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New Change FX Joins IOWA.rocks Financial Data Marketplace
New Change FX (NCFX), a data and analytics business, has joined the financial data marketplace operated by IOWA.rocks. NCFX allows market participants requiring objective trade cost measurement capabilities to quickly calculate all related expenses against a recognised and registered independent data feed. NCFX is ESMA approved and FCA authorised administrator of live spot FX benchmarks…
BNP Paribas Builds Cortex LIVE FX Platform on OpenFin OS
BNP Paribas has built and deployed a single dealer FX platform, Cortex LIVE, on the OpenFin OS, which is designed to support desktop interoperability. Based on OpenFin OS, Cortex LIVE offers users intelligent execution methods, transparency and enhanced controls. It also features a real-time market intelligence portal, Insight LIVE, as well as data visualisation and…
Pico Refits Jersey Network with Optical Dark Fibre, Adds Corvil Performance Monitoring
Pico is pushing on with its global expansion plan and taking advantage of its acquisition of Corvil with a refit of its Jersey network and the deployment of Corvil network performance monitoring and analytics on top of the network. The new network, the company’s latest investment in its PicoNet proprietary global financial markets network, is…
genesis offers Platform-as-a-Service for Low Code Application Development
genesis has expanded its microservices-based infrastructure with business components and a set of tools to deliver genesis platform, a low code application development platform designed for capital markets and able to produce robust, secure products and solutions at unprecedented speed by radically reducing coding. The genesis platform is designed to helps clients address highly complex…
Recorded Webinar: Optimising outsourced infrastructure for trading in fast markets
In fast markets, you must move quickly to identify and fix any problems with latency, systems and algo performance, but what you cannot see you cannot fix. This begs the question of how trading organisations can see, understand and optimise their infrastructure as it interacts with fast markets to ensure optimal trading connectivity. The answer…
HKEX Pulls Out of Bid for LSE
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEX) has dropped its $37 billion bid for the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) because it has been unable to engage with LSEG management to realise the deal. While the frustration of HKEX is palpable in its withdrawal statement, there will no doubt be sighs of relief at LSEG as…
SS&C Expands Risk Analytics with Agreement to Buy Algorithmics’ Assets from IBM
SS&C Technologies has reached a definitive agreement to acquire certain Algorithmics’ and related assets from IBM. The addition of Algorithmics, a provider of risk analytics products and capital management solutions, will extend SS&C’s risk analytics and regulatory offering by adding over 200 clients, 350 employees and offices in 25 countries. Client types include banks, broker…
Royal London Asset Management Selects TradingScreen OEMS to Drive Returns for Investors
UK investment management firm Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has selected TradingScreen’s cloud-based multi-asset order and execution management system to drive better returns for investors. The deal is designed to allow RLAM to trade across multi-asset classes within its £130 billion portfolio via one centralised platform, offering greater operational efficiencies and more time to focus…
Broadridge Releases Cloud-based Data Control Solution Set
Broadridge Financial Solutions has released a cloud-based data control solution set designed to help financial firms address the operational challenges of managing the lifecycle of transaction data. The solution set combines Broadridge’s reconciliation and matching solution with enhanced data analytics, multi-bank connectivity and flexible financial messaging. The aim of the solutions is to provide an…
New and Established Firms Take Opposing Views on ESMA Market Data Consultation
Newer financial markets firms and FinTech companies have come out strongly in favour of regulatory action on market data within the EU. In contrast, some more established players are taking the view that little or no action is needed, and any issues are the fault of the regulator in the first place. These, and other…