Trading Technology

SEFs are an integral part of the Dodd-Frank Act. David Easthope, Research Director with Celent’s Capital Markets Group looks at the development of these execution facilities and explains the likely challenges the market faces in implementing the SEF electronic trading architecture in the coming months. 

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A new app marketplace for OTC derivatives that is low cost and regulatory compliant is nearly at hand, but are financial institutions and derivatives users ready for this innovative concept? DerivSource's Julia Schieffer talks to DerivaTrust founders and market participants about this new ‘app swarm’ for trading OTC derivatives.

David B. Weiss, an independent consultant and research analyst, discusses the current state of SEFs and what the future holds for these trade execution facilities

When it comes to implementing and updating complex risk management IT systems, financial institutions have been at the mercy of technology vendors. Peyman Mestchian of Chartis Research explains how open architecture risk and trading analytics platforms are handing power over to end-users.

Orc Market Maker, a powerful market making solution features an ultra-low latency, server based trading engine for advanced quoting, hedging and superior trading performance.

Orc, a leading provider of technology and services for the global financial industry, today announced the regional launch of Orc Market Maker, a server based solution that combines the speed, scalability and rich functionality demanded in today’s competitive markets.

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for U.S. and European high-grade corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and other types of fixed-income securities, today announced it has opened its office in São Paulo, Brazil. MarketAxess received authorization from the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários – CVM (Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil) and the Central Bank of Brazil to offer e-trading of local currency debt in January of this year.

Orc, a leading provider of technology and services for the global financial industry, announced that Marcelo Sacomori, a Sao Paulo-based market maker, is using Orc Market Maker for advanced options trading and market making strategies on the BM&FBOVESPA exchange.

Cleartrade Exchange Pte Ltd. (CLTX), the OTC electronic global marketplace for commodity derivatives, in conjunction with Baymarkets, a leading European-based specialist software developer for the financial markets, announced today the release of a new version of its electronic trading platform, utilising FIX 5.0.

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a leading global provider of software and solutions for professional derivatives traders, today announced the appointment of Rick Lane as evp/cto. In this role as chief technology officer, Mr. Lane leads the company’s global engineering, support and technology initiatives.