Asia-Pacific
New working group to create open framework for managing rising market data costs
Substantive Research is putting together a working group of market data-consuming firms with the aim of crafting quantitative metrics for market data cost avoidance.
Interactive Brokers looks beyond US borders for growth opportunities
As retail trading has grown in volume and importance, Interactive Brokers and others are expanding international offerings and marketing abroad.
Northern Trust offers internal fund accounting, data tools to clients
Regulations and a mandate to enhance quality and transparency in a bid to improve the investor experience are pushing buy-side firms to have more oversight of their third-party providers.
Ace high or busted flush? Digital Asset’s mixed fortunes mirror DLT adversity
The vendor hoped to remodel post-trade using blockchain technology—and it still might—but its bumpy progress raises questions over the future of DLT in finance.
WatersTechnology Asia Awards 2024: All the winners and why they won
Here are the vendor and end-user winners of the 34 categories that make up the 5th annual WatersTechnology Asia Awards, announced on June 20.
Cboe pushes rule change to make way for proprietary Opra alternatives
As US options data has grown in volume and cost, Cboe says changing the public feed's governing document would make way for more competition from private alternatives, including its Cboe One Options Feed, launched in 2023.
Hong Kong looks for digital response to trade reporting burden
New swaps reporting framework will include more fields than requirements in US or Singapore.
Deutsche Bank works on standardized protocols for asset tokenization
The bank is looking at its role as an asset servicer to ensure the safety of tokenized assets and investor protection. It plans to have a limited prototype by November.
All eyes turn to North America as T+1 arrives
As T+1 settlement becomes a reality in North America, long-lingering questions will get their answers.
This Week: HKEx's new derivatives platform; GoldenSource; Quonian-SimCorp, and more
A summary of some of the latest financial technology news.
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People Moves: Deutsche Bank, RBC, BNY Mellon, Finastra, and more
A look at the past month’s people moves in the capital markets technology and data space.
People Moves: Etrading Software, MarketAxess, Trumid, Nasdaq, and more
A look at the past month’s people moves in the capital markets technology and data space, including Matthijs Geneste (pictured), who will head up EU regulatory data services for Etrading Software.
This Week: Goldman Sachs/DTCC; LSEG/Tradefeedr; Genesis; TT/Ateo; CJC & more
A summary of some of the latest financial technology news.
ASX CHESS replacement to be delivered in phases, with clearing first in 2026
The Australian Securities Exchange announced in November it had chosen Tata Consulting Services to run the new CHESS replacement project after initial plans with Digital Asset were scrapped in 2022.
Waters Wrap: T+1 and too many proposals
Anthony believes that there’s a growing chasm emerging between regulators, senior business execs, and technologists—which is especially evident when it comes to the T+1 debate.
MarketAxess sees returns from new trading tools
Recently added portfolio trading, automation, and algo offerings drove the vendor’s revenue growth in Q4 2023.
Ticking clock: Firms in Asia face unique T+1 challenges
Firms in Asia worry about unintended consequences of massive change to settlement cycle.
Citi details API for HKEX’s Synapse
New pieces of technology, like Synapse, assist Citi in migrating clients to newer technologies, and newer ways to settle and clear more efficiently.
Waters Wrap: A glimpse of 2024 through the looking glass of 2023
Anthony examines some of the biggest stories from the past year to preview what might be ahead.
Fixed income in 2023: Mergers, modernization, and mysteries, oh my!
Between tech revolutions, secret EMSs and electronified bonds, the fixed-income market saw major advancements over the last 12 months
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BMLL adds Canadian data amid global expansion strategy
The market data vendor plans to add more equities and futures exchanges in 2024.