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Etrading Software Secures Significant Investment from LDC
LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has made a multi-million pound investment in Etrading Software, the London-based capital markets technology company specialising in the provision of market and reference data. LDC’s investment, the first external funding for Etrading Software, will enable the company to continue growing its range of technology-enabled services and…
Microsoft and LSEG Launch 10-Year Strategic Partnership as Microsoft Takes 4% Equity Stake in LSEG
Microsoft and London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) have entered into a 10-year strategic partnership, under which LSEG’s data infrastructure will be architected using the Microsoft Cloud and the two companies will jointly develop new products and services for data and analytics. Microsoft has also agreed to purchase shares in LSEG that would result in Microsoft…
Recorded Webinar: Market data in the cloud
Over the past several years, the topic of market data in the cloud has been hotly debated – latency has been an issue, which data to put in the cloud has been discussed, and lines have been drawn. But where are we now, and how have the lines been redrawn? This webinar will consider progress…
Recorded Webinar: High-performance, real-time multi-stream data processing for trading analytics and risk management
Financial analytics platforms in Hedge Funds are often segmented between real-time and back-office analytics systems fed by slower batch processes. To support winning analytics, hedge funds and other trading firms need to bring together real-time streams with historical analytic data in a single high-performance data store to refresh reports and risk models in near-real-time. Listen…
Avelacom Launches One-Stop Access to Cboe Europe Derivatives (CEDX)
Avelacom, the low latency connectivity, IT infrastructure and data solutions provider, has launched a one-stop shop for low latency connectivity, IT infrastructure and market data solutions for pre-trade and execution on Cboe Europe Derivatives (CEDX), the pan-European equity derivatives marketplace. Avelacom’s point-of-presence (PoP) in Equinix LD4 is now directly connected to CEDX’s infrastructure. Avelacom’s PoP…
FIA Launches Online ETD Tracker
FIA, the global trade organization for the futures, options and centrally cleared derivatives markets, has launched the FIA ETD Tracker, a new interactive tool on its website that provides insights on trends in the trading of futures and options on exchanges worldwide. The ETD Tracker, based on data collected from approximately 80 exchanges around the…
Symphony Acquires Natural Language Processing Platform Amenity Analytics
Symphony, the market infrastructure and technology platform, has acquired natural language processing (NLP) data analytics solution vendor Amenity Analytics, for an amount estimated at tens of millions of dollars, although terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Amenity specializes in extracting and delivering actionable insights – from unstructured content types including earnings call transcripts,…
EFAMA Stresses the Need for a Real-Time Consolidated Tape in Europe
As proposals for a consolidated tape (CT) for equities and bonds in Europe continue to be debated, industry body EFAMA (European Fund and Asset Management Association) has released a statement calling for a real-time CT for equities, to include both pre- and post-trade data. The creation of a CT was originally proposed in MiFID II…
InstrumentiX and FMADIO Launch 100G Combined Capture and Analytics Platform
InstrumentiX, the performance monitoring and analytics solutions provider, and FMADIO, the packet capture appliance vendor, have together released a new 100G capture and analytics platform, the x-100. The x-100 was developed in response to the exponential increase in trading-related data volumes in recent years, which has driven a demand for high-performance capture and analytics to…
Liquidity Risk Spotlight: Increased Regulatory Scrutiny is Our Biggest Threat
Damian Handzy, Managing Director for Performance, Risk and Analytics at Confluence. Inflation and interest rate spikes, the likes of which we haven’t seen in a generation, can cause serious market dislocations and liquidity crunches. Regulators around the world have taken notice. The increasing pressure of regulatory requirements around liquidity risk demands a more precise and…