A new white paper from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC) is making the case that disaster recovery and resilience are becoming part of the real-time, production IT infrastructure at financial services firms rather than rare contingencies. The report, “The Power of Technology Resilience: A Framework for the Industry,” argues that while firms are… Read More >>
ICE Expands Fixed Income Services & More News
ICE Best Execution Platform Gets a Makeover Officials at Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) report that the exchanges and technology company is doubling its coverage of fixed income instruments via improvements to the ICE Best Execution Service platform. The enhancements encompass pre-trade analysis, and front-, middle- and back-office services, and will help the ICE platform manage… Read More >>
Canadian Firm to Use SimCorp & Other News
StonePine Signs Up for SimCorp’s Centralization A relatively new Canadian firm, StonePine Asset Management reports that it will be using an investment platform and services from vendor SimCorp to jumpstart its growth. The new agreement will mean that SimCorp’s Software as a Service (Saas) investment management solutions will run the asset manager’s front-to-back office… Read More >>
Germany’s LPA Plans U.S. Expansion & Other News
Germany’s LPA Plans U.S. Expansion LPA, the capital markets technology and advisory firm headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with offices in a dozen cities around the world, reports a United States expansion plan. The plan calls for a new office in New York City and the appointment of Serge Malka as the firm’s U.S…. Read More >>
Cowen Digital to Deploy SS&C Eze’s OEMS
Reflecting the range of its offerings, SS&C Technologies has news for cutting-edge, digital asset efforts and for established, institutional securities operations. For the cutting edge, Cowen Digital, the new digital asset division of investment bank Cowen, Inc., reports that it will be deploying an order/execution management system (OEMS) from SS&C Eze in support of clients… Read More >>
Should Buy-Side IT Teams Embrace Open Source?
(FTF News recently reached out to Madeleine Dassule, partner and co-head, technology, at Wellington Management. Dassule has joined the Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) board of directors, a move that coincided with Wellington joining the nonprofit organization. FINOS is a proponent of open source technology, open standards, and collaborative efforts among software development groups in… Read More >>
How to Navigate Inflation, a Pandemic & War: Q&A
(Trading and risk management teams at global securities firms are facing a perfect storm of rising inflation, the ripple effects of the pandemic, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Gil Guillaumey, head of strategy — capital markets at Adenza, recently answered questions from FTF News about these concerns and about the best ways forward amid… Read More >>
FTF Reveals the Winners of the 2022 FTF Awards
Financial Technologies Forum (FTF) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 FTF News Technology Innovation Awards competition and to confirm that there will be an in-person gala event later this year to celebrate the industry’s achievements in operational excellence. “I think it’s safe to say that it’s been a long two years. During… Read More >>
BNY Mellon & Aon Form ESG Alliance & Other News
BNY & Aon to Focus on ESG Data & Analytics The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BNY Mellon) and Aon are partnering to focus on the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) needs of clients by combining their respective ESG data and analytics capabilities and unique data sets, officials say. The data and digital collaboration… Read More >>
‘Cowen Digital’ Launches & Other News Briefs
Cowen Division Focuses on Digital Asset Custody Cowen Inc. has officially launched the Cowen Digital division to provide a platform for trade execution and custody solutions that support digital assets traded by institutional clients, officials say. The new division, based in Stamford, Conn., offers custody solutions via Cowen’s partnership with PolySign’s Standard Custody & Trust,… Read More >>
