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Trading South Africa’s Financial Markets – Technology Considerations, Challenges and Opportunities
The Republic of South Africa (RSA) stands apart from many other African nations, in that it benefits from a mature, well-structured and dynamic financial market environment, supported by modern technology, and backed by robust regulations. And despite various global and domestic challenges and uncertain macroeconomic conditions, the country has managed to maintain a strong growth…
Tokyo Stock Exchange Partners with Broadridge for Enhanced ETF Trading
Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) has collaborated with Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. to introduce a direct connection between CONNEQTOR, TSE’s exchange traded funds (ETFs) trading platform, and Xilix, Broadridge’s execution management system (EMS). The new integration will offer asset management firms, including Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Co., Ltd., a streamlined and more efficient ETF…
Murex and Rabobank Strengthen IT Partnership with Successful MX.3 Implementation in Brazil
Murex has expanded its partnership with Rabobank, completing a key phase in a global IT transformation with the successful launch of back office, operations, and finance functions on the MX.3 platform in Rabobank Brazil. This upgrade follows earlier front office and risk integrations. The MX.3 platform in Rabobank Brazil now supports an extensive range of…
LIST Completes Phase Two of Borsa Italiana’s Migration to Euronext’s Optiq Platform
LIST, an ION company, has completed the second phase of transitioning its Borsa Italiana clients onto Euronext’s Optiq technology trading platform. After successfully completing the equity segment in March 2023, LIST has now enhanced its FastTrade trading solution to support the shift of Italian bond markets to the new platform. The move also involves introducing…
DTCC Agrees to Acquire Blockchain-Based Financial Technology Firm Securrency Inc.
DTCC, the financial markets infrastructure provider, has announced its agreement to acquire Securrency Inc., a developer of institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure. By merging industry best practices with cutting-edge digital technology, the move aims to further the institutional acceptance and integration of digital assets. “Securrency is an important strategic acquisition that will give us the technology…
Alveo Research Points to Cost and Operational Benefits of Cloud Data Management
In a recent survey commissioned by Alveo, 62% of senior decision-makers believe that transferring market data to the cloud can reduce their total cost of ownership (TCO), with 77% in agreement in Asia-Pacific, compared to 46% in the UK/US. Additionally, the adoption of cloud data management is viewed as a catalyst for changes in operational…
Bloomberg Adds Intraday BVAL Front Office Pricing Solution for Fixed Income Trading
Bloomberg has released Intraday BVAL (IBVAL) Front Office, a distinct but complementary offering to Bloomberg’s evaluated pricing service, BVAL, that uses a machine learning model to handle the intricacies of consuming billions of ticks of market data to produce frequent pricing for real-time trading decisions. The front office product delivers prices as fast as every…
Overbond & SS&C Eze Collaborate to Offer Seamless Bond Trading Analytics Integration
Overbond, the fixed income data, analytics and trade automation solutions provider, has partnered with SS&C Eze to make Overbond’s AI and cloud-generated fixed income trading analytics and data available through the Eze Eclipse single-page application. This will give Eze clients full access to Overbond’s AI and cloud-driven analytics, including: complete and precise aggregate bond trade real-time…
Why Traders, Risk and Compliance Need to Be On the Same Data Page
As market participants continue to look for ways to manage risk and operate effectively in an increasingly complex energy trading landscape, Stanislav Ermilov (CEO of Tallarium) explains why data harmonisation is essential for creating efficient, transparent, and compliant markets. The structure of energy trading is dramatically evolving . The industry is going through a major…
SIX Collaborates with Megaport for Wider Cloud Connectivity
Swiss financial information and market infrastructure provider SIX has teamed up with Network-as-a-Service provider Megaport, to offer customers direct private access to its data services through all major public cloud providers, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud. The new service The new initiative, SIX Connect, spans over 100 cloud regions and numerous…