Operations & Technology Archive

Tech firms are expecting a boon from an increasing number of alternative fund launches in Singapore and across the Asia region this year. read more>

As new rules governing swaps clearing draw closer, the buy-side will have to ramp up its engagement with clearing houses to find the right balance between the management of costs and risks. read more>

Trading technology provider TORA's Algorithmic Trading Development Toolkit now includes dedicated, customisable pairs trading functionality. read more>

Buy-side traders can for the first time use and monitor disparate broker algo strategies using normalised parameters after an upgrade of agency broker Instinet's execution management system. read more>

Investment in exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products surged globally in 2012, reaching a record US$1.95 trillion of assets invested, as investors sought passive strategies while funds charging for stock-picking expertise underperformed. read more>

BNY Mellon, an investment services provider, has launched a central securities depository in a move to redefine its role as a global custodian and meet the emerging regulatory landscape. read more>

A platform consolidating J.P. Morgan's trading and analytic functions across asset classes forms the bank's core strategy for meeting regulatory change and repositioning its trading business. read more>

Poland's domestic central counterparty, KDPW_CCP, has from today started clearing OTC derivatives trades, as it prepares for new legislation that will come into force this year. read more>

Traction for an industry-led European consolidated tape solution is growing, with a number of the region's markets backing recent proposals made by The COBA Project. read more>

The European Securities and Markets Authority has released a consultation paper on interoperability between central counterparties as part of its obligations under new derivatives legislation. read more>