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Archax Completes First Fundraising Round for Subsidiary Montis Digital
Archax, the UK regulated and registered digital securities exchange, broker and custodian, working with DLA Piper, has completed the first fundraise on its Primary Issuance Platform, an oversubscribed round of $1.5 million for its recently announced Montis Digital subsidiary, which is building blockchain-based market infrastructure for the post-trade ecosystem. Participants in the raise were onboarded…
ACTIV Financial Finds Buyer in the Form of Options Technology
Hot on the heels of its acquisition of Fixnetix earlier this year, Belfast-based trading IT and infrastructure provider Options Technology has reached an agreement to acquire market data vendor ACTIV Financial for an undisclosed sum. The deal, aimed to further support Options’ growth strategy through the addition of ACTIV’s real-time, delayed, historical and enriched multi-asset…
Parameta Solutions Launches Post-Trade Analytics Platform
Parameta Solutions, interdealer broker TP ICAP’s data and analytics unit, has launched a new global post-trade analytics platform, Trading Analytics. The new offering, designed to help both buy- and sell-side firms to improve execution prices, will initially cover corporate, agency, government, and supranational bonds, with plans to expand across a variety of OTC asset classes…
A-Team Webinar to Explore Machine Readable News Integration
Intelligent machine readable news, which turns unstructured news data into actionable insight, and can be used to uncover market trends, identify correlations, evaluate sentiment and inform quant strategies and predictive models, has become a powerful tool in the arsenals of trading and investment firms seeking a competitive edge. While machine readable news feeds typically provide…
SmartStream Adds Intelligent Exceptions Management Design to SmartStream Air
Financial solutions provider SmartStream Technologies has launched a new intelligent exceptions management design for its cloud-native AI-powered SmartStream Air solution. The enhancement, which follows the release of TLM Aurora Universal Data Control earlier this year, is designed to further simplify the typically complex and manual exceptions management process for data reconciliations. The new design aims…
ION Commodities’ Openlink Replaces 30+ Legacy Systems at Constellation
ION Commodities, a global provider of commodities trading and risk management solutions, has implemented its Openlink CTRM solution at Constellation, a US provider of clean energy solutions. Openlink will manage Constellation’s end-to-end wholesale energy operations, replacing over 30 legacy systems, and will serve as a single source of truth and system of record. The ‘Wholesale…
MayStreet Adds Full-Depth-of-Book for All US Equity Options Markets to Market Data Lake
MayStreet, the market data technology and content provider, has expanded its Market Data Lake product, adding full support for all US Equity Options data feeds, to augment the company’s existing provision of the OPRA feed. US Equity Options volumes have grown significantly in recent years, with record listed option contract volumes in 2020, increasing 52.4%…
Pico Introduces Ultra-Low Latency Connectivity Across Key Global Venues
Trading technology, data and analytics service provider Pico has launched ultra-low latency venue connectivity across its key global trading venues, achieving more than 80 percent reduction in round trip latency, according to the company. Utilizing high-performance Layer 1 switching technology, Pico can now achieve one-way market data latency of 5-87ns and round-trip latency of 140ns…
Council of Europe Development Bank Implements Bloomberg MARS Front Office
The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) has adopted its Bloomberg’s Multi-Asset Risk System, MARS Front Office, to enable the bank to assess the impact of trading activity on the risk profile of its books. MARS Front Office will provide the CEB with consolidated pricing and risk analytics, including pre-trade and daily post-trade valuations, Greeks…
MarketFactory Partners with Tradefeedr
MarketFactory, part of ION Markets, has established a strategic partnership with Tradefeedr, the independent FX data and analytics provider, to broaden access to trading information for clients of both companies. By integrating the two platforms, the partnership aims to deliver a seamless trading experience and to enhance transparency and trust levels across the FX market…