Technology
Technology
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linkedFA, a social networking site for financial advisors and professionals, has boosted its content offerings thanks to a deal with press release distributor Businesswire.
August 31 -
Although Hurricane Irene may have wreaked havoc on millions of households across the East Coast, the storm had little impact on core post-trade clearing and settlement activities.
August 29 -
The New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market, Direct Edge and BATS Global Markets said they will open for business at 9:30 a.m. Monday, for normal operations.
August 29 -
There are a lot of technology nightmares that follow a merger, but untangling contracts for software and other systems is one of the biggest.
August 29 -
Hurricane Irene is expected to make landfall Saturday in coastal North Carolina and hit the turf that houses the data centers that make up Wall Street on Sunday.
August 26 -
Steve Jobs' resignation as Apple Computer's chief executive may prove a mixed bag -- but a critically important one -- for banks.
August 25 -
At focus11, LPL Financial's national conference held earlier this month, it was clear that social media was clearly more than just a casual "focus" for the 5,000-plus attendees. Along with several well attended sessions, LPL had a station on the exhibit floor dedicated to the topic that enjoyed constant advisor traffic.
August 24 -
The website of the Morningstar firm went down for an undisclosed period Tuesday, the same afternoon an earthquake rattled the East Coast from a site near Mineral, Virginia.
August 24 -
Broker-dealers dont have to track every message sent through social media -- only ones that relate to business purposes. And unscripted interactions? They can be reported after they occur.
August 23 -
The most highly attacked operating system in mobile computing is Android, from Google, according to a security technology unit of chipmaker Intel.
August 23 -
SS&C Technologies Holdings said it agreed to acquire an Irish supplier of administrative services for investment funds.
August 22 -
From minding procedure to the minds of digital criminals, here is a diverse collection of books to pick from. Kick back with (and learn from) one, wherever you are under the sun.
August 18 -
Exchanges around the world should discourage market participants from gcreating excessive low-qualityh messages that can clog trading networks, two trade groups representing automated trading firms said this week.
August 17 -
Socialware, the Austin, Texas-based firm that helps mutual fund, brokerage and other financial services firms track their social media communications and stay in compliance with company and industry regulations, has secured another $7 million in funding.
August 17 -
Social networking? Everyone's doing it. Particularly your next generation of fund customers. You will want to reach them, as they walk and talk through the Internet.
August 16 -
Thomson Reuters said it began providing high-speed information and trading services to foreign currency trading firms, from its London data centers.
August 16 -
With Google's announcement of its agreement to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings, the search giant has potentially turbocharged its mobile payment plans.
August 16 -
They're an elongated equivalent of a ticker tape. Instead of four-character symbols and another four characters of pricing information, they're 140 characters of insight and links to deeper information.
August 11 -
Ever wonder what one second of high-frequency trading actually looks like? Here's a video that slows down the flow of market data and transactions flowing through one second of trading. See if you can follow what's going on.
August 11 -
Institutional traders trying to move large blocks of stock in the face of market swings are driving venues such as Liquidnet to new volume records.
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