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IPC to Leverage OpenFin OS for Voice App Store
New York-based voice and electronic trading communications solutions provider IPC has entered into a strategic partnership with financial operating system OpenFin in order to develop access to its applications and data solutions across its 110,000+ global user community. Through IPC’s “Voice App Store,” traders and other regulated users will be able to leverage IPC-developed applications…
Recorded Webinar: Financial Services Infrastructure in the Post-Covid Environment
The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken financial institutions’ working practices to the core. Trading volumes have exploded, with some venues recording more than 10X the usual volume of transactions. Volatility has raged, with the benchmark VIX index testing new highs. And nor are these one-offs; the impact has been sustained since the virus hit in early…
OMD Launches European Composite Tick Database
Tick data management specialist OneMarketData has released a European Composite Trade & Quote (ECTQ) Database, which aggregates data from 33 exchanges, multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) and dark pools. The offering is aimed at providing financial institutions with the data they need to perform transaction cost analysis (TCA) in support of the best execution and other regulatory obligations….
Controlling Market Data Usage and Costs in WFH Environments
The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed the way financial services firms operate: with staff dispersed across numerous alternative sites or working from home, and many still requiring access to fee-liable market data and other financial information services in order to function. Data managers are struggling to control access to this data – facing the risk of…
BrokerTec and TriOptima Collaborate on End-To-End Repo Workflow Solution
BrokerTec, a provider of electronic trading platforms and technology services in fixed income markets, and TriOptima, an infrastructure service that lowers costs and mitigates risk in OTC derivatives markets, have collaborated to create the industry’s first end-to-end repo workflow solution for industry participants, providing full automation across the lifecycle of a repo trade. Connecting the…
Devexperts Launches DXtrade as a SaaS Trading Platform for FX/CFD Brokers
Software provider Devexperts this week launched DXtrade, a new SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) trading platform for the retail FX and CFD industry. DXtrade is an off-the-shelf trading platform that allows brokers to determine their own layout and setup in order to differentiate themselves from the wider market. This includes back-end configurations, where brokers can set up limits,…
Shield Expands Surveillance Platform with Advanced Workflow Functionality
Israeli RegTech provider Shield has launched a new Advanced Workflow function as part of its wider eComms Surveillance platform, with the goal of helping financial firms to build their own workflows and business processes within the application, ensuring compliance investigations meet the requirements of the business, and enabling different teams to be managed from one…
SteelEye Launches Free Communications Surveillance
SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, this week confirmed that it would offer financial firms the opportunity to use its Communications Surveillance service for free as the market adapts to a new style of working under pandemic conditions. As firms reopen their offices, reduced density rules are likely to prevail for some time, meaning…
COVID-19: Regulator Round-up (5 May)
In these days of unprecedented economic pressure and accompanying financial volatility, regulators around the world are realigning their priorities and rapidly shifting their strategies to support institutions through the ongoing crisis. In this regular weekly feature, we keep you up to date on the latest regulatory news, responses and approaches – from deadline delays to…
COVID-19: Regulator Round-up (28 April)
In these days of unprecedented economic pressure and accompanying financial volatility, regulators around the world are realigning their priorities and rapidly shifting their strategies to support institutions through the ongoing crisis. In this regular weekly feature, we keep you up to date on the latest regulatory news, responses and approaches – from deadline delays to…