build and implement the solutions, which will streamline and automate clearing…