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Eliminating Latency with Analytics

Latency is a continual challenge in trading systems. In High Frequency Trading (HFT) systems, the challenge is immediate and obvious: if your order isn’t in first, you won’t hit the liquidity you’re after. In other systems, it might not be so obvious, but it’s still an issue. For example, if you’re streaming FX quotes out…

MIK Releases Enhanced SEC Master

MIK Fund Solutions, a leading provider of software solutions for hedge funds, today announced the release of a comprehensive and integrated security master solution for hedge funds and asset managers. The offering is designed as an integrated application for the tracking, reporting and processing of all security master terms and conditions and reporting attributes across…

Andrew’s Blog – The Reawakening of Thomson Reuters

The past few weeks’ organisational regrouping in the wake of the departure of Thomson Reuters Markets CEO Devin Wenig over the summer has been supercharged by this week’s news of a complete restructuring of Thomson Reuters by CEO Tom Glocer. Glocer has named James C. Smith, currently chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters’ Professional division,…

Post-Trade Technology – Reactive or Progressive?

Post-trade technology enables brokers and investors to confirm and report trades, and is essential to the effective operation of these firms. However, the technology at the heart of many of these systems was designed for a simpler trading environment. As the environment has evolved, for example through new regulations and the growth of alternative asset…

Financial Institutions Should Focus on Unstructured Financial Data in the Rush for Effective Risk Management, Warns ClusterSeven

Financial institutions will continue to report high profile instances of data mismanagement and fraud unless they take 100% control of the vulnerable financial data files that move and manipulate information between their business systems. These include files known as CSVs* (comma separated variable), plus spreadsheets and Microsoft Access Databases. Systemic failings in the way these…

Oracle’s Kumar Talks up a Consolidated Approach to Finance and Risk Data, Exadata’s Capabilities

Oracle has long been championing the capabilities of its Exadata Database Machine, which forms the foundation of a number of its other offerings such as the Financial Services Data Warehouse that was launched in January this year. Senthil Kumar, group vice president and head of global business development for financial services at Oracle, speaks to Reference…

Prominent German Pension Fund Selects SimCorp Dimension

A renowned German occupational pension fund with more than EUR 6bn under management has selected SimCorp Dimension as its future investment management system. SimCorp Dimension will be used as a seamlessly integrated solution, from portfolio management to accounting, for the firm’s entire range of investments. Critical to the pension fund’s choice of SimCorp Dimension was…

ISDA Reiterates Support for Global Trade and Counterparty Exposure Repositories in Comment Letter on CPSS/IOSCO Consultative Report

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) filed a comment letter on September 23 with the Committee on Payment and Settlements Systems (CPSS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) in response to their consultative report on over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives data reporting and aggregation requirements. In the letter, ISDA reiterated the need for…

XSP Deploys Intra-Day Corporate Actions Data from Australian Securities Exchange

XSP, the global leader in automated end-to-end Corporate Actions solutions, together with its partner Decillion Group announced today that it is deploying intra-day Corporate Actions data directly from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The Decillion Group, a banking software solutions provider and operator of the largest SWIFT Service Bureau in the Asia Pac region, markets…

LBBW Takes Control if its Data with Xenomorph’s TimeScape

As part of its market data management project to improve the internal model for Market Risk calculations, LBBW (Landesbank Baden-Württemberg), one of Germany’s largest banks, has implemented Xenomorph’s TimeScape analytics and data management solution. TimeScape provides the bank with a high performance data management system which enhances risk management, delivers validated market data based upon…