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Content tagged with Trading Technology posted in June 2010
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Vestmark To Enhance SteelPath's Managed Account Platform
News  |  6/30/2010  | 
Vestmark will provide SteelPath with solutions to automate many of the labor-intensive processes associated with managed account trading and administration.
CovergeEx Upgrades Global Algorithm IQx
News  |  6/30/2010  | 
CovergEx Group has upgraded its short duration global algorithm IQx to include the automated trading of small orders and enhanced market intelligence featuring volume and price prediction engines.
FCStone Partners With Integral to Launch Comprehensive FX Platform
News  |  6/29/2010  | 
A feature of FCStone's FX platform is the ability for customers to see a complete list of market makers with their associated price streams.
Bulltick Capital Joins Fidessa Connectivity Network in Latin America
News  |  6/29/2010  | 
Top dealer in ADRs will use Fidessa's network to provide trade and execution services in Latin American region.
FlexTrade Debuts Cross-Currency Spread Platform FlexSpread
News  |  6/28/2010  | 
FlexTrade Systems Inc., a broker-neutral multi-asset algorithmic trading system provider, has launched FlexSpread, a cross-currency spread platform aimed at allowing traders to make deals among multiple securities in different currencies.
Alphacet and Knight Capital Integrate Workflow for Pairs Trading
News  |  6/28/2010  | 
Allows hedge funds to create, test and deploy large algorithmic pairs trading strategies.
FFastfill Selects Corvil For Latency Management Of Trading Infrastructure
News  |  6/28/2010  | 
FFastfill is deploying CorvilNet to pro-actively manage latency for exchange and client connectivity.
TGIF: Apple Offers iPhone 4G Advice: Don't Hold The Phone 'That Way'
News  |  6/25/2010  | 
Here is a video showing you what happens when you hold the phone...
Simple IT Restructuring Has Failed To Provide Cost Benefits
News  |  6/25/2010  | 
CIOs are now looking to reposition IT as a hub of innovation, driver of enterprise-wide collaboration and provider of more sophisticated, brand-differentiating technology products and services, according to PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
GoldenSource Launches Data Warehouse
News  |  6/24/2010  | 
By linking data elements relating to the same object, the data warehouse will create an enterprise-wide view of risk, performance and compliance for clients.
Broadridge Announces New Connectivity Service To SWIFT's Accord For Securities Matching Service
News  |  6/24/2010  | 
SWIFT Accord for Securities is used by prime brokers and executing brokers to match equity and fixed income trades executed by the global hedge fund community.
SIFMA's Most Popular Booth
News  |  6/23/2010  | 
Rarely, if ever, has SIFMA seen such excitement. As Lance Donovan scored the winning goal for Team USA's World Cup match against Algeria, a loud cheer echoed around the show floor.
Exclusive: IBM’s Steve Mills Says Financial Services Focus Has Returned to Growth
News  |  6/23/2010  | 
Steve Mills, the head of IBM’s Software Group, sees much more optimism in the industry and discusses the future of cloud computing in financial services.
CDW New Team Focuses On Low Latency, Trading Desk Efficiency
News  |  6/22/2010  | 
CDW’s high performance computing offerings include InfiniBand architecture, 10 gigabit Ethernet switching, solid state memory, high availability/high volume storage, high performance servers and power management systems.
The Possible Long-Term Benefits of High-Frequency Trading
News  |  6/22/2010  | 
Despite the controversy surrounding high-frequency trading, the trading style actually is beneficial to long-term investors and to the market at large, argues Arzhang Kamarei, Managing Partner, Tradeworx.
High-Speed Trading Not To Blame For May 6 Crash – Kudlow
News  |  6/22/2010  | 
High-frequency traders were not to blame for the epic May 6 stock market crash and regulators shouldn’t hamper their ability to bring liquidity to the marketplace, CNBC’s Larry Kudlow said during a presentation at the annual SIFMA Financial Services Technology Expo.
StreamBase and Solace Systems Partner for Low Latency Trading Solutions
News  |  6/22/2010  | 
Combined products provide CEP and middleware routing products that can receive, filter and analyze market data.
Take Heed The Lessons From The 1962 Flash Crash
Commentary  |  6/21/2010  | 
The original Flash Crash occurred on May 28, 1962. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell sharply in 20 minutes that day, with some stocks plummeting more than 9 percent in less than 12 minutes. The SEC launched an investigation, but its cause remains undetermined.
BBVA Deploys Progress Apama’s FX Aggregation Calculator
News  |  6/21/2010  | 
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria’s FX traders are now using the Progress Apama FX aggregation calculator for foreign exchange dealings in a move the firm said is aimed at expanding its client base.
Voltaire Launches New Low-Latency Layer 2/3 Switch For Next Generation Data Centers and Cloud Computing
News  |  6/21/2010  | 
The switch supports converged enhanced Ethernet (CEE) capabilities enabling the consolidation of multiple network tiers and fabrics, significantly reducing infrastructure expenses, according to the vendor.
Tradar Unveils Insight 4.0
News  |  6/21/2010  | 
New version includes order routing via FIX to execution platforms as well as compliance functionality.
Executive Q&A: NYSE's Steve Rubinow Discusses Competing on Education
News  |  6/17/2010  | 
NYSE Euronext EVP and Co-CIO Steve Rubinow says that even though the exchange has a hard time competing for tech talent on Wall Street, the state of technology innovation in the U.S. is just fine.
NYSE And Corvil Launch Website Dedicated To Latency Transparency Across Exchanges And Market Data
News  |  6/17/2010  | 
The site, LatencyStats.com, was created to serve as a basis for best practices in latency transparency, and is a free online tool that allows market data publishers and users to compare latency performance on a like-for-like basis as verified by Corvil.
FinAnalytica Integrates FINCAD Analytics Into Risk Management, Portfolio Allocation Platform
News  |  6/17/2010  | 
Cognity, FinAnalytica’s risk management and portfolio allocation platform, directly addresses the real world phenomenon of fat tails, volatility clustering, skewness and correlation asymmetry, FinAnalytica said in a release.
Executive Q&A: AXA Equitable's CIO on Innovation and IT Investment
News  |  6/15/2010  | 
Kevin Murray, EVP and CIO of AXA Equitable, thinks the carrier’s investment in enabling technologies such as rules engines and SOA have been key to its continued strong performance during economic turmoil.
First Quadrant Deploys Portware for Global FX Trading
News  |  6/15/2010  | 
The money manager cited Portware's FX liquidity aggregation features and integration with Traiana Harmony's network for post-trade processing.
Firm58 Provides New Online Financial Portal for NYSE Euronext’s U.S. Equities and Options Markets
News  |  6/15/2010  | 
The new billing facility provides members with self-service access to daily balances, historical data, and trade-by-trade level detail.
The Low-Latency Imperative: How Fast Is Fast Enough?
News  |  6/15/2010  | 
Conventional wisdom may assert that everyone on Wall Street wants to be as fast as possible. But latency is a matter of perspective, influenced by trading style, instrument class and even the tools used to measure it.
Executive Q&A: BNY Mellon’s New CIO John Fiore
News  |  6/15/2010  | 
In an exclusive interview just before his promotion to CIO, Fiore shared his thoughts on technology innovation.
G Capital Chooses Alphacet for Quant Strategy Development
News  |  6/14/2010  | 
Global macro hedge fund will use Alphacet Discovery's graphical user interface and real-time interactive dashboard to monitor strategies.
ISITC Releases New Market Practice Addressing Security Collateral Settlements
News  |  6/14/2010  | 
Firms who undertake to adopt the standards set forth in the Market Practice will benefit from increased efficiency and cost savings, according to ISITC.
RealTick Takes Aim at Latin American Market With Bulltick Partnership
News  |  6/14/2010  | 
RealTick, a multi-broker, cross-asset electronic trading platform, has added Bulltick Capital Markets’ direct to market and algorithmic trading capabilities for major Latin American and U.S. markets to its service.
UNX Integrates Credit Suisse AES Algos into Catalyst EMS
News  |  6/14/2010  | 
Credit Suisse cites speed and ease of deployment of algos into UNX's EMS with ability to add broker customizable content and updetes.
Finantix And NorthStar Team Up On Wealth Management Solution
News  |  6/11/2010  | 
Finantix’s CRM tools and the recently released iPad and iPhone apps for wealth management will be offered together with NorthStar’s SaaS solution for financial advisors.
TGIF: Feeling Stressed At Work?
News  |  6/11/2010  | 
Feeling stressed out at the end of the week? For a little light relief, check out this video compilation of the most potentially stressful work situations and how office workers reacted to them...
Lessons Learned From The Flash Crash
News  |  6/11/2010  | 
In this video clip, Advanced Trading editor-at-large Ivy Schmerken talks with Larry Tabb, founder and CEO of consultancy firm TABB Group about the buy-side's shifting view of U.S. equity market structure since the May 6 flash crash, and what the SEC is doing to address the market's concerns.
Getting Institutional Customer Intimacy Right
Commentary  |  6/10/2010  | 
The ability to deliver a robust broker-to-institutional client delivery channel has just not developed, says TABB Group’s Larry Tabb.
CalPERS Crunches FX Data to Search for Alpha in Electronic Trading
News  |  6/10/2010  | 
With high-frequency trading firms changing foreign exchange market dynamics, CalPERS is studying tick data to develop active, intraday currency strategies.
Morgan Stanley Beefs Up Brazilian Trading Services
News  |  6/10/2010  | 
Morgan Stanley said today that it’s expanding its electronic trading services in Brazil to include cash equity trading for securities listed on the BM&F Bovespa Exchange.
Sophis Launches Risque 6.1 To Address New Risk Management Challenges
News  |  6/10/2010  | 
The solution addresses risk associated with structured products, security finance, counterparty risk and reporting.
Liquidnet to Debut Trading of Mexican Equities
News  |  6/10/2010  | 
Liquidnet Holdings Inc. said today that its clients will be able to trade Mexican equities through its platform as the firm looks to capitalize on nation’s growing economy.
ZL Technologies Offers Enterprise-Class Social Media Archiving
News  |  6/10/2010  | 
The new service offered via the integration of FaceTime’s Unified Security Gateway, follows guidelines recently introduced by FINRA regarding the need to develop policies around the capture and retention of any potentially business-related social media communications.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Rolls Out Pairs Algo Strategy
News  |  6/9/2010  | 
Bank of America Merrill Lynch said today that it adopted new pairs trading algorithms for equity securities as part of a plan to give clients quicker access to market neutral strategies.
Thomson Reuters Aims To Transform News Consumption With Interactive Video Platform
News  |  6/9/2010  | 
The video platform offers voice-generated transcripts of each video and allows users to intelligently search the content on the platform.
BATS COO Criticizes Nasdaq Circuit Breaker, Calls for Market-Wide Effort
News  |  6/9/2010  | 
Nasdaq’s plan to deploy its own circuit breaker during times of volatile trading will hinder the overall regulatory push towards a market-wide system aimed at preventing a repeat of the May 6 flash crash, BATS Exchange COO Chris Isaacson tells Advanced Trading.
IPC And CyberTech Partner to Develop And Deliver Voice Recording and Compliance Solutions
News  |  6/8/2010  | 
Working together enables both companies to provide better customer support through the integration of trader voice communications platforms and recording, along with single point of contact for management and support, IPC said
KAM Deploys StreamBase to Aid High Frequency Trading Strategies
News  |  6/8/2010  | 
Brazilian asset manager Kairos Asset Management said today that it will begin using StreamBase Complex Event Processing to handle the firm’s high frequency trading strategies for a range of assets, including derivatives, FX, and equities.
Options IT Launches PIPE Momentum Financial Application Hosting Service
News  |  6/7/2010  | 
PIPE Momentum provides a fully managed hosting service for financial applications spanning the front, middle, and back office.
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