Nasdaq and SIX Swiss Exchange Extend their Current Technology Contract
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
Nasdaq and SIX Swiss Exchange announced the extension of their current technology contract, which includes X-stream INET Trading technology for all SIX markets, including equities, ETFs, structured products, funds and fixed income, as well as SMARTS Market Surveillance and Nasdaq Pre-Trade Risk Management. In addition, the new SIX Swiss Exchange At Midpoint (SwissAtMid) dark pool was launched on Nasdaq trading and surveillance technology earlier... more
BCA Research Expands Equity Trading Strategy to Global Coverage
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
BCA Research, the leading provider of independent investment research, today announced the expansion of the firm’s Equity Trading Strategy (ETS) to cover equity markets in the MSCI World Index. ETS is an equity analysis platform that ranks companies by analyzing a proprietary mix of macro, fundamental and market data to explain stock price performance and identify mispriced assets.
Object Trading Conforms to BM&FBOVESPA for Direct Connection to Deep Liquidity
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
Object Trading, a provider of multi-asset trading infrastructure, announced today that it has been fully approved by BM&FBOVESPA in Sao Paulo, as a conformed ISV to handle market data, order entry and pre-trade risk constraints via its Direct Market Access (DMA) Platform for its clients and partners. BM&FBOVESPA’s recent requirements for direct connections, in lieu of order routing partnerships, takes effect today.
Fidessa's Buy-Side Community Gathers in New York to Examine Key Industry Issues
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
Fidessa group recently held its second annual buy-side client conference which brought together 70 senior executives from global asset management firms. Themed "Invested in the Future" the conference provided attendees with an opportunity to examine topics ranging from unbundling to block trading, and automation to post-trade.
Amenda Markets Reveals Negative Spreads for Spot FX
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
Amenda, the provider of Pure-DMA, which delivers aggregated liquidity feeds from multiple liquidity providers, has made it possible to trade on "Negative spreads," reversing the bid/ask prices by maintaining prices as-is. This has led Amenda to achieve some of the tightest spreads for spot FX available around the world according to internal market research.
SETL Teams with Cobalt DL For FX Post Trade Solution
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
SETL, the London based financial blockchain specialist, and Cobalt DL, a private peer-to-peer network that reduces post trade cost and risk for financial market participants through distributed ledger technology, today announced a partnership to deploy the SETL OpenCSD within the Cobalt FX post trade platform. The service is set to launch in 2017, with 15 leading institutional FX participants already committed to the service.
Thomson Reuters and SGX SFI Series Selected As UOB’s Recommended Fixed Income Benchmark
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
Thomson Reuters and Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced that the TR/SGX Singapore Fixed Income Indices (TR/SGX SFI) have been selected as the recommended fixed income benchmark by United Overseas Bank (UOB) following the discontinuation of the UOB SGS Index.
Ellie Mae Introduces Encompass TPO Connect
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
Ellie Mae, a leading provider of innovative on-demand software solutions and services for the residential mortgage industry, today announced the launch of Encompass TPO (Third Party Originator) Connect™. Encompass TPO Connect will optimize lender’s wholesale and investor’s correspondent channels through a fully equipped, customizable and interactive web experience built on Ellie Mae’s Encompass Lending Platform™.
GAIN Capital Protects Revenue and Brand Values for Global Online Trading Platform with Catchpoint
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
Catchpoint Systems, a digital performance analytics company, today announced how global online trading provider GAIN Capital is using its solution to assure high quality customer experiences on its trading platform globally and especially in new growth markets in Asia.
Trade Informatics Releases Process Management Solution PLIA In Europe
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems, Infrastructure
Trade Informatics, a global financial technology company headquartered in the US, today announced the European launch of PLIA, its pioneering cloud-based counterparty management and comPLIAnce solution. Responding to the industry demand for an electronic trading information platform that addresses heightened European regulatory requirements (MiFID II) and promotes associated global operational efficiency.
Pragma Completes Infrastructure Upgrade with NY5 Migration
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
Pragma, a leading provider of high performance algorithmic trading tools and managed services, has completed the upgrade and migration of its New York trading and connectivity infrastructure to Equinix’s NY5 data center. The datacenter move concludes a multi-million-dollar upgrade of Pragma’s technology infrastructure. Over the last year, it has migrated to a new generation of server and network equipment in order to provide its algorithmic... more
Risk Focus Distingueshed for Best New Trade Reporting Technology
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
Risk Focus, Inc., the leading provider of control and compliance solutions for regulatory trade and transaction reporting to the global capital markets, today announced it has been shortlisted for the “Best New Technology Product – Reporting” in the prestigious FOW International Awards for 2016.
NICE Trading Recording Receives Microsoft Skype for Business Certification
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
NICE announced that the NICE Trading Recording solution has been certified to support Skype for Business Server, Microsoft’s next generation unified communications software. The certification ensures that financial institutions can now use the same reliable, secure and scalable recording platform used in their trading floors for the back office. NICE Trading Recording has the ability to capture all voice interactions across different channels,... more
FlexTrade Named Best Front-Office Execution System for Second Consecutive Year
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems
FlexTrade Systems, Inc., a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, today announced its FlexTRADER EMS has won, for the second consecutive year, the “Best Front-Office Execution System” category at the Financial News 2016 Awards for Excellence in Trading & Technology ceremony, which was held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, on Wednesday, October 12.
BNP Paribas Taps Fidessa's Derivatives Trading Platform
- 8 years 1 month ago
- Trading Systems, Derivatives and OTC Derivatives
Fidessa group plc has today announced that BNP Paribas has selected its derivatives trading platform to underpin the bank's futures and options agency trading business. Fidessa’s platform will support the complex workflow requirements of BNP Paribas' listed derivatives trading operations across Europe, Asia-Pacific and North America.
