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Why “Last Look” Needs a New Look
By Daniel Chambers, BidFX, Head of Data & Analytics at BidFX (an SGX company). For what seems like an eternity now, the controversy surrounding “last look” has hung over the FX industry like a dark cloud. The practice involves a liquidity provider, like an investment bank or market maker, rejecting or requoting a trade after…
BMLL and CCData Partner to Offer Data Across Traditional and Digital Asset Markets
BMLL Technologies, a provider of Level 3 historical data and analytics, has made a strategic partnership with CCData, an FCA-authorised benchmark administrator and provider of digital asset data solutions and settlement indices, to offer clients access to data and metrics across both traditional and digital asset markets. The partnership is a response to growing demand…
SIX Adds Crypto Reference Rates and Real-Time Indices
SIX has released SIX Reference Rate Crypto and SIX Real-Time Crypto indices that will serve as benchmarks for AsiaNext’s crypto derivatives trading platform as well as for institutional investors globally. The indices cover major crypto assets Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), giving a comprehensive snapshot of the market and its performance. AsiaNext, founded by SIX…
13th Annual TradingTech Summit: The Crossroads of Technology and Capital Markets
The TradingTech Summit London, the industry’s leading event on capital markets trading technology, returns for the 13th time on leap year day, 29th February, at the Hilton Canary Wharf in London. This highly anticipated gathering will bring together innovators, investors, and thought leaders to examine current trends, challenges, and opportunities in the rapidly evolving trading…
3d innovations and Element22 Partner to Enhance Data Management for Financial Firms
Data management products and services provider 3d innovations (3di) has announced a strategic partnership with Element22, a consultancy and technology solutions firm focused on modernising data management in financial services. The collaboration aims to empower CIOs and CDOs at both buy-side and sell-side firms to modernise and streamline their market data commercial management operations. In…
S&P Global Introduces AI-Enabled Search on Marketplace Platform
S&P Global has launched a new AI-enabled search feature on its Marketplace platform, designed to transform how users discover the company’s data and solutions offerings across its five divisions and from curated third-party providers. The Generative AI search, developed in collaboration between S&P’s Market Intelligence and Kensho divisions, offers a more intuitive and efficient search…
SimCorp Partners with Venn by Two Sigma to Enhance Multi-Asset Portfolio Management
SimCorp, the investment management solutions provider, has announced a strategic partnership with Venn by Two Sigma, aimed at revolutionising the management of multi-asset portfolios. The collaboration integrates SimCorp’s Axioma’s equity factor models with Venn’s advanced factor analytics, addressing the increasing complexity in portfolio management as investors shift from traditional asset allocations to more diverse investments,…
Countdown to T+1: Market Readiness and the Push for Automation
As the North American T+1 settlement deadlines fast approach – 28th May 2024 for all US securities settled through DTC and 27th May for Canadian securities – the industry has been ramping up in preparation. And although the shorter settlement cycle promises to increase settlement efficiency, improve liquidity, decrease counterparty risk and reduce overall trading…
New DTCC Report Recommends Best Practices to Achieve T+1 Settlement Success
In anticipation of the transition to a T+1 settlement cycle in the US, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has released a new report, “Hitting 90% Affirmation by 9:00 PM ET on Trade Date: The Key to T+1 Success”, which highlights the importance of automating post-trade processes to achieve success in the upcoming T+1…
Quincy Data Collaborates with NovaSparks to Enhance NovaTick with QED Feed Integration
Quincy Data, a division of McKay Brothers, has partnered with field programmable gate array (FPGA) market data technology vendor NovaSparks, to integrate the Quincy Extreme Data (QED) Feed into NovaSparks’ NovaTick ultra-low latency ticker-plant, which leverages FPGA matrix architecture to meet the high-performance demands of electronic trading platforms. The integration allows NovaTick to process the…