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Trading Technologies Partners with Eurex to Offer EnLight RFQs via TT Platform
Trading software, infrastructure, and data solutions provider Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), has formed a commercial partnership with Eurex Frankfurt AG, the European derivatives exchange, which will allow TT’s global distribution network to access Eurex EnLight, a selective request-for-quote (RFQ) solution, directly from within the TT platform. The partnership will enable buy-side institutions, banks, and…
Vendor Strategy: How SpaceTime is Distilling Complex Markets into Actionable Insights
With regulators placing an ever-greater focus on best execution, firms across the buy and sell side are making increasing use of transaction cost analysis (TCA) to demonstrate to customers how their execution performance measures up against various benchmarks. But TCA is not just a regulatory tool. Real-time TCA can also be an incredibly useful resource…
A-Team Group’s Lorna Van Zyl Featured on FinTech Focus TV, Discussing TradingTech Summit London
In anticipation of this year’s TradingTech Summit London, we’re delighted that A-Team Group’s Head of Event Content, Lorna Van Zyl, was the star guest on the latest episode of FinTech Focus TV, talking with Toby Babb of Harrington Starr. In a wide-ranging interview, Lorna shares what goes on behind the scenes when putting the event…
Trends in Electronic Trading
By Jeffrey Britell, Senior Vice President – Global Network Services, IPC Systems. In the past 20 years, electronic trading technology has opened up what was a largely interbank domain to a much broader financial community that includes investment managers, buy-side and retail firms and increasingly, non-traditional, technology-led firms. From the early days of order management…
TradingTech Summit Returns to London with Focus on Digital Transformation and Innovation
The TradingTech Summit London, one of the most highly anticipated events in the financial technology industry, is back for the 12th time on 28th February at London’s Hilton Canary Wharf. The summit will bring together the leading innovators, investors, and thought leaders in trading technology to discuss the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in this…
Investment Banks Can’t Afford Not to MIND the Front Office Risk GAP
By Oliver Blower, CEO of VoxSmart. A phrase heard by so many only to be listened to by so few. “Mind the gap”, synonymous with the mundane morning commuter grind, currently takes on a far greater significance for City traders travelling to work. Not dissimilar to the cost conundrum facing the rail industry recently, when…
ION Derivatives Platform Hit by Cyber Attack
ION Cleared Derivatives, a division of ION Markets, was hit by a cyber attack earlier this week, which has impacted its ability to run overnight processing of derivatives trades on its platform. LockBit, the Russian-linked ransomware group, has claimed responsibility for the attack. According to reports, 42 of ION’s customers have been affected by the…
OptionsDesk Adopts ION’s XTP Front-to-Back Suite for Exchange-Traded Derivatives
OptionsDesk, the UK options broker that provides advisory and brokerage services for retail investors, corporations, and financial institutions, has signed a long-term strategic partnership with ION, the trading, analytics, treasury and risk management solutions vendor. The deal will enable OptionsDesk to expand its exchange-traded derivatives (ETDs) capabilities by utilising ION’s XTP Front-to-Back Suite for both…
Swiss Finance Corporation Selects Integral for eFX Trading and Workflow
Integral, the currency technology provider, has been selected by Swiss Finance Corporation (SFC), whi will use Integral’s cloud-based SaaS technology to modernize its offering and bring eFX trading to its customers. Integral’s end-to-end workflow and eFX trading technology, which includes liquidity aggregation, price generation, distribution, risk management and analytics, was rolled out in a matter…
Horizon Launches Horizon Extend Development Platform
Electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology provider Horizon Software has announced the release of Horizon Extend, a development framework for the Horizon platform. Clients will be able to utilise Horizon Extend to create new pricing modules and hedgers within the system, to automate workflow, to add advanced routing rules for DMA flow, and to develop…