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SS&C Partners with Coinbase to Offer Front-to-Back Crypto Management Solution
SS&C Eze has partnered with Coinbase to offer clients access to Coinbase Prime, an institutional platform for digital assets. Through the partnership, traders using Eze Investment Suite can manage their crypto trading processes in one place, from pre-trade compliance to custody. Coinbase Prime is an institutional platform providing secure custody, smart order routing, data &…
FlexTrade Integrates Glimpse Markets Pooled Trading Data for Fixed Income
FlexTrade, the multi-asset execution & order management systems vendor, has integrated trading data from Glimpse Markets, a buy-side data sharing platform for bond markets, into FlexFI, FlexTrade’s fixed income EMS. With the two-way integration, fixed income traders can incorporate and process Glimpse’s aggregated trade data into FlexFI’s Bond Widget. Using FlexFI’s visualisation tools, dynamic sorting…
Tradeweb & S&P Global Market Intelligence Collaborate to Link Up European Primary & Secondary Bond Markets
Tradeweb, the electronic marketplace operator, has collaborated with S&P Global Market Intelligence, the financial information services provider, to introduce electronic connectivity between primary and secondary markets for European credit, covered, sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) bonds. With the integration of InvestorAccess, S&P Global Market Intelligence’s digital primary market platform, Tradeweb clients will now be able…
Eventus Deploys Validus at SpiderRock
Trade surveillance and market risk solutions vendor Eventus has deployed its Validus platform at SpiderRock Terchnology Services, an algo execution and risk management technology provider servicing institutional trading firms and agency broker-dealers. The platform is initially being used for the firm’s client activity in futures and options. SpiderRock cited Eventus’ ability to handle extraordinarily large…
Is There a Place for Non-Independent TCAs in the FX Market?
Amid the ongoing demand for transparency, Eric Huttman, CEO of MillTechFX asks if there is a place for non-independent TCA in today’s FX market. The foreign exchange (FX) market is notoriously opaque. Today, a large number of firms have no visibility on whether they are getting a good deal from their providers. As a result,…
Horizon Goes Live with H3 Trading Platform
Horizon Software, the trading technology vendor, has launched its Horizon H3 Trading Platform, with clients now live in Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Earlier this year, Sagard NewGen acquired a majority stake in the company, alongside a management buy-out, to support expansion into new markets and strategic capabilities. At the time of the…
Recorded Webinar: New trends and technologies influencing post-trade digitalisation
While digital transformation of front-office functions at financial institutions is well underway, the back office is lagging, calling on firms to reassess and innovate post-trade processes. The need for change is highlighted by specific issues, including the move towards T+1 settlement and increasing regulatory scrutiny of post-trade processes, as well as broader challenges of legacy…
TS Imagine Chosen by Varenne Capital to Support its Trading Activities
Varenne Capital, a Paris-based global investment manager, has selected TradeSmart OEMS from TS Imagine to support its trading activities. TradeSmart OEMS will automate Varenne’s execution process, support its portfolio management system, modernize and reduce time-consuming workflows and increase functionality across the firm’s trading operations, according to the company. The announcement follows TS Imagine’s strong growth…
LeapXpert Partners with OpenFin to Increase Productivity Around Messaging Apps
LeapXpert, the enterprise-grade business communication platform, has announced a strategic partnership with OpenFin, the operating system (OS) of enterprise productivity. Under the partnership, LeapXpert’s Federated Messaging Orchestration Platform will be integrated into OpenFin OS, enabling traders and other enterprise employees to retrieve critical information sent through messaging applications without leaving their primary workspace or interrupting…
The Rise and Rise of Financial Technology Expert Consulting
By Martin Thompson, Head of Platform at Adaptive Financial Consulting. Consultants have become integral to how complex modern businesses operate. Whether tapping into specialist legal or management advice, firms need expertise that is not immediately available to them to differentiate and compete. The same is true in financial technology – larger firms will typically have…