Leveraging its strength in the asset servicing market, State Street says it has launched a new swap execution facility that can go against some of the established sell-side electronic trading platforms.

NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology arm of NYSE Euronext, is now offering compliance officers at broker-dealers a way to monitor trades electronically -- and in real-time-- after they are executed.

Bluebay Asset Management, Cheyne Asset Management and Goldman Sachs Asset Management have signed up to use an automated margin call service operated by privately-held AcadiaSoft.

A fledgling London-headquartered technology firm wants to help the Street cut down on the cost and administrative headaches involved in middle and back office processing work.

Bloomberg wants to give programmers free access to its market data interface -- with no restrictions on its use.

Traders are increasingly relying on using computers -- and algorithms -- to develop high-speed complex trading strategies so why can't securities borrowing and lending experts do so.

Portware has unveiled a new cloud-based version of its flagship trade order management and execution platform that allows firms to access trading products with minimal IT infrastructure and cost.

Lime Brokerage, a U.S. agency brokerage and low latency technology provider, has laid claim to breaking the microsecond barrier to complete pre-trade checks on customer orders in record time.

Brokerage firms no longer have to use either Excel spreadsheets or spend lots of time looking at multiple applications to find the necessary data required to determine trading opportunities for their fund manager clients.

While swap execution facilities have yet to be launched, U.S. broker-dealers are quickly gearing up to prepare for their eventual emergence.