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Inside The Matrix: How Broadway Technology Links Systems Together

Trading complex financial products on behalf of a large enterprise is an elaborate challenge that requires distributed systems working together. Broadway Technology, a provider of middleware serving electronic trading and automated decision-making needs, offers TOC, a platform addressing that problem. Intelligent Trading Technology spoke with Joshua Walsky, the company’s chief technology officer, about how TOC works, and…

Enyx Accelerates Trading Transmissions With Radio Waves

For major established trading communication routes that have relied on fiber optic cable, such as New York to Chicago, London to Frankfurt, or local back office transmissions as from New York to secondary sites in New Jersey, Enyx, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) provider, has introduced nxLink Share Version 2. This new version of…

CJC Moves On Outbound Market Data

Financial technology management solutions company CJC’s new IT Regulatory Services division is offering auditing and inventory of firms’ outbound data, concentrating on publication of market data rather than consumption, as a way to improve efficiency and reduce costs, according to Sheena Clark, director of regulatory services, CJC. “This is predominantly a data governance and risk…

Bloomberg Tradebook’s OPTX Promises Solution For More Complex Markets

Global agency broker Bloomberg Tradebook has launched OPTX, an agency execution platform that uses quantitative data models and analytics to route orders. The launch is a response to what Glenn Lesko, CEO and president of Bloomberg Tradebook, calls “the dynamic nature of the marketplace.” The increased complexity and sophistication of the market presents challenges for…

Exegy Adds IEX Data as its First Direct Source

Market data managed services and technology provider Exegy has taken a step to be a direct source of some US National Market System (NMS) data itself, with an announcement of the addition of IEX (The Investors Exchange) data to its X-Port market data vending service. “We are offering a more complete direct feed for the…

Recorded Webinar: Data management implications of the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB)

Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) is two years away. Significant data management changes and challenges presented by the regulation call for an early start on implementation. The webinar will discuss the challenges of FRTB and provide practical guidance on how best to achieve efficient and effective compliance. Listen to the webinar to find…

The Trading Regulations Handbook

Need to know all the essentials about the regulations impacting trading infrastructure? Welcome to the first edition of our A-Team Trading Regulations Handbook which provides all the essentials about regulations impacting trading operations, data and technology. A-Team’s Trading Regulations Handbook is a great way to see at-a-glance: All the regulations that are impacting trading technology…

West Coast Hedge Fund Reduces Trade Errors With LiquidityBook

Since San Francisco-based multi-strategy hedge fund Pier 88 Investment Partners implemented LBX Buyside POEMS (Portfolio, Order and Execution Management System) from service provider LiquidityBook in the third quarter of 2016, the fund has eliminated trade errors, gotten greater transparency and enhanced its networking capability. Pier 88’s trade execution and portfolio management has had “very noticeable”…

Thomson Reuters Teams Up with Kx to Deliver Superfast MiFID II Solution

Thomson Reuters has teamed up with Kx to enhance its Velocity Analytics platform and deliver ultra-high-speed processing of real time, streaming and historical data to meet the requirements of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II). The platform has been refreshed and released as Version 8, with Kx high-performance computing technology replacing high-speed processing…

Tullett Prebon To Feed Data To Murex Trading Platform

Trading, risk and processing solutions provider Murex has partnered with Tullett Prebon Information (TPI) to use its real-time, end-of-day and historic price information for internal model validation, gaining independent and accurate data to feed the Murex platform, according to officials of the companies. “TPI content comes directly from the trading operations of our global brokerage…