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InstrumentiX and FMADIO Launch 100G Combined Capture and Analytics Platform
InstrumentiX, the performance monitoring and analytics solutions provider, and FMADIO, the packet capture appliance vendor, have together released a new 100G capture and analytics platform, the x-100. The x-100 was developed in response to the exponential increase in trading-related data volumes in recent years, which has driven a demand for high-performance capture and analytics to...
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EFAMA Stresses the Need for a Real-Time Consolidated Tape in Europe
As proposals for a consolidated tape (CT) for equities and bonds in Europe continue to be debated, industry body EFAMA (European Fund and Asset Management Association) has released a statement calling for a real-time CT for equities, to include both pre- and post-trade data. The creation of a CT was originally proposed in MiFID II...
Liquidity Risk Spotlight: Increased Regulatory Scrutiny is Our Biggest Threat
Damian Handzy, Managing Director for Performance, Risk and Analytics at Confluence. Inflation and interest rate spikes, the likes of which we haven’t seen in a generation, can cause serious market dislocations and liquidity crunches. Regulators around the world have taken notice. The increasing pressure of regulatory requirements around liquidity risk demands a more precise and...
Creating the Conditions for Real-Time Post-Trade Information
By Russell Levens, US Head of Customer Engagement – Cleared Derivatives, ION Markets. The S&P 500 index recently recorded a new peak in one-month daily volatility, unmatched since early July. Simply put, the industry has tracked a record number of price swings to the upside and the downside, all of significant magnitude, at a time...
Latest briefs
Trading Technologies Adds Support for Four Major APAC Exchanges to TT Premium Order Types
Trading software, infrastructure & data solutions provider Trading Technologies is extending the market coverage of its TT Premium Order Types to include four major APAC exchanges. Singapore Exchange (SGX) is available now, and Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and Japan Exchange Group (JPX) will be available by the end…
Alveo Expands Data Coverage with New Content from SIX
Alveo, the cloud-based market data, analytics and Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) solutions provider, has expanded its global data coverage and feed integrations by adding new content from SIX, including sentiment indicators, tax, and regulatory risk data. By directly integrated the new content into is DaaS offerings to support critical customer workflows and databases, Alveo aims to help…
DTCC Launches Report Hub Service
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure organisation, has launched DTCC Report Hub’s assisted reporting model, allowing sell-side firms to help their buy-side clients manage the complexities of meeting multiple regulatory reporting mandates across jurisdictions and asset classes. The solution enables sell-side firm to submit trade details for their underlying clients,…
Santander Bank Polska Deploys Horizon for Market Making on Global Connect
Horizon Software, the electronic trading solutions provider, is extending its partnership with Santander by supporting Santander Brokerage Poland, a part of Santander Bank Polska, to introduce market makers onto Global Connect, the new equity market recently launched by the Warsaw Stock Exchange, with Horizon’s Platform for Market Making, connecting to the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Proprietary Trading Firms Plan to Increase Tech Spending in 2023, says Industry Report
Proprietary trading firms are increasing their technology budgets in anticipation of another strong year of trading in 2023, according to the latest Acuiti Proprietary Trading Management Insight Report, produced in partnership with Avelacom The report surveyed over 100 senior proprietary trading executives from across the globe and found that 68% were planning above average technology…
EuroCCP Rebrands to Cboe Clear Europe
Pan-European clearing house EuroCCP, which was acquired by Cboe Global Markets in July 2020, has rebranded to Cboe Clear Europe with immediate effect. Under Cboe’s ownership, Cboe Clear Europe has enhanced its position as a leading pan-European cash equities clearing house, as well as diversifying into equity derivatives following the launch of Cboe’s pan-European derivatives…
With Intelligence Launches With HFM Data Service to Provide Actionable Insights on Hedge Fund Market
With Intelligence, the investment intelligence provider, has launch a new data service onto its data and insight platform. With HFM merges insights from the HFM ecosystem with those of EurekaHedge, alongside market insights from a team of specialist journalists, to provide rich data on investors, performance data on funds including indices, and mandates (RFPs). The new…
Liquidnet Integrates Proprietary Trading Analytics into Equities Trading Application
Technology-driven agency execution specialist Liquidnet has announced the integration of the firm’s proprietary trading analytics into its equities trading application. Powered by Liquidnet Investment Analytics (IA), traders will now have access to personalised pre- and intra-trade analytics through real time alerts and intuitive visualizations within the Liquidnet equities application. With this new workflow enhancement, Liquidnet…
Vantage Launches UK Liquidity Service, Vantage Connect
In response to growing demand among its clients for bespoke trading solutions, Vantage, the international multi-asset broker and trading platform, is launching Vantage Connect, a liquidity solution for institutions and corporates in the UK. The new product, which is customised according to clients’ needs across the full range of Vantage’s services, aims to help institutional…
Capital.com Selects IntegralFX for Retail FX Customers
Global brokerage firm Capital.com has selected IntegralFX, the cloud-based FX workflow automation solution from technology provider Integral, to offer bank-grade pricing to its retail trader customer base. Integral’s end-to-end eFX trading and workflow solution has been specifically built for the broker community. Capital.com will aim to benefit from connectivity to Integral’s low-latency market data, greater…
Alveo Ops360 Adds No Code Curve builder & Integrates with QuantLab
Cloud-based market data management service provider Alveo has extended its data operations solution Ops360 by rolling out ‘no code’ capabilities in its curve builder and integrating with QuantLab for advanced analytics. Without the need to code, users can now drag and drop input data sets into functions and set parameters to derive data and calculate…
OpenFin Expands to Government Sector
OpenFin, the operating system of enterprise productivity, has expanded out outside of the finance sector for the first time by entered into a strategic partnership with, and securing investment from, In-Q-Tel (IQT), the not-for-profit strategic investor serving the U.S. intelligence and national security community. The company has also announced record growth for the first half…
FactSet Partners Brazilian News and Market Data Vendor Agência Estado
FactSet has struck a strategic partnership with Agência Estado, a real-time news and market data vendor in Brazil. The partnership integrates Agência Estado’s Portuguese-language newswire into FactSet’s workstation to create the Broadcast+ FactSet Workstation, a co-branded solution combining local Brazilian news and content from Agência Estado with FactSet’s data, analytics, and technology services.
CQG Partners with Lime to Offer Trade Execution on US Equities
Trading technology solutions provider CQG has expanded its partnership with technology-driven broker-dealer Lime Trading Corp. CQG’s front-end trading platforms are now integrated and certified into Lime’s back end for trade execution, giving CQG clients the ability to seamlessly access Lime’s low-latency gateways to US exchanges and dark pool venues for equity trading. CQG clients also…
Broadway Upgrades Duration Trader to Cater for Increased Bond Volatility
Front office solutions vendor Broadway has introduced major upgrades to its Duration Trader algorithm. During an ongoing period of volatile European interest rates, the upgrades provide clients with an enhanced ability to efficiently unwind risk, eliminate inefficient manual hedging processes and reduce market leakage. By enabling customers to move to an automated hedging process, Duration…
Latest people
DTCC Appoints Nashira Spencer to Head Security
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure provider, has appointed Nashira Spencer as Chief Security Officer (CSO), responsible for managing DTCC’s enterprise-wide global information security, physical security, employee safety, and crisis/incident management functions. She will report to Tim Cuddihy, DTCC’s Group Chief Risk Officer. Spencer brings 20 years of leadership and…
Integral Hires Judy Goh to Head APAC Sales
Integral, the FX technology provider, has appointed Judy Goh as Managing Director and Head of Sales for APAC. Based in Singapore, Goh brings 16 years’ experience in the foreign exchange market, with management roles in e-FX institutional sales and business growth spanning across major financial institutions. Most recently, she held the role of Vice President…
TS Imagine Appoints Frederic Villain to Head Asia Pacific Sales
TS Imagine, the trading and risk management solutions vendor, has appointed Frederic Villain as Head of Sales for Asia Pacific. He will lead TS Imagine’s APAC sales team across its offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo, and will be responsible for growing the business in the region. Villain brings over 25 years of sales…
TORA Appoints Alex Findlay to Head US Sales
Multi-asset OEMS & PMS vendor TORA, acquired by London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) earlier this year, has appointed Alex Findlay as Director of Sales, located in New York. Findlay has more than 15 years of experience in financial products and sales, having previously worked as a sales and relationship manager for State Street’s FX Connect…
Northern Trust Appoints Michael Buzza to New Leadership Role
Northern Trust has appointed Michael Buzza as global head of Network Management & Market Strategy. In the new role, Buzza will oversee the teams dedicated to providing market access and insights across the traditional securities services markets within the Digital Assets and Financial Markets group. Buzza has been with Northern Trust for 16 years, his…
TS Imagine Appoints Three New Hires to Executive Team
Trading and risk management solutions vendor TS Imagine has appointed three executive leadership hires to support the firm’s rapid growth: Spencer Lee as Chief Markets Officer, Kate Peachway as Chief Financial Officer and Renee Calabro as Chief Marketing Officer. Lee comes from Agilon Capital, a systematic hedge fund. Previously he led electronic credit trading at…
big xyt Names Anthony Huck as Head of the Americas
big xyt, the independent provider of smart data and analytic solutions, has appointed Anthony (Tony) Huck to its global executive team as Head of the Americas. He will be responsible for expanding the firm’s global footprint into the United States, Canadian, and LatAm regions. Huck brings over thirty years of experience to the role, having…
Sterling Trading Tech Names Jennifer Nayar as President & CEO
Sterling Trading Tech (STT), the independent OMS, risk and trading platform vendor, has appointed fintech & capital markets industry veteran Jennifer Nayar as President & Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Most recently, Nayar was CEO of Vela Trading Systems, prior to its acquisition by Exegy. Earlier in her career, Nayar served with REDI Global Technologies…
Northern Trust Establishes Capital Markets Client Solutions Team and Announces Senior Appointments
Northern Trust has made a series of appointments within its global Capital Markets business and established a Capital Markets Client Solutions team. Within the Capital Markets institutional equity brokerage business, Glenn Poulter has been named global head of Integrated Trading Solutions (ITS), with Stephanie Farrell head of ITS-Americas and Amy Thorne head of ITS-EMEA. Additionally,…
Eventus Appoints Robbie McDonnell as Sales Director, Australia & New Zealand
Eventus, a global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, announced today that Robbie McDonnell has joined the firm as Sales Director, Australia & New Zealand. A 30-year veteran of financial markets technology, McDonnel has held a variety of senior roles, including in global sales and regional expansion in the Asia-Pacific (APAC)…
Liquidnet Appoints Nichola Hunter as Global Head of Sales for Fixed Income
Liquidnet, the technology-driven agency execution specialist, has appointed Nichola Hunter as Global Head of Sales for Fixed Income. Hunter will be responsible for growing client relationships through the delivery of tailored and innovative solutions. Based in London, she reports directly to Liquidnet’s Global Head of Fixed Income, Mark Russell. Hunter brings over 25 years of…
OpenFin Appoints Vicky Sanders as Chief Digital Officer
OpenFin, the operating system of enterprise productivity, has appointed Vicky Sanders as Chief Digital Officer, to drive digital transformation across the company’s ecosystem of buy-side and sell-side institutions, along with the global vendor community. Sanders most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer for TP ICAP Group’s Agency Execution division, where she was responsible for overseeing…
TS Imagine Appoints Thomas Bodenski as Chief Operating Officer
TS Imagine, provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, has appointed Thomas Bodenski as COO as the firm expands its executive team to support its rapid growth. Bodenski was previously Chief Transformation and Data Officer at the company, and earlier in his career held senior roles at FOXEYE, State Street, Capco,…
TS Imagine Appoints Three New Board Members
TS Imagine, the trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions company, has announced the appointment of three new non-executive board members to support the firm’s rapid growth. They are Thomas Chippas, previously CEO of ErisX who now serves on the board of Eris Clearing, LLC; Sabrina Wilson, Chief Operating Officer of the institutional digital asset infrastructure…
Push Technology Promotes Grethe Brown to CEO
Grethe Brown, who joined real-time data streaming and messaging solutions provider Push Technology as COO earlier this year, has been named by the company as its new CEO. Brown has extensive experience in driving growth across operations, R&D, and commercial management for software companies in a variety of industries including Telco, FinTech and Food &…
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Upcoming Webinar: Market data in the cloud
Date: 8 December 2022 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes Over the past several years, the topic of market data in the cloud has been hotly debated – latency has been an issue, which data to put in the cloud has been discussed, and lines have been drawn. But…
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TradingTech Insight Briefing New York
TradingTech Insight Briefing New York will explore how trading firms are innovating and leveraging technology as a differentiator in today’s cloud and digital based environment.
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Trading Regulations Handbook 2022
Welcome to the third edition of A-Team Group’s Trading Regulations Handbook, a publication designed to help you gain a full understanding of regulations that have an impact on your trading operations, data and technology. The handbook provides details of each regulation and its requirements, as well as ‘at-a-glance’ summaries, regulatory timelines and compliance deadlines, and…
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Adopting a Modern Data Infrastructure for Trading Analytics
As they seek an edge in their trading and investment activities, hedge funds and other sophisticated trading firms are looking to harness new sources of insight that can allow them to identify and exploit emerging market and industry opportunities. But many organizations are saddled with a disconnected sprawl of legacy systems that are unable to...
Benefiting from Advanced Execution in US Treasury Markets
The expanded footprint of electronic non-bank liquidity providers (NLPs) and established broker/dealers, as well as the proliferation of electronic aggregation platforms, are all adding complexity to fixed-income markets, which as a result are starting to resemble established electronic markets like equities and foreign exchange. For market participants, this has added to the challenge of sourcing...
B2B Data Marketplaces and Beyond
Financial institutions and corporations often generate huge quantities of data as a by product of their core activities. This data – details of historical transactions, customer interactions and metadata for referring to instruments, counterparties or entities – can provide valuable insights for industry participants, and form the basis of a meaningful data sales business. But...
Events and webinars
Recorded Webinar: Trading Beyond the Horizon
You can listen to the recording of this webinar by registering on this page. Click below to watch the recorded webinar, or download the white paper–for free! In 2010, financial markets participants will continue to expand their trading activities as liquidity increasingly becomes fragmented, seeking alpha in new markets, best execution in dark pools, arbitrage...
Recorded Webinar: Building Low Latency Trading Systems in Low Latency Time
This webinar has passed, but you can view the recording here. Click below to watch the webinar (recorded Nov. 9, 2010). In today’s ultra-competitive electronic trading marketplace, having lower latency than the rest is the only way to succeed. But there’s more to success than just the lowest latency system – your firm also needs...
Recorded Webinar: Mission Possible – Turning Data Deluge into Opportunities for Financial Trading
This webinar has passed, but you can view the recording here. As financial markets firms face the challenge of managing huge volumes of extremely high frequency data, the opportunity exists to transition from just managing this data to strategically leveraging it for new trading and investment opportunities. What was once the impossible is now a...
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TradingTech Insight Awards USA
Exciting news! The call for entry / nomination phase of the 5th annual TradingTech Insight Awards – USA 2023 is now OPEN!. These awards recognise excellence in trading solutions and services for capital markets and focus on vendors providing exceptional trading infrastructure, trading technology, and data solutions.
