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LedgerEdge Launches Corporate Bond Trading Platform Built on R3’s Corda DLT
Financial technology vendor LedgerEdge has launched a what it believes is the first regulated corporate bond trading platform built using distributed ledger technology (DLT), the technology that underpins blockchain ecosystems and digital markets. By building an ecosystem using DLT, LedgerEdge aims to modernize institutional-grade trading services and protocols in the $41 trillion global corporate bond…
Toward a Modern Data Fabric for Capital Markets
By Gary West, General Manager, EMEA, Yellowbrick. Every financial institution I talk to is re-considering some aspect of their data infrastructure. Renewal is of course an ever-present feature of the financial technology landscape with firms racing to compete. However, current conversations feel different. When it comes to data, the subject turns quickly away from discrete…
Recorded Webinar: Modernising Data Infrastructures: Challenges and opportunities of managing complex financial data and analytics in hybrid and multi-cloud environments
As they forge ahead with their digital transformation programs, financial institutions are finding that the internal platforms they use to manage complex data sets for trading, investment, risk, and compliance are no longer fit for purpose. The ongoing shift toward cloud hosting is forcing practitioners to manage the transition from deeply entrenched legacy platforms to…
The Current and Future Landscape of Real-Time Enterprise Market Data Distribution
Distributing real-time market data across the enterprise is a complex proposition, with many moving parts. Banks and other financial institutions spend vast sums to ensure that the correct market data, the lifeblood of their trading activities, is sourced, normalised, controlled and distributed out to end users and applications in the timeliest manner, with minimal downtime….
StoneX Chooses Chronicle FIX Solution for Equities Trading
StoneX Financial – formerly known as INTL FCStone – has selected Chronicle Software, the low-latency microservices and technology solutions provider, to enhance its equities trading performance. In a competitive process to replace its incumbent trading technology, the firm cited speed, flexibility and reliability as the key factors behind the decision to select Chronicle. StoneX provides…
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…