Operations & Technology Archive

Technology vendor Fidessa has teamed up with Chilean brokerage IM Trust to help the firm enhance its electronic trading offering for international clients. read more>

Broadridge Financial Solutions, a provider of capital markets technology, has launched its PROactive fee and commission manager tool in Asia-Pacific, which it claims will help market participants reduce their trading costs. read more>

Tokyo-based KVH, an information delivery platform, has established a new connection that will facilitate high-frequency trading in Australia just weeks after the Australian Securities Exchange launched a new trading platform tailored for high-speed trading. read more>

Risk management and surveillance firm FTEN and Object Trading, provider of DMA solutions, have teamed up to offer controls for brokers who need a risk management solution for cross-market and cross-asset transparency, to meet the global requirements of new and pending high frequency trading regulations. read more>

Buy-side, sell-side and transaction cost analysis (TCA) consultants have scored TCA providers as barely average, suggesting brokers and independent third-parties must work harder to meet today’s expectations, let alone more demanding future requirements. read more>

Asian brokerage CLSA Asia Pacific Markets has hooked up with Britain-based telecoms provider BT for its global communications network. read more>

ConvergEx Group, the trading technology provider, has added market access control abilities to its LiquidPoint offering for its complete product line, including its floor broker workstations. read more>

Brazil’s financial institutions are reaching beyond their borders with new connectivity and technology solutions, with the signing of two deals between Brazilian banks and third-party technology providers. read more>

US post-trade utility the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has launched a London-based trade repository for the US$553.8 trillion global OTC interest rate derivatives market. The repository will include data from 15 of the largest global dealers. read more>

Thailand-based brokerage Phatra Securities has chosen an investment management system from Charles River Development, the Boston-based front- and middle-office trading solutions provider. read more>