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BATS Introduces Real-Time Latency Monitoring Service
Allows BZX and BYX members to monitor order latency in real time via a dashboard on BATS's web site.
Nuance Communications Releases New Voice Biometrics Platform
Nuance’s VocalPassword targets automated remote verification based on an individual’s voice, while Nuance FreeSpeech performs verification and fraud detection in the background of conversations between callers and agents in the contact center.
SmartStream Hires Industry Veteran Hugh Stewart
Stewart will serve as director of DClear, an evolving utility and reference data services business.
Trading Technologies Settles Patent Lawsuit with Cunningham Trading Systems
CTS agrees to take a 10-year royalty bearing license under the vast majority of TT's patent portfolio.
Credit Suisse Aids Institutions In Their Losing Battle Against HFT
Help is finally on the way for institutional investors in their losing battle for profits against high-frequency traders and it's not coming from regulators.
Deutsche Borse Licenses Cinnober System for Market Surveillance
Deutsche Borse Licenses Cinnober System for Market Surveillance
FiberMedia Hires Equinix's John Panzica to Drive Expansion into Financial Colo Market
Data center operator eyes opportunities outside of high frequency trading market, offering cloud computing as a hosted service for hedge funds.
MarkitSERV to Update OTC Derivatives Platform with Collateral Messaging
MarkitSERV announced it's working with the Depositary Trust & Clearing Corp. and AcadiaSoft to develop a platform that can help over-the-counter derivatives traders set and maintain collateral between deals with their counterparties.
Al Ramz Securities Joins Fidessa's Global Connectivity Network
United Arab Emirate's-based broker offers electronic execution services on Gulf equity products to local region and international trading community.
Buy Side Taps Trade Ideas from the Sell Side
Are trade-ideas an alternative to expert research networks?
Going Back to Front Office
Buy-side firms must address the new post-Dodd-Frank ecosystem. The first step: Stop focusing on the front office and pay more attention to the back office.
Nord Capital Deploys SuperDerivatives for OTC Pricing
Russian asset manager Nord Capital announced it will use Super Derivatives’ SDX platform to provide the firm with independent pricing for a wide range of assets, including FX, commodities, and equities.
TriOptima Says $472 Trillion Reported to Global Rates Repository
The Global Interest Rates Trade Reporting Repository, operated by TriOptima, collects data from G-14 financial institutions.
Is It (Finally) Time For Banks To Worry About WikiLeaks?
A former Swiss banker has 'publicly' handed over data to Julian Assange.
CQG Provides Market Data From Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Represents CQG's continued focus on connecting traders to emerging markets.
Dow Jones to Launch Real-Time FX News, Info Platform
Financial news gatherer Dow Jones & Co. announced it will launch a real-time FX information service that will provide traders with news, analysis, and data that can help them direct their strategies.
CBOE Pushes into the Social Media Space
Options exchange launches iPhone app and rolls out a Facebook fan page to feature its programs,news and content.
Buy-Side Must Pay to Play in New OTC Derivatives Market
But some firms may not be able to afford the table stakes in a market that's still unruly.
Markit Acqures QuIC
The acquisition will enable Markit to meet the growing demand for risk analytics and enterprise-wide risk management services.
China AMC Deploys Charles River’s IMS
The China Asset Management Company, the nation's largest fund manager, announced it's now using the Charles River Investment Management System for trade matching, confirmation and settlement.
Markit Acquires Risk Analytics Vendor QuIC
QuIC provides financial organisations with risk analytics solutions to test market and credit risk tolerance in financial portfolios and simulate risk at the enterprise level.
Firm58's Board Appoints Ex-Instinet Prez Mike Plunkett
Plunkett brings 25 years of experience in financial industry to capital markets software firm.
NYSE Euronext Adds Latency Monitoring
For NYSE Euronext clients that need to know how quickly their trades cross the finish line, the exchange will provide a latency monitoring service to help them get the checkered flag.
LCH.Clearnet, Chi-X Europe Launch CFD Clearing Service
LCH.Clearnet and Chi-X Europe, the largest pan-European equities exchange, announced they’re teaming to launch a contract-for-difference clearing service for institutional investors this week.
FlexTrade Partners with BM&FBovespa
FlexTrade's EMS will offer DMA into BM&F's multi-asset trading platform, and open a colocated-data center at the exchange.
Broadridge Partners with Pitney Bowes
Broadridge will utllize Pitney Bowes' new Volly service for secure digital delivery of products to clients and shareholders.
BM&F Bovespa Breaks Colocation and Volume Records
Latin America'a largest exchange expanded DMA access via colocation for the equities segment last September.
Head Buy-Side Equity Traders Are Optimistic About Long-Only Rebound
After year of the flash crash, traders are focusing more on monitoring orders, tightening controls and TCA results, according to new Tabb research report
Eze Hires Former Hedge Fund Execs to Expand West Coast Unit
Information Technology provider Eze Castle Integration announced the expansion of its west coast operations with the hiring of Michael Hartig as regional service director and Zachary Lehman as technology director.
Obama Looks to JPMorgan for Chief of Staff
If the president chooses William Daley, he is sending a message to Wall Street.
TradingScreen Acquires Citi's BECS Post-Trade License Exclusivity
EMS provider seeks to become a one-stop shop for multi-broker TCA.
Bank of America Gears Up for WikiLeaks Fallout; Wall Street Takes Note
Bank of America is gearing up to defend itself in the event that it proves to be the bank that Wikileaks' Julian Assange has pledged to take down.
ConvergEx Completes Acquisitions of RealTick and LDB Consulting
Citing its global reach and independence, ConvergEx vows to use and expand RealTick and LDB's technologies in innovative ways.
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