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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…
Beyond Cryptocurrencies – Building a Market Infrastructure for Digital Assets
Mention digital assets, and most people will immediately think of cryptocurrencies. This is perhaps not surprising, as ownership of digital assets is currently dominated by the two leading cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Ethereum. The fast-evolving world of digital assets now goes way beyond the realm of cryptocurrencies, however, and has the potential to open up a…
Archax Launches Blockchain-Based Post-Trade Infrastructure Subsidiary Montis Digital, with Watkins as CEO, Lester as Chairman
Archax, the first FCA-regulated digital securities exchange, has created a new subsidiary, Montis Digital, to launch a blockchain-based post-trade infrastructure for tokenised assets, such as digital securities and security tokens. Montis will be led by CEO Martin Watkins, previously head of the exchanges and financial markets infrastructure practice at EY, and senior executive at AtosEuronext,…
Turquoise Plato Connects to OpenFin to Improve Buy-Side Workflow
Turquoise Plato, the London Stock Exchange’s non-displayed order book, has connected to OpenFin, the operating system for enterprise productivity, to deliver application interoperability and a more unified desktop experience for buy-side trading desks. With this collaboration, Turquoise on OpenFin will leverage OpenFin’s open architecture to deliver data directly into trader workflows to support liquidity discovery…
7 Chord Appoints Andrew Sundstrom as Chief Science Officer
Fixed income pricing and analytics vendor 7 Chord has appointed Andrew Sundstrom as its Chief Science Officer, to lead the new phase of development and innovation of its BondDroid proprietary machine learning engine. Sundstrom brings 28 years of cross-disciplinary scientific and industry experience, at Nortel Networks, IBM Research, Morgan Stanley, and most recently at Nanotronics,…
Indosuez Wealth Management Chooses ICE for Pre-Trade Analytics and Data
Indosuez Wealth Management, the global wealth management brand of Crédit Agricole group, has chosen pre-trade analytics and data from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) to enhance its portfolio and margin optimization. ICE’s derivatives valuation and analytics services, which include access to pricing and analytics solutions for structured products and OTC positions, will give Indosuez’s capital markets sales…
Northern Trust Invests in Essentia Analytics to Optimise Decision Support with Behavioural Science Capabilities
Northern Trust has taken a minority equity stake in behavioural data analytics vendor Essentia Analytics. The deal means that Essentia Analytics’ cloud-based solution, which brings together historical data and behavioural science to identify and address biases that impact investment performance, will be offered through the Northern Trust Whole Office platform, which facilitates client access to…
Recorded Webinar: The evolution of market surveillance across sell-side and buy-side firms
Market surveillance is crucial, and in many cases a regulatory requirement, to ensuring orderly securities markets and sustaining confidence in trading. It can be breached and has become increasingly complex in the wake of the Covid pandemic, Brexit, and the emergence of new asset classes. This webinar will review the extent of market abuse in…