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Content tagged with Trading Technology posted in May 2010
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TGIF: Check Out The World's Best Airlines And Apply For Vacation Time!
News  |  5/28/2010  | 
In Skytrax's annual World Airline Awards, ranked by surveys and reviews of more than 17.9 million customers, Asian carriers dominate the list, followed by the Middle East and Australia.
OTC Firms Concerned With Operational Efficiency, Risk Management and Automation
News  |  5/28/2010  | 
The survey of 100 firms carried out by OpenLink looked at the relative importance of risk management concerns faced by senior operations professionals in the growing electronic environment.
Tabb Report: Buy-Side Spending Up, Focus on Integrated OMS, EMS Technology
News  |  5/27/2010  | 
Buy-side firms are ramping up spending on order and execution management systems, moving to integrate the two in a bid to streamline desktops while ultimately lowering risk, according to a new report by Tabb Group.
Deutsche Bank’s Kelley Named Chairman of Enterprise Cloud Leadership Council
News  |  5/27/2010  | 
ECLC aims to develop cloud standards and promote uptake of cloud services on the enterprise level.
QSG Announces Release of SYNC
News  |  5/27/2010  | 
New trading analytics platform addresses the challenges of 'impact costs' in a high-speed, high frequency driven trading market.
Thomson Reuters To Extend Its Critical Energy Market Insight Through The Acquisition Of Point Carbon
News  |  5/27/2010  | 
Point Carbon provides banks, traders, portfolio managers, corporations and governments with critical insights based on deep industry knowledge and sophisticated modeling capabilities across the carbon, utilities, oil, gas and industrial markets.
FX Trading: The Next Generation
Commentary  |  5/26/2010  | 
Algorithmic trading in FX is on the rise. Last year StreamBase’s annual FX trading and technology survey revealed that around a third of active FX traders were using algo strategies; this year the number increased to almost half with still more planning to add this capability in the near future.
Goldman Sachs Unveils Direct Access, Algorithms for Brazilian Equities
News  |  5/26/2010  | 
Goldman Sachs said today that its electronic trading arm is now enabling clients to route orders to Brazil’s Bovespa Stock Exchange through its local subsidiary, Goldman Sachs do Brasil CTVM S.A.
SunGard Launches MarketMap, Market Data SaaS Solution
News  |  5/26/2010  | 
With market data volumes and associated costs rising exponentially, SunGard says MarketMap helps firms reduce market data infrastructure costs with its real-time market data entitlement and reporting system.
Portware Integrates FX Platform with Traiana
News  |  5/25/2010  | 
Portware said today that it has integrated its FX trading arm with Traiana’s Harmony Network platform for processing over-the-counter foreign exchange trades.
Tullett Prebon Expands Equity Division With Risk Arbitrage Desk
News  |  5/25/2010  | 
The desk will be based in Tullett Prebon’s Jersey City, NJ, office and will be led by Philippe Allain, Managing Director.
Fidessa Opens Singapore Hub
News  |  5/25/2010  | 
Fidessa group has opened a new hub in Singapore to supplement its existing presence in the Asia Pacific region in Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Caerus Trading Selects Orc Trading
News  |  5/25/2010  | 
Amsterdam-based trading firm choses Orc's platform for market making in listed equity and index options.
UNX Secures Funding to Expand into Multi-Asset Trading and Global Markets
News  |  5/24/2010  | 
Looks to accelerate build-out of multi-asset trading through its Catalyst EMS and portal to integrate services and tools for buy side.
Latin American Broker Selects FIX Flyer and Daytona for Monitoring
News  |  5/24/2010  | 
Firm will deploy the high performance FIX engine and monitoring platform to manage client's order flow and for routing to Bolsa Mexicana.
Themis Paper Spurs Chi-X and BATS to Change Dark Data Practices
News  |  5/21/2010  | 
"Hard to see, the dark side is." If Frank Oz only knew how appropriate Yoda's comments would be in this galaxy, on Wall Street, and far far away from the Star Wars Universe. (Sorry, I couldn't resist the easy Star Wars reference). According to a Reuters news report, a recent whitepaper from Themis Trading, an independent ag
ConvergEx, Marwood Group Form Alliance
News  |  5/21/2010  | 
ConvergEx Group has entered into a strategic alliance with the Marwood Group, a healthcare advisory and financial services firm.
TGIF: Dave Barry Ad Libs On His New Book
News  |  5/21/2010  | 
In this video clip, humorist Dave Barry ad libs on his new book, "I'll Mature When I'm Dead"...
Bosa De Valores de Columbia Taps Greenline for FIX Testing
News  |  5/21/2010  | 
Columbian exchange will use Greenline's VeriFIX to test multiple counterparties, and to support a variety of FIX testing needs to strengthen its trading infrastructure.
NYSE Technologies Adds Knight Capital Group as SFTI Destination
News  |  5/21/2010  | 
SFTI customers can now access Knight’s electronic trading products and services from the same connections they currently use to access NYSE Euronext markets, other exchanges and brokers.
Updated: Trading Firm Breakdowns and the 'Flash Crash'
News  |  5/21/2010  | 
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that possible trading glitches at Citadel and Knight Capital could have contributed to some of the problems during the May 6 Flash Crash.
More Scrutiny in an Altered World
News  |  5/20/2010  | 
Companies scramble to adjust to new rules of the road while governments weigh curbs on leverage and demands for more transparency.
New Regulations, Higher Trade Costs Boost Demand for Fixed Income TCA
News  |  5/20/2010  | 
Demand for transaction cost analysis of fixed income trades is on the rise as dealers grapple with higher costs and aggressive new regulatory guidelines that are raising the bar for transparency.
Jefferies Launches Algos for Greece, South Africa
News  |  5/20/2010  | 
Continuing to build out its algorithmic trading offering, Jefferies has launched a suite of algorithms for trading on exchanges in Greece and South Africa.
Lime Brokerage CEO Defends High-Frequency Trading
News  |  5/19/2010  | 
Jeff Wecker, CEO of Lime Brokerage, defends HFT and argues the trading strategy adds liquidity and brings efficiency to the markets.
Social Networking Site LinkedFA Teams Up With Nasdaq.com
News  |  5/19/2010  | 
The partnership gives linkedFA members direct access to NASDAQ’s Financial Advisor Center, which offers financial planners access to news, commentary, educational tools, job listings, advisor calculators and other resources.
BU, StreamBase Team Up for Unique Algo Trading Course
News  |  5/18/2010  | 
This past semester students in the Masters in Mathematical Finance program at the Boston University School of Management were offered a unique course that takes algorithmic trading to the next level.
SAP and EMC to Deliver New Solutions that Automate And Optimize Paper-Intensive Processes
News  |  5/18/2010  | 
Under the agreement, SAP will resell newly developed solutions – leveraging EMC Documentum enterprise content management, EMC Captiva intelligent enterprise capture and EMC Document Sciences customer communications management.
Stonebridge Advisors Goes Live with FIX Flyer for Wealth Management
News  |  5/18/2010  | 
Stonebridge is utilizing the Flyer Trading Network for real-time trading and intraday account allocations.
INDATA Launches New Intelligent Portfolio Management Tool
News  |  5/18/2010  | 
iPM Analyst is a data management, research, and client servicing tool and can be used on a stand-alone basis or in conjunction with other INDATA products.
Trading Cross Connects Expands Technology Staff
News  |  5/18/2010  | 
Incubator of high frequency algo trading teams hires a senior strategy engineer and a senior developer.
RTS Launches Trading Platform
News  |  5/17/2010  | 
Cutwater Asset Management Teams with Calypso on ALM Platform
News  |  5/17/2010  | 
The fixed income investment manager partnered with Calpyso to build an asset allocation and portfolio construction application based on the Galapagas technology platform.
Fidessa Connects with Santiago Stock Exchange
News  |  5/17/2010  | 
Fidessa is certified to provide member firms with access to the Santiago Stock Exchange, in preparation for major matching engine upgrade.
Financial Institutions Now Taking a Holistic Approach to eDiscovery, Internal Investigations and Compliance
Commentary  |  5/14/2010  | 
Corporate legal departments are taking a more unified approach to internal investigations, eDiscovery, audit and compliance.
The Industry Must Educate the Public and Lawmakers About the Markets
Commentary  |  5/14/2010  | 
Without a true understanding of how the markets work, each time something out of the ordinary happens on Wall Street, the industry will be called down to Washington to testify in front of senators who know nothing of what they speak.
Confluence Announces New Software to Help Fund Administrators Manage Money Market Fund Reporting
News  |  5/14/2010  | 
The solution leverages the source content method of XML tagging. Unlike traditional document tagging methods that tag data in the post-production process, the source content method tags data at the source where it is created.
FinTuition Hires Tom McKeown for Sales and Marketing
News  |  5/14/2010  | 
U.K.-based training company in securities finance, hedge funds and collateral management, hires McKeown to expand into North American market.
Fidelity Creates Asset Management, Distribution Units
News  |  5/13/2010  | 
Fidelity Investments has created new asset management and distribution units, and promoted Abigail Johnson to lead all of its distribution channels.
Bishopsgate Financial and Panopticon Team Up To Provide Real-Time Data Analysis
News  |  5/13/2010  | 
The new partnership will focus on implementations of specialized data visualization and business intelligence systems to support monitoring and analysis of real-time market and risk data.
ITG Announces Multi-Asset Portfoilo Algo, Dynamic IS with Futures
News  |  5/13/2010  | 
The algorithm can execute baskets containing any mix of stocks and equity index futures.
Trade Volume in Latin America Surges as Brazil Leads Way
News  |  5/12/2010  | 
Trading volumes on Latin American exchanges are soaring, with Brazil leading the charge on the strength of a commodities-based economy that emerged unscathed from the global economic crisis, according to a report by Tabb Group.
Credit Agricola Goes Live with Calypso System for FX
News  |  5/12/2010  | 
Portuguese banking group expects to save 35 percent in back-office/administrative costs and reduce operational risk.
Numerix Launches Bond Trader Application
News  |  5/12/2010  | 
Numerix Bond Trader provides front-office professionals with a set of custom Excel spreadsheets for viewing and testing trades, and monitoring market data and risk metrics.
Numerix Rolls Out Bond Trader Application
News  |  5/12/2010  | 
Numerix, an independent provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives and risk management, is rolling out Numerix Bond Trader, an Excel-based program which helps bond traders craft strategy and conduct pre-deal analysis.
RealTick, Jefferies Expand Algo Capabilities
News  |  5/12/2010  | 
RealTick has expanded its relationship with Jefferies & Company to include execution of U.S. equity Paris trades as well as international equities with new algorithms from Jefferies.
19 Months Later
Commentary  |  5/11/2010  | 
Financial regulatory reform may soon become a reality, but there are still more questions than answers.
Raymond James Launches Into SOA
News  |  5/11/2010  | 
What started as a relaunch of its outdated Investor Access client Web portal morphed into the transformative adoption of service-oriented architecture at Raymond James Financial Services.
Global Sourcing Strategies: Location, Location, Location
Commentary  |  5/10/2010  | 
An effective global sourcing strategies requires far more than focusing on labor rates and labor arbitrage.
3-D Portfolio Modeling Provides New Clarity
News  |  5/10/2010  | 
As portfolio managers rethink risk management post-crisis, some are embracing three-dimensional portfolio modeling technology to improve diversification, reduce risk and appeal to investors.
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