Technology
Nine banks to build Mifid utility
Nine global securities firms have gone public with plans to create a trade data and market data dissemination platform, to take advantage of the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) reforms.
Barclays adds functions to Barx for FX
Barclays Capital has added new functions to its Barx for FX trading platform.
BarCap and Integral develop FX trading system
Barclays Capital and Integral, the Mountain View-based foreign exchange systems vendor, are developing a new product aimed at regional banks and brokers.
The road to Basel II
The new Basel capital Accord is creating headaches for banks around the globe. However, Middle Eastern institutions that offer Islamic banking products have even more hurdles to jump. By John Ferry
TradeWeb offers Canadian bonds to Europe
Thomson TradeWeb, the Jersey City-based fixed-income trading system, has made Canadian bonds available to European customers with Toronto-based network CanDeal.
Misys launches new future-proof credit derivatives module for Summit FT
Misys Banking Systems, based in London, has released a credit derivatives module for its Summit FT platform to handle the growing size and complexity of the credit market.