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RegTech has the support of the regulators, but for it to grow the whole market needs to take responsibility, breaking down barriers and giving innovative technology a chance
In 18 months time MiFID II becomes law in the EU. Trading institutions need to look at the technology that supports their workflow now to avoid becoming the Nokia of the Fixed Income and Derivatives markets.
Implementing object pooling - looking at how different data structures have affect latency and throughput
Why is time important in a computing world? MiFID and the importance of the microsecond.
In a recent TABB study of 100 Asset Managers and Hedge Funds, 66% believe that even if MiFID II is never implemented in the US, it will impact them. All roads in this new global ecosystem for the buy side lead to technology
The Desk has published its 2016 survey. In Credit trading named venues increased from 19 in 2015 to 28 in 2016. The market continues to fragment.
Steve Toland talks with Profit & Loss Magazine about start-ups, disruption, business plans and, most importantly, fixing clients' problems
TransFICC has opened a New York office and hired Sean Murphy, Bo-Yun Liu and Khagay Nagdimov.
We were delighted to be win 'Trading Initiative of the Year' at the Financial News Excellence in Trading & Tech Awards 2023
Steve speaks with The Desk about all things tech - managing fragmentation, automating workflows, the need for speed, scalability on demand, modular tech and what's next in the evolution of the market.
TransFICC has closed a Series A extension for $17 million. Led by AlbionVC, all existing institutional shareholders took part in this investment round, which follows the original Series A for $7.8 million, announced in April 2020.
Now in its 5th year, the Financial Technologist showcases leading Capital Markets FinTechs
Press Release - TransFICC has announced a new initiative to develop a Consolidated Tape (CT) for Fixed Income. As part of this initiative, TransFICC has developed a production ready pilot, for Banks, Asset Managers and Regulators to test.
Steve speaks with Kiays Khalil from The TRADE News about the need for a Consolidated Tape in Fixed Income.
A smart application of hardware, cloud and open source technology makes for efficient trading systems and reduces the inefficiency that complexity creates
Like all companies, lockdown has impacted the way we work at TransFICC. We have always championed Extreme Programming as our methodology of choice, so when we decided to close the office at the start of March, this raised some issues around how we would operate with everyone working remotely.
Steve writes for The Financial Technologist - published by Harrington Starr
TransFICC has closed its Series A investment round for £5.75 million. Led by AlbionVC, it included new strategic investments from ING Ventures and HSBC. The new investors join existing shareholders, Citi, Illuminate Financial, Main Incubator (the R&D unit of Commerzbank Group) and The FinLab.