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Heptagon Capital Goes Live with Thomson Reuters Pricing and Reference Data via Advent
Advent Software, a leading provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, and Thomson Reuters today announced that Heptagon Capital, a specialized investment management firm, can access pricing and reference data from Thomson Reuters via Advent’s new market data interface. This critical and timely information will enable Heptagon Capital to enhance its…
Q&A: Pierre Feligioni of QuantHouse on Why FPGAs Are The Next Step
QuantHouse is an established player in the low-latency datafeed handling business, but only very recently launched a hardware accelerated solution. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com asked the vendor’s co-founder and COO Pierre Feligioni to explain the move, and provide some more technical detail. Q: QuantBOX is your first offering to make use of hardware acceleration. With the continuing performance…
CMA Launches CMA NAVigate 1.8, Providing OTC Derivatives Valuations On-Demand
CMA, the leading provider of intraday CDS data and OTC market solutions, has launched a new release of CMA NAVigate, its web-based workflow solution which brings transparency and independence to the valuation of OTC positions. CMA NAVigate 1.8 introduces an intuitive user interface that provides the tools, pricing transparency and real-time support that clients require…
Opinion: The FSA, ESMA and the Commission – The Markets’ Strictest Parents?
By Matthew Coupe, sales director, EMEA, Redkite Financial Markets When the UK’s streets broke out into mass rioting this summer, the UK government responded with unprecedented force. Officially, the riots were quashed by intelligence-led, nationally mobilised law enforcement, backed by the politicians at the heart of Westminster. Unofficially, of course, the streets were out of…
Pricing Partners Introduced a Generic Solver to Smoothen Trades Structuring
Pricing Partners, the world leader in OTC derivatives pricing analytics, mathematical models and independent valuations, announced today that its award winning solution, Price-it Excel is now shipped with a generic solver to enable users to structure their trades easily and seamlessly. Leveraging the scripting language that allows pricing virtually any financial derivatives, this solver can…
DTCC Launches Global OTC Interest Rate Trade Repository
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) today announced the launch of its global, over-the-counter (OTC) interest rates derivatives trade repository. DTCC’s Global Trade Repository for Interest Rates for this US$553.8 trillion market (approximately €414 trillion or £356 trillion) will be based in London. Data from 15 of the largest global dealers is now being…
Morningstar and Density Make the Funds’ Transparency Easier within the Solvency II Framework
Density Technologies, a French software vendor dedicated to asset management professionals, and Morningstar France, a leading provider of independent investment research, today announce the automatic integration of Morningstar market data feeds into DT Suite, Density Technologies’ software solution. Morningstar provides one of the biggest and most complete databases in terms of funds with over 400,000…
UNX Hires Henry Yegerman To Head Global Product Management
UNX LLC, a leading provider of innovative trading technology solutions, welcomes trading analytics expert Henry Yegerman as Head of Product Management. He joins UNX after 12+ years at Investment Technology Group (ITG), most recently as Managing Director of Analytical Products and creator of ITG’s acclaimed transaction cost analysis products. Mr. Yegerman will oversee global product…
Linedata Moves into Risk Market through Riskdata Partnership
Linedata has taken a short cut into the risk market through a global partnership with Paris based Riskdata, a provider of risk solutions for asset managers and institutional investors. The companies signed the partnership last month and Linedata is working to embed Riskdata’s risk analytics functionality into its Beauchamp portfolio management system. The company has…
FNB Custody and Trustee Services Goes Live with DST Global Solutions’ HiPortfolio Asset Servicing Solution
DST Global Solutions, a leading global provider of software technology and services to the investment management industry, today announced that FNB Custody and Trustee Services, part of one of the largest financial institutions in South Africa, has gone live with its HiPortfolio solution for investment accounting and asset servicing. The solution has resulted in improved…