Operations & Technology Archive

Numerix, a provider of analytics tools for derivatives and structured products, has unveiled a tool that aims to give buy-side firms more control and transparency over the collateral posted against swaps trades. read more>

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Reserve Bank of Australia have issued guidance outlining how the CPSS-IOSCO principles for financial market infrastructures apply to the country's clearing houses and settlement systems. read more>

Pine River Capital Management has selected FlexTrade Systems, a provider of multi-asset order and execution management systems, to support its global trading activity. read more>

Despite a drive among buy-side firms to reduce technology spend, most are unlikely to lower costs through a combined execution management system and order management system, according to new research. read more>

Legal obstacles will block regulators' view of systemic risk in the OTC derivatives market well into 2014 even though reporting obligations kicked in at the end of last year. read more>

Chi-X Australia will be unable to reduce clearing fees for members after the Australian Treasury deferred clearing competition in Australian equities for two years. However, clearing competition for derivatives will be permitted. read more>

Euroclear Bank will offer post-trade services for Russian government bonds from tomorrow through a link established with the National Settlement Depository, Russia’s central securities depository. read more>

French bank BNP Paribas Securities Services is the latest firm to become a central depository clearing member at the Singapore Exchange. read more>

Everbright Securities and GF Securities have joined NYSE Technologies' fully managed FIX-based trading community Marketplace, broadening the China-based brokers buy-side members can trade with. read more>

Trading technology provider InfoReach has added configurable, real-time risk checks to its electronic trading platform to help desks protect against trading risk across markets, at multiple levels. read more>