Trading tools Archive

A new real-time transaction cost analysis service from trading technology provider TradingScreen aims to offer buy-side firms greater transparency over its FX executions.  read more>

Facilitating client access to China’s A-share market under the qualified foreign institutional investor (QFII) scheme has been a major area of focus for Beijing Gao Hua Securities, Goldman Sachs’ joint venture partner in China, which sees high potential for the use of its QFII electronic trading platform. read more>

 Market participants in Europe and Asia can now choose to trade with both local and global participants, using a new service offered by NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology arm of exchange group NYSE Euronext.  read more>

Agency broker ITG has released a transaction cost analysis product for the institutional FX market that aims to improve transparency for buy-side firms. read more>

A new iPad app developed by UBS will dramatically cut down the time to market for new algorithms, according to Owain Self, global head of algorithmic trading at UBS. read more>

The growth of China’s securities markets is creating opportunities for foreign technology vendors, according to a new report by financial research firm Celent. read more>

Using electronic trading tools to source liquidity in the fixed income markets across a number of counterparties can significantly reduce trading costs, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley. read more>

FlexTrade Systems, a provider of algorithmic trading technology, has gained two new clients in Asia – one in Thailand and the other in Malaysia. read more>

Financial technology provider SunGard has developed a service that it says can help banks, broker-dealers and asset managers to organise their collateral in the most efficient way possible, ahead of the global shift towards central clearing of OTC derivatives. read more>

A new survey from agency broker and trading technology vendor ITG has highlighted broker evaluation as the key motivation for buy-side use of transaction cost analysis in Europe, but also observes some key regional differences. read more>