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Xignite Enables On-Demand Data Platforms

Web services data provider Xignite will this week announce plans to commercialize its online platform for on-demand data, by enabling data providers to use it as the basis for building their own online marketplaces for their data.

Direct Edge Expands 29West Messaging

Jersey City, NJ-based equity ECN operator Direct Edge, which is in the process of becoming a fully fledged exchange, is expanding a rollout of messaging technology from 29West, which the ECN already uses to support the part of its business acquired via…

Open Market Data: Why Not?

As cost pressures push the financial industry to consider more "open" technologies, is the time right for data vendors to abandon proprietary tactics in favor of more collaborative approaches? By Richard Reichgut, director of financial services at…

CodeStreet Bows Integrator for Data Publishing

New York-based data software vendor CodeStreet will unveil a new product, dubbed Market Data Integrator, at this week's SIFMA show, which enables users to publish proprietary datasets via third-party data services such as Bloomberg terminals.

When Tech and Crunch Collide

Today's financial markets depend more than ever on technology, which has moved from being an enabling factor to a major competitive differentiator and key driver of change. However, the economic crisis has thrown many firms' spending plans into turmoil,…

The Art of Liquidity Management

As liquidity in the markets continues to fragment and individual trading venues introduce innovative offerings, broker-dealers can no longer expect to manage their order books in the same way they have in the past. Firms need to find and manage liquidity…

The Ghost

Since its introduction, automation in electronic trading has followed a natural evolutionary path. The simplest manual processes were the first to be automated and, as technology evolved, more complex tasks followed. Through it all, the traders…

Sifma Technology Management Show Guide

It may be easy to predict that the financial crisis and its toll on the industry will be on everyone's lips at this year's Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma) Technology Management Conference and Exhibit. When most would be…

Divining the Right Liquidity Platform

As liquidity in global markets continues to fragment, sell-side firms of all sizes realize that deploying a liquidity management strategy and its supporting infrastructure isn't just about reaping the extra profits, but also meeting new regulatory…

SaaS Gains Traction within Reconciliation

According to a recent research report published by industry analyst firm TowerGroup in conjunction with industry consultancy Perot Systems, small and midsize investment firms are investigating incorporating software-as-a-service- (SaaS-) delivered…

Euro traders struggling with liquidity sourcing

A new Tabb Group report finds that buy-side equity traders in the UK and Europe have encountered greater challenges over the past year sourcing liquidity within new market structures. At the same time, heightened awareness of counterparty risk has begun…

Spotlight trained on OTC pricing platforms

A new Celent Communications report evaluating providers of pricing tools for OTC derivatives and structured products finds that vendors have stepped up efforts to support clients under pressure from investors and regulators for more transparent and…

Regulators Weigh Mifid's Success

LONDON-Since its rollout, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) has increased competition in the securities markets and lowered costs for investors, according to European regulators.

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