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TRG Secures Exclusive Rights to Distribute Vela’s DART Terminal Usage Analytics
TRG continues to build out its spend management and usage tracking business through an agreement with Vela for exclusive global distribution rights to the company’s DART terminal usage analytics. Under the agreement, TRG will provide sales and relationship management for new customers, while Vela will provide after-sales support and development, and continue to manage existing…
Recorded Webinar: Best practice data management for trading automation
High quality, consistent and timely data is key to automation of the trading and investment cycle, but while firms are keen to push on with automation, barriers remain. These include sourcing the right data, timely delivery, data quality and ensuring regulatory compliance. The webinar will discuss the foundational role of data in trading automation, and…
QuantHouse Adds Exchange Data International to API Ecosystem
QuantHouse has added Exchange Data International (EDI) to the qh API Ecosystem it established last September as a framework for fintech firms to offer their products as on-demand solutions available through open APIs, and API based users, particularly hedge funds and automated trading firms, to access trading solutions without the complexity of integration. The addition…
Duco Plans to Add Products, People and Markets Following $28m Investment
Duco plans to expand its cloud data engineering solutions and extend its global footprint following a $28 million investment round. The investment reflects interest in the fintech’s Duco Cube software-as-a-service solution and growing uptake of cloud technology across the industry. The company provides technology that enables banks, brokers, asset managers and exchanges to normalise, validate…
Ullink Confirms Compliance with FIX-over-TLS Security Standard
Ullink has followed the FIX Trading Community’s release of the FIX-over-TLS (FIXS) standard, which is designed to help users of the FIX protocol meet security requirements, with confirmation that its NYFIX marketplace FIX network is 100% compliant. Ullink’s compliance includes support for the recommended versions of Transport Layer Security (TLS), certificate configurations, ciphers, and different…
UBS MTF Selects Aquis Technology for MiFID II Surveillance and Reporting
UBS MTF (Multilateral Trading Facility) has selected Aquis Technology, the regtech services arm of Aquis Exchange, to provide market surveillance and RTS 27 reporting software as required by Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II). UBS selected the Aquis Market Surveillance solution on the basis of its strong and comprehensive market monitoring and surveillance,…
Sponsored Blog: Ullink Considers How Low-Touch and High-Touch Trading are Playing Out in a Changing Economic Environment
The global trading landscape is changing, driven by regulation, automation, cost pressure and the search for alpha. In response, sell-side firms are rebalancing their high-touch order management and low-touch direct market access (DMA) trading, and considering new approaches to achieving accurate and efficient electronic trade execution at speed and scale. On the buy-side, firms continue…
Feeding the Drive Toward Automation in Trading and Investment Operations
As financial institutions continue to move toward automation, the need to feed systems with accurate and timely data is critical. Consistency of data throughout the transaction workflow is also essential, meaning financial institutions need to choose their data sources carefully. Based on an A-Team Group survey, and sponsored by Thomson Reuters, this paper considers drivers…
Horizon Opens Gateways to Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Horizon Software has extended its trading platform to provide users with the option of trading Bitcoin as well as other cryptocurrencies such as Ether, Ripple and Litecoin. The company offers native gateways for connecting to the main cryptocurrency exchanges, including Kraken, Bitstamp, Bitfinex and GDAX, and will be adding access to other exchanges in the…
Deutsche Börse Reaps the Benefits of Implementing Metamako Network Devices
Deutsche Börse Group is reaping the benefits of Metamako FPGA-based network devices in its colocation network, including the ability to gain greater insight into the network and use precisely timestamped packet capture data for analyses that were not previously possible. The exchange deployed 60 Metamako K-Series devices running MetaWatch, an ultra-precise tapping and timestamping application,…