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InfluxData Raises $60 Million Funding to Further Develop its Time Series Database
InfluxData, creator of the InfluxDB time series database, has raised $60 million in Series D funding, led by Norwest Venture Partners and joined by Sorenson Capital and existing investors Sapphire Ventures, Battery Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Trinity Ventures and Harmony Partners. The funds will support further investment in product innovation, with increased focus on the cloud,…
The Race Is On – Catch Up with Corvil’s Next-Generation Trade Execution Analytics at TradingTech Summit
Trade execution analytics are taking a leap forward with the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to machine-time data. Ultimate results could include the ability to understand, evidentially, the relationship between trading systems performance and trade outcomes. Corvil has been working for about two years to develop machine learning algos that can identify…
Is Crypto Trading for You? Find Out at Next Week’s TradingTech Summit
Financial institutions stand at the edge of the crypto boom. With little interest in unregulated cryptocurrencies and utility tokens targeted at retail markets, yet a desire to get involved in crypto trading but only where markets and assets are regulated and infrastructure is familiar, FIs are increasingly interested in the concept of security tokens. Ahead…
TradingTech Summit: Find Out How to Use Cloud to Maximise Compute Performance
Adoption of cloud computing continues to increase as trading firms pursue maximum compute performance – but it is not all plain sailing with problems including making the right decisions on what to put in the cloud, integrating legacy systems, and overcoming ongoing concerns about cloud security, hacks and breaches. Ahead of next week’s A-Team Group…
MiFID II: The True Cost of Research Unbundling – Part One
The implementation of MiFID II in 2018 catalysed a maelstrom of regulatory modifications for financial institutions. One of the biggest changes was the requirement to separate the cost of investment research and corporate access from the cost of trade execution – forcing providers to drastically alter their models in order to comply with the explicit…
Vela Partners Smart Order Router Provider CoinRoutes
Vela, a trading and market access technology firm, has partnered CoinRoutes, a provider of consolidated data, smart order routing (SOR) and algorithmic trading for crypto investors, in order to extend its crypto-asset SOR offering and achieve optimal aggregate prices across selected crypto exchanges. Peggy Sullivan, chief of staff at Vela, says, “Our partnership with CoinRoutes…
J.P. Morgan Makes Algo Central Available to Bloomberg Terminal Clients
J.P. Morgan has made its Algo Central solution available on the Bloomberg App Portal, allowing clients that use the Bloomberg terminal service to access its electronic FX trading services. Algo Central, also available via the J.P. Morgan Markets Execute platform, provides access to the firm’s pre-trade, real-time, and post-trade analytics. The tool also enables investors…
How to Get eComms Surveillance Right
Electronic communications surveillance is a tough challenge for financial services firms and an extensive regulatory requirement in many jurisdictions. So how can firms bridge the gap and deliver successful eComms surveillance and strong regulatory compliance efficiently and cost effectively? Barriers to success include high volumes and different types of communications and data that need to…
Discover the Outlook for Risk, Regulation and Sustainability at A-Team’s TradingTech Summit
Managing risk, regulation and sustainability will be key to success for financial institutions throughout 2019, but what will the biggest risks look like, what can you expect in terms of regulatory development, and how can you create sustainable risk management during a year of ongoing change? Beate Born, executive director, risk and regulatory management at…
QuantHouse Onboards Fenics USTreasuries Providing Expanded Access to Market Data
QuantHouse is offering direct access to the Fenics USTreasuries (Fenics UST) platform through the QuantHouse FeedOS API and QuantLINK global network. This gives QuantHouse buy-side clients fast, streamlined access to normalised real-time and historical data to trade the US cash treasuries market. Fenics UST provides buy-side participants with access to cash treasuries via two electronic marketplaces:…