Investment banks and trading firms using Vodafone mobile phone services must meet the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) last – and extended – call to comply with regulations on recording mobile phone conversations by Monday 28 November 2011.
Headstrong’s decision to embed Sybase’s Event Stream Processor (ESP) in its trading platforms is delivering an efficient software development environment and the ability to build customer facing applications that can handle high volumes of data from multiple sources in real time. 
Hedge fund manager Marshall Wace has expanded its use of ITRS’s Geneos real-time monitoring and management solution across 100 applications on 150 servers. The firm is now working towards using Geneos metrics to deliver additional functionality such as capacity planning.
Private equity investor The Carlyle Group has bought a majority shareholding in trade monitoring technology provider ITRS Group and plans to support the company’s growth with no changes to its Geneos product roadmap or its three year business plan.
The FIX protocol is gaining ground as a potential industry standard for trading fixed income products according to the Fixed Income Connectivity Working Group (FICWG). The group comprises 13 sell side firms and numerous fixed income trading venues that are expected to become swap execution facilities (SEFs) as a result of US Dodd Frank legislation and organised trading facilities as a result of European regulation.
A-Team Insight Events combine A-Team's expertise in financial markets IT with thought leadership from world-class technology innovators and practical experience from financial market practitioners. In 2011, a quality constituency will once again gather for these focused events in London and New York City.
Ion Trading is back on the acquisition trail after its May 2011 purchase of Wall Street Systems, this time with an approach to Patsystems, a provider of electronic trading and exchange systems, as well as risk management tools and market connectivity solutions. The cash offer runs till December 26, though regulatory hurdles may present themselves, particularly as Ion owns 26.32% of FFastFill, a UK-based derivatives ISV.
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