Solutions
Options Technology, a provider of IT infrastructure to global Capital Markets firms, has opened a new Paris office. The new office is part of Options’ ongoing expansion plan and will serve as a hub for the company’s operations in European markets.
Options says having a physical presence in Paris will allow the company to “enhance its service offering further, providing localised client support and strengthening relationships with key industry partners”.
The new Paris office, situated in the city’s 8th Arrondissement, joins the firm’s other recently established offices in Toronto, Chicago, and Auckland which complement its presence in New York, London, Singapore,
Financial firms are facing growing complexity in the nature of the cyber threats they receive. This, coupled with increasing regulatory requirements for robust cyber practices, is driving the need for more external support. Jonathan Bohrer (pictured), President at Abacus Group, shares his perspective on the trend to outsource technology and cybersecurity capabilities.
Bloomberg has introduced a range of enhancements to its Rule Builder automated trading solution allowing users to create rules within the Bloomberg Terminal that automate actions on selected orders.
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, a post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, is partnering with Nomura Research Institute to provide automated central matching capabilities for cash securities transactions in Japan.
Hedge fund-turned digital intelligence provider CargoMetrics, a specialist in the systematic monitoring and analysis of global maritime trade, has launched three new commercial data products that measure seaborne commodity trade – the Iron Ore Pack, LNG Pack, and LPG Pack.
The products are designed to support analysis, modelling, learning, training, and backtesting to support data-driven decisions.
The three products join CargoMetrics’ popular Crude Pack, released in 2022, and are part of the company’s commodity group of Better-Built Data products. Each includes global coverage – with greater than 90% of imports and exports by country – point-in-time daily data, and more
ETD, a provider of symbology, reference data, corporate actions and legal entity data for the derivatives market, has partnered with capital markets services provider Options Technology, to provide clients with access to the global FX and CFD markets.
Vittoria and Partners was formed by a team which had worked together for many years at a larger hosting firm and wanted to carry on working together after leaving that firm. Joe Vittoria (pictured), CEO, Vittoria and Partners, expands on the benefits gained by the team members knowing each other well while also having in-depth understanding of the industry.Â
Transaction Network Services is now live within the Nasdaq Nordic colocation data centre enabling the business to offer managed hosting services and exchange access via Layer 1 connectivity to Nasdaq Nordic’s Equity and Derivatives markets. Â
With technology transforming how hedge funds run their trading operations, and the appetite among managers for high-quality market data and analytics tools on the increase, FX trading solutions specialist 360T is looking to evolution rather than revolution to stay ahead of the game, says the company’s Head of EMEA, Sebastian Hofmann-Werther.
Despite the negative fallout from the collapse of FTX and other such events, the crypto industry has found its silver lining and continued to develop. With potential regulation looking to institutionalise the space further, Sumit Sharma, Vice President – Fund Accounting Department, NAV Fund Administration Group, shares his insight on the levers of growth.
