The need of controlling trading risks has been obvious for years but this hardly reduces its relevance. In fact, it becomes ever more crucial for survival and business development. There are also questions of compliance with MiFID II measures being introduced.
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High-frequency trading (HFT) may be capturing the headlines, but there is a great deal of misunderstanding about how these strategies work and the technologies involved. In response to outcries in the media and ill-informed “investor” backlash, regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are looking into the practice. Meanwhile, the debate over the fairness of HFT rages on between proponents and opponents.
Compass Plus, an international provider of innovative retail banking and electronic payments software to processors and financial institutions, has announced the migration of Global Processing Centre (GPC) in Antigua, the third largest processor in the Caribbean region, to its open development payments platform, TranzAxis, in just three months. The project was implemented in conjunction with Worldwide Financial Systems Solutions (WFSS), Compass Plus’ distributor in the Latin American and Caribbean region.
Sibos interview with Andre Casterman, Global Head of Corporate and Supply Chain Markets,SWIFT
Diasoft, a leading financial software vendor, increased the status of its partnership with Hitachi Data Systems GmbH (HDS) to Silver. This status was granted to Diasoft after a 6-month auditing completed by HDS.
The HITACHI TrueNorth Channel Partner program allows its members to get access to HDS's strategic partner resources, including the right to use the facilities of the company's authorized center.
DealHub (Option Computers Ltd) announced today that KCG HotSpot, the award-winning institutional FX ECN, is the latest trading platform to connect to the firm’s FX Distribution Hub service.
The move will allow existing DealHub customers, as well as new price makers and takers, to quickly and cost effectively connect to KCG HotSpot, including the firm’s newly launched HotSpot QT dark liquidity pool, via the ‘connectivity as a service’ platform.
Financial IT interviews Joram Borenstein,Vice President of Marketing,NICE Actimize at Sibos 2014.
Financial IT interviews Mikhail Kryuchkov Director, Global Markets, Diasoft at Sibos 2014.
Financial IT interviews Eugene Danilkis,Co-Founder and Chief Executive at Mambu.
Financial IT interviews Jennifer Hanes, Chief Operating Officer, IntelliMatch at SunGard and Paul J. Clapis,Director of Product Management for SunGard's IntelliMatch at Sibos 2014.