Trading tools Archive

French custodian bank BNP Paribas Securities Services has become a general clearing member of SecFinex, the securities lending platform owned by exchange operator NYSE Euronext. read more>

Technology services provider SunGard has integrated software firm GL Trade, which became part of SunGard's Global Trading business in 2009, into its Valdi brand to bring together all SunGard software product lines for trading on global listed markets under a single brand name. read more>

Data vendor and information services provider Thomson Reuters has launched a new Elektron feed to deliver low-latency access to Japanese equities and derivatives markets. read more>

FIX Protocol, the operator of the FIX financial messaging standard, has published a set of guidelines designed to establish best practice for electronic trading risk management. read more>

The London Stock Exchange has announced that the migration of its UK cash market to the new Millennium Exchange trading platform will take place on 14 February, following a series of setbacks that delayed the switchover last year. read more>

The battle for the diminished commission wallet of US institutional investors could lead to a greater integration between high- and low-touch services by the sell-side in 2011, according to a new study by TABB Group. read more>

TradingScreen will offer the world's "second-largest" transaction cost analysis universe following the acquisition of an exclusive licence to service institutional users of Citi's multi-broker post-trade Best Execution Comparison Services product, according to the execution management system provider. read more>

Expected further growth in the uptake and importance of execution management systems will sustain the 100-plus vendors and limit consolidation, according to a recent report by US-based capital markets consultancy firm Woodbine Associates. read more>

ConvergEx Group, an agency broker and technology provider, has agreed to purchase RealTick, a multi-broker, cross-asset provider of execution management systems, from UK bank Barclays. read more>

Exchange group Nasdaq OMX has boosted its technology capabilities following the completion of a deal to purchase FTEN, a supplier of real-time risk management solutions. read more>