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Nomura builds out with smartTrade
Nomura went live with smartTrade Technologies’ liquidity management system (LMS) in November for its electronic FX trading business, with plans to scale the technology across other asset classes.
smartTrade upgrades clients with StudioAir
smartTrade is migrating clients from smartTrade Studio to StudioAir, an upgraded version of its front-end trading application that enables traders to customise desktop views.
'Barracuda trading' swims to the fore in Europe
French finance minister Christine Lagarde yesterday told a parliamentary committee that high-frequency trading (HFT) should be regulated "very strictly", and even banned in "exceptional" circumstances.
FXecosystem gets Series A funding
Trading infrastructure vendor FXecosystem has completed a Series A funding round from New York and London-based investors.
In Brief, November 15, 2010
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In Brief, November 8, 2010
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smartTrade launches LiquidityConnect for FX
Liquidity management software vendor smartTrade Technologies has launched LiquidityConnect for FX, it announced on November 2.
In Brief, 1 November, 2010
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In Brief, October 25, 2010
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ECB calls for law enforcing Sepa migration
European Central Bank says legislative action on migration of Sepa scheme needed as self-imposed deadline will not work
ANZ revamps e-FX with Progress
MELBOURNE & SYDNEY – Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) is in the midst of a multi-phase project to revamp its electronic foreign exchange infrastructure using the Progress Apama FX Aggregation Accelerator platform from Progress Software.
Commerzbank rolls Infobroker to Dresdner staff
FRANKFURT - Commerzbank is preparing to roll out an additional 12,000 positions of its Infobroker private client adviser workstation as part of its ongoing consolidation of Dresdner Bank, which it acquired at the end of 2008.
In Brief, October 11, 2010
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Deutsche Börse preps Asian algo macro news
FRANKFURT – Deutsche Börse is preparing to begin beta testing a version of its AlphaFlash feed of low-latency, machine-readable macroeconomic news for use in algorithmic trading applications, tailored to provide data for Asian markets.
Bank of China targets high net worth with FinIQ
Bank of China International Holdings (BOCI) has licensed the FinIQ Structured Products System to support its new private wealth management business, officials said last week.
SuperDerivatives releases SDX
LONDON - SuperDerivatives is migrating customers to its new multi-asset front-office system, SDX, on October 10, David Gershon, chief operating officer at SuperDerivatives in London has told FX Week.
Panellists: Back-office systems integration a must
Speakers at the London SunGard City day held in London agreed the increasingly global nature of clients' requirements calls for more unified and integrated back-office systems
StanChart takes Solace for FX data messaging
Standard Chartered has rolled out hardware-based messaging vendor Solace Systems’ 3260 message routers, to provide low-latency data distribution between the bank’s offices to support its new global FX trading platform.
RBC deploys Progress Apama
LONDON – RBC Capital Markets has deployed Progress Apama's FX Aggregation system to support its FX dealing operations, the vendor announced last week (September 8).
In Brief, September 13, 2010
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