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Content tagged with Trading Technology posted in April 2010
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Tbricks Opens London Office To Serve Low-Latency Trading Market
News  |  4/30/2010  | 
Focus is on specific needs of London-based proprietary trading desks and hedge funds.
TGIF: What The Senate Really Wanted To Ask Goldman Sachs
News  |  4/30/2010  | 
In this video clip from the Daily Show, Jon Stewart jokes that Goldman banker Fabrice Tourre, the self-described Fabulous Fab, has already picked his prison nickname, and that Senators at the hearing probably only really wanted Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein to answer one question..."Are You Hiring?"
Vietnam's Techcombank Adopts Bloomberg Trade Order Management System
News  |  4/30/2010  | 
Techcombank is the first financial institution in Vietnam to adopt an automated front- and middle-office treasury solution.
J.P. Morgan To Acquire Private Equity Administration Services Business Of Schroders
News  |  4/29/2010  | 
Based in Guernsey and Bermuda, the private equity administration services business currently has $6.2 billion in committed capital under administration.
Study: HFT Benefits Traditional Trader
News  |  4/29/2010  | 
A new report by Woodbine Associates, finds that high-frequency trading in general has improved execution quality and reduced volatility, enabling the more traditional investment trader to benefit from reduced execution costs and increased alpha preservation.
Gain Capital Launches Forex.com in Australia
News  |  4/28/2010  | 
Forex.com online trading platform is now available to clients in Australia, New Zeaand and wider Asia-Pacific region.
The Ultimate Way to Compare Risk Models: "Out of Sample Back-Testing"
News  |  4/28/2010  | 
How should firms make sensible choices, when choosing between different risk models?
Smalley to Head Fidessa U.S. Business Development
News  |  4/28/2010  | 
Fidessa has appointed Dan Smalley as head of enterprise business development in the U.S.
CSS Launches Service Bureau Solution for Securities Industry
News  |  4/28/2010  | 
The enterprise-wide brokerage software system is designed for processing of front-, middle- and back-office securities transactions.
Deutsche Borse Launches New Historical Data Product For Eurex And Xetra
News  |  4/27/2010  | 
Un-netted market data serves as an input to develop algorithms and verify and optimize existing strategies.
Pragma Launches Adaptive Overlays for Algos
News  |  4/27/2010  | 
Pragma Securities has released its Adaptive Overlays suite of controls for enhanced customization and control over trading algorithmic strategies in various market conditions.
Panopticon Releases Data Visualization Tools for Real-Time Message Queues and CEP Data Streams
News  |  4/26/2010  | 
Panopticon's visual analysis software is used across the trading life cycle, from investment research, pre-trade analytics, trading (including basket trading), post trade, and real-time market risk monitoring.
Toro Trading Selects Orc for Options Market Making on CCFE
News  |  4/26/2010  | 
Options market maker Toro Trading intends to use Orc's platform for connectivity to Chicago Climate Futures Exchange.
TGIF: The Promotion
News  |  4/23/2010  | 
In this scene from NBC's The Office, employees compare Michael and Jim's managing styles and decide which one they prefer...
Interest Rate Swaps Market Sees Rise In Electronic Trading
News  |  4/23/2010  | 
The post-trade services market value in the interest rate swaps (IRS) space is expected to skyrocket from US$200 million in 2009 to US$500 million in 2012, according to a new report from Celent.
Linedata Services Unveils Touchscreen Trading In LongView
News  |  4/22/2010  | 
Touchscreen offers faster, more intuitive way to access markets, Linedata says.
Touch Screen Trading Launched Within LongView OMS
News  |  4/22/2010  | 
Linedata Services' LongView trade order management system (OMS) now offers touch screen trading functionality.
Nomura Releases New Algo
News  |  4/22/2010  | 
Nomura Securities International has released SmartSeek, a new tactical trading algorithm for trading in both lit and dark markets.
Savvis to Deploy CorvilClear Across Global Network
News  |  4/21/2010  | 
Savvis to roll out CorvilClear to equity, futures, options and FX venues in the U.S. and Europe for latency and connectivity monitoring between clients and venues.
Verizon Expands Financial Services Network to Europe
News  |  4/21/2010  | 
Dedicated trading infrastructure offers managed connectivity and an interface to various financial market centers and data providers.
MF Global FXA Goes Live with Fidessa for Japanese Equities
News  |  4/21/2010  | 
MF Global FXA picks Fidessa's hosted Japanese trading platform as it expands into Japanese equities research and routing of client orders.
RealTick Enhances Options Functionality
News  |  4/21/2010  | 
RealTick has expanded its options functionality with advanced execution capabilities and tools for trading in European, Asian and U.S. markets.
New iPhone 4GS Prototype Found In Bar
News  |  4/20/2010  | 
Images of the next version of Apple's iPhone have hit the web, and if the photos are real, it looks like the popular gadget will be getting a camera in front that can be used for video conferencing, as well as longer battery life and a clearer display.
Sophis Releases Scalable Contribution Platform For Derivatives And Structured Products
News  |  4/20/2010  | 
The module is designed to support stringent requirements in pricing and publishing for secondary market making and gives traders the capability to be active across a wide range of instruments such as equity and credit linked notes, convertible bonds, warrants and cross-asset structured products.
UBS Connects to MarketPrizm
News  |  4/20/2010  | 
UBS will connect to Chi-X Global Technology's MarketPrizm pan-European trading infrastructure in support of the firm’s Direct Execution ultra-low latency market access and co-location services.
Knight Unveils Oasis Algorithm for European Equities
News  |  4/20/2010  | 
New algorithm sources liquidity in small-and mid-cap stocks in thin and difficult-to-trade names for European equities.
Nomura Enhances Asia-Pacific Trading
News  |  4/19/2010  | 
Nomura has enhanced its Asia-Pacific algorithmic trading platform with several new execution strategies and has also co-located its TactEx strategy for Japan on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).
ALGO Technologies Unveils Fastest-Ever Exchange/MTF Matching Engine
News  |  4/19/2010  | 
The new trading system - named ALGO M2 - has an external round-trip latency of just 16 microseconds measured from customers sending orders and receiving an acknowledgment or trades.
SunGard Launches Valdi Trading Solution for U.S. Brokers
News  |  4/19/2010  | 
SunGard integrates new and existing services under Valdi brand, pitching a single solution to sell-side customers.
Nasdaq OMX Puts Focus On Video
News  |  4/19/2010  | 
New services include live video webcasting for earning calls, full-day analyst conferences, CEO vignettes and corporate profiles.
TGIF: Technology Vs Communication
News  |  4/16/2010  | 
Does modern technology affect the way we communicate? In this FunnyorDie video, host Jessica St. Clair explores how our plugged-in culture could be making us all monosyllabic.
Paladyne Unveils Real-Time Portfolio Solution For Hedge Funds
News  |  4/16/2010  | 
Portfolio Master is a fully hosted and combines front and front-office trading tools and comprehensive middle- and back-office portfolio management functionality.
Managing OTC Derivatives: Never Waste a Good Crisis
News  |  4/15/2010  | 
OTC derivatives didn’t cause the financial crisis, but they certainly played a part. However, OTC derivatives may end up being the scapegoat while other larger risks are overlooked.
The Ethics of High-Frequency Trading
Commentary  |  4/15/2010  | 
There are many arguments simmering in the field of HFT fairness and ethics however, once the fear of revolutionary change passes, real changes in productivity are possible.
Revere Capital Advisors Promotes Increased Transparency With New Partnership
News  |  4/15/2010  | 
Revere, a New York, London and Singapore based investment group and hedge fund platform said its new partnership with Statistical Research Laboratory reflects its commitment to provide investors with state of the art technology and operational infrastructure.
RTS Adds Tokyo Commodity Exchange Access
News  |  4/15/2010  | 
Real Time Systems Group (RTS) is now offering clients high performance connectivity to the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM).
Algo Technologies and FibreSpan Announce Algo Span Joint Venture
News  |  4/14/2010  | 
Provides high-speed fiber and connectivity and colocation to European and U.S financial markets.
Algo Technologies, FibreSpan Form Joint Venture
News  |  4/14/2010  | 
Algo Technologies Limited and FibreSpan have launched AlgoSpan Limited to offer a network linking U.S. and European exchanges with traders.
ConvergEx’s NorthPoint Launches New Prime Services Offering
News  |  4/14/2010  | 
ConvergEx Group has completed its integration of NorthPoint Trading Partners boutique prime brokerage business and will offer a new Integrated Prime Services model.
Hedge Fund Administrator Harmonic Selects Numerix Analytics to Power Independent Valuation
News  |  4/13/2010  | 
Harmonic will use Numerix’s CrossAsset library to power independent valuation and risk platform for clients.
Solace Partners With Redline Trading Solutions On Ultra Low-Latency Market Data
News  |  4/13/2010  | 
Integrated hardware-based ticker plant and messaging systems to offer faster, simpler delivery of market data.
Thomson Reuters Partners with Palantir Technologies
News  |  4/13/2010  | 
Creating a financial analysis platform, QA Studio, to support quantitative and data-intensive strategies.
Options IT Optimizes Low Latency Access For European Trading Venues
News  |  4/12/2010  | 
Options IT has completed the six-month optimization project of its Options PIPE Velocity market connectivity service to provide lowest-latency access to the major European trading venues.
RealTick Adds Goldman Futures and Options Execution
News  |  4/12/2010  | 
The RealTick execution management system (EMS) platform has added Goldman Sachs’ global futures and options execution services.
Deutsche Borse Launches AlphaFlash, An Algo News Feed
News  |  4/12/2010  | 
AlphaFlash delivers a machine-readable data feed with more than 150 economic indicators, which can be used as triggers for algo trading.
RealTick Adds Goldman Sachs' Global Futures And Options Execution
News  |  4/12/2010  | 
RealTick clients can now use Goldman Sachs' latest algorithms, worked and direct access execution services for futures and options markets.
OTC Derivatives Market Still Lacks Transparency, Efficiency
News  |  4/9/2010  | 
Robust processes and better technology are needed to support the risk inherent in the market, according to findings of a survey carried out by TowerGroup and SunGard.
TGIF: Apple Introduces The I-Rack
News  |  4/9/2010  | 
In this video clip from MAD TV, Steve Jobs introduces the latest Apple product: the I-Rack...
OFI Asset Management Selects Pricing Partners for its Structured Products Revaluations
News  |  4/9/2010  | 
OFI Asset Management develops and provides tailored investment solutions to its clients. The group operates over $28.2 billion in the form of mutual funds and management mandates.
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