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Quantile Technologies (Quantile), a provider of multilateral optimisation services, has become the first vendor to offer optimisation of cleared USD/CAD, USD/DKK, USD/MXN, USD/NOK, USD/NZD, USD/SEK, USD/SGD and USD/ZAR non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) within their initial margin (IM) optimisation runs for foreign exchange.
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Substantive Research, a research discovery and research spend analytics provider for the buy-side, has launched a new, integrated dashboard providing asset managers with detailed insights on their research providers’ pricing, sector coverage and investment in analyst teams.
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Options, a provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets, has been awarded Microsoft Cloud Service Provider Status in Canada.
This achievement marks the latest milestone in Options’ continued efforts to offer a fully cloud-agnostic platform to all customers globally. The addition of Cloud Provider Status in Canada is part of an initiative to bring increased solution flexibility to clients, and it will allow for full Public Cloud solution deployments. Alongside the existing CloudConnect solution, Options can provide solution architecture, deployment and management services utilising Microsoft’s global Public Cloud.
Achieving this status enables Options to procure and manage
Sterling Trading Tech (STT), a specialist in technology solutions for the equity, equity options, and futures, is to launch a sell-side Order Management System (OMS) allowing clients to streamline their trading operations later this year.
The STT OMS will allow Sterling clients to consolidate their order flow from multiple platforms allowing for cross platform risk and compliance checks as well as reporting. All Sterling platforms, third party providers, and orders delivered via API will be integrated to connect and utilise the OMS as its transactional ledger via a FIX API or REST API for two-way data transport. Additionally, routing can
Dymon Asia, an Asia-focused alternative investment manager, has expanded a multi-year relationship to further leverage Hazeltree’s cash management capabilities across its treasury and operational organisation.
Hazeltree helps Dymon’s treasury team manage operational risks, strengthening its cash management controls, driving efficiencies and optimizing excess cash.
Hazeltree provides a comprehensive treasury and securities finance cloud-based solution to alternative asset managers globally. With complex multi-strategy investments, meeting Dymon Asia’s treasury and portfolio finance needs requires the domain expertise, experience, and technology that Hazeltree delivers.
Two years ago, Dymon Asia implemented Hazeltree Cash Manager to enable centralised aggregation and monitoring of cash balances
Market data vendor Exchange Data International (EDI) has hired former Head of Sales at GFT Group Stephen Straker, for the role of Business Development Manager, Canada. Straker will lead EDI’s programmes in Canada and is already networking with key market participants.
Based in Toronto, Straker will be responsible for enhancing EDI’s presence in Canada’s financial and FinTech communities as a unique alternative to more rigid, traditional market data providers. EDI’s solutions include corporate actions, fixed income, investment funds, pricing, reference, tax, economic, derivatives, and short interest data.
Straker has a wealth of experience in the Canadian market, dating back to
Hedge funds are falling behind other sectors such as private equity and real estate when it comes to integrating ESG factors into their portfolios.
Avelacom, a provider of low latency connectivity, IT infrastructure and data solutions for global financial markets, has acquired ITDN Ltd, an IT trading infrastructure specialist, headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Fintech firm, Gold-i has announced that digital tokens from Bitfinex, a state-of-the-art digital token exchange, will be available to its clients via its Crypto Switch 2.0 digital asset liquidity management platform.
Tom Higgins, CEO at Gold-i, says: “Bitfinex has grown a reputation as a leading cryptocurrency exchange and we are thrilled to be collaborating with them and offering their liquidity to our prime of prime, hedge funds and multi-asset broker clients. This further strengthens our Crypto Switch 2.0 offering, adding significant depth of liquidity to our clients. I believe we have an unrivalled offering in facilitating digital token trading
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