Tag: Trading tools

Markit has integrated its industry contacts directory with Thomson Reuters’ Eikon Messenger service.

Tighter rules on the development of execution algorithms in the US could put further cost pressure on the sell-side without improving market stability, experts warn.

Using the vast quantity of data collected for market surveillance could become a major source of information for informing trading decisions in the future.

Citi has launched its block trading offering for equities, currently available across the US, to the European market.

An ambitious project to simplify connectivity for OTC trades has received the backing of 25 market participants, including major institutional asset managers, and expects to begin its first phase of implementation before the end of the year.

Trading technology provider REDI has appointed tech veteran Michael Lax as head of EMEA sales.

SmartTrade Technologies has announced a new release of its order management system, with improved algo support and custom order types.

Buy-side firms should undertake a thorough review their counterparty and trade type processes alongside collateral optimisation efforts in response to incoming regulatory changes to derivatives trading, according to a white paper from financial software provider 4sight.

Sell-side firms are looking to upgrade their order management systems and execution management systems to prove their worth to investment managers who are reducing their number of brokerage counterparties and minimising trading costs, according to a new report from TABB Group, commissioned by SunGard.

Trading decision-support platform provider OTAS Technologies is putting the final touches to its OTAS Base software development kit, which will enable users to integrate OTAS content in to their existing trading platforms.