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Recorded Webinar: Leveraging cloud as part of your colocation or proximity hosting strategy
As firms assess which elements of the trading workflow can be profitably migrated to cloud environments, ensuring compatibility with colocation and proximity hosting facilities becomes paramount. Practitioners need to take into account data access and security, messaging latency and regulatory considerations around operational resilience and physical location of client data. This webinar will discuss best…
Colt Offers 10 Gbps Connectivity for AWS Clients in APAC
Colt Technology Services has launched its Colt On Demand cloud connectivity to AWS Direct Connect Hosted services, with speeds of up to 10 Gbps, for customers in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Until now, 10 Gbps connectivity was only available on AWS Direct Connect Dedicated services. This enhancement allows customers can now connect directly to…
Valantic FSA Completes Strategic Investment in Low-Code Platform Provider Velox
Electronic trading and automation solutions provider valantic FSA, has completed a strategic investment in low-code development fintech Velox Financial Technology, to complement and bring further flexibility to its electronic trading business. The terms of the investment have not been disclosed, although valantic says it is “significant” and that it will allow the company to bring…
VendEx Solutions Launches Vendor Gateway to Market Data Platform
Market data administration specialist VendEx Solutions has launched VLink, the latest iteration of its VendEx ecosystem, which aims to create digital connections between market data vendors and financial institutions. Following the launch of its VSource vendor services directory in June last year, VLink is the vendor gateway that enables vendors to highlight and share detailed…
KeyBanc Adopts Bloomberg’s B-PIPE for Fixed Income Electronic Trading
KeyBanc Capital Markets (KBCM) has adopted Bloomberg’s real-time market data feed, B-PIPE, enabling greater automation and accuracy in bond pricing and accelerating automation of bond pricing workflows. B-PIPE will deliver access to comprehensive and consolidated market data content, enabling KBCM to execute real-time analytics and responses within its Investment Grade Credit Algorithm. With B-PIPE available…
What is Digital Transformation and How Do You Get it Right?
While financial institutions are grasping the opportunities offered by the digital transformation of their activities, a number of impediments are hampering some from extending the strategy to their operations teams in the back office. A stubborn corporate culture, fear of change and a lack of planning are just some of the challenges cited by industry…
Raiffeissen Bank Deploys Chronicle FIX Solution Across Global ETD Trading Business
Low-latency technology solutions provider Chronicle Software has expanded its footprint at Austrian bank Raiffeisen Bank International. The bank has rolled out Chronicle’s Java-based FIX engine across its complete global ETD workflow, following initial implementation within one of its regional trading centres. For the rollout, Chronicle has given Raffeissen access to the source code, enables a…
IPC Launches Connexus Alpha for Ultra-Low Latency Connectivity
Connectivity solutions provider IPC has expanded its electronic trading portfolio with the launch of Connexus Alpha, which will enable financial markets participants to connect to key global liquidity venues through ultra-low latency optimised point-to-point optical fibre connections. Connexus Alpha, which IPC claims will offer a speed advantage in executing complex trading strategies while reducing the…
The Broker Club and ACI UK Collaborate on Programme of Education and Community Activities
The Broker Club, the industry network for broker firms within capital markets and ACI UK, the community for individuals involved in FX markets, have agreed to collaborate on a programme of education and community events, for the mutual benefit of their respective member communities. The industry associations will also offer discounted membership to individuals and…
JamLabs to Launch Online Data Selling Platform
Toronto-based JamLabs Data Science, a full-stack data science solution and advanced analytics provider, is launching jShop, a cloud-based product management platform that will enable companies to monetise their valued data by creating online white-labelled stores. jShop’s adapters will allow customers to quickly load and publish their data catalog from major platforms like AWS, Snowflake, and…