Agency broker Bloomberg Tradebook has launched a suite of US options algorithms, called PegTo, which allow users to trade based on their view of whether certain option price measurements – known as greeks – are cheap or expensive read more »
Cross/multi-asset
Qatar Exchange strengthens executive team
The Qatar Exchange has bolstered its senior management team with the appointment of three executive officers, two of which have held roles at US and European trading venues. read more »
Linedata adds real-time EMS features to LongView
Financial technology firm Linedata has launched version 7.1 of its LongView multi-asset-class order management system (OMS) for the buy-side. read more »
High-frequency trading to dominate more asset classes – TABB
High-frequency trading could soon become as powerful a force in other asset classes as it already is in US equities, according to new research from consultancy TABB Group. read more »
Toronto attracts high-frequency traders with co-location offering
Members of the Toronto Stock Exchange can now co-locate their trading applications in the exchange operator's TMX data centre, in a bid from the exchange group to tap into the growing high-frequency trading market. read more »
Barclays buys stake in online trading marketplace
Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank, has taken a minority stake in Tradeweb, a provider of online electronic trading marketplaces for fixed income, derivatives and equities. read more »
US asset manager implements Charles River IMS
US investment management firm Waddell & Reed and its affiliates have gone live on trading technology firm Charles River’s Investment Management System (IMS). read more »
Tethys adds new options features to EMS
Trading software and analytics provider Tethys Technology has added a new module for options auto-quoting and centralised, risk-managed trading to its Execta execution management system (EMS). read more »
Burgundy and HKMEx sign up to new surveillance tool
Burgundy, a Nordic multilateral trading facility, and the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) have signed up to Scila Surveillance, a new market surveillance tool jointly developed by systems provider Cinnober and technology firm Scila. read more »
NYSE Euronext looks to UTP for competitive edge
The migration of NYSE Euronext’s European equities and exchange-traded funds to the Universal Trading Platform (UTP) will allow the exchange group to compete more effectively in post-MiFID Europe, according to Roland Bellegarde, group executive vice president and head of European execution at NYSE Euronext. read more »
