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IHS Markit Overhauls Derivatives 'Nerve Center' with TradeServ Launch
MarkitSERV plans to retire DSMatch and fold MarkitWire and other products into cloud-based platform.
VMware Taps Equinix for Private Connectivity
The integration enables VMware's clients to tap into its services on Amazon's cloud using a private connection at multiple global locations.
CFTC Stresses Exchange Role in Crypto Derivatives Guidance
Agency will step in and act where required, but the lion’s share of responsibility falls to venues.
SocGen Taps Big XYT for Liquidity Analytics
The bank will use Big XYT's Liquidity Cockpit platform to provide deeper insight into the European equities liquidity landscape.
Market Cops Turn to Crime-Fighting Robots
An expanding use of artificial intelligence is taking over surveillance practices, but some believe there are limits to what can be achieved.
Prop Shops Lock On to Crypto Markets
As the sell side hesitates, advanced principal trading shops are getting in on the crypto craze in a big way.
After Delays, Esma Publishes Double Volume Cap Data
European regulator sends a message to the market that Mifid II will be enforced with this data release, experts say.
Bitcoin Futures Face Turbulent Times in the Windy City
Bitcoin conquered the world in 2017, but the performance of the futures looks like it will have to wait longer for take-off.
Europe’s Mifid Monster Lurches to Life
January 3 went smoothly for many, but the launch of Europe's far-reaching reform package wasn't without problems.
Luminex Plots New Path with Conditional Order Types
The buy-side venue allows firms to forego share ante in favor of “proactive” policing.
Mifid Data Runs Aground with Issues at European Regulators
Glitches and halts mark first few weeks of transparency requirements at systems operated by regulators.
Venues Deny Esma Accusations over Volume Cap Delay
Delays to a key aspect of Mifid II have triggered tensions between market participants and regulators.
CME Debuts Bitcoin Futures amid Muted Trading
Thin volumes have marked bitcoin futures contracts launched by its rival, but traders hope CME's move will bolster order book depth.
CLS Announces Settlement, Processing, Data Services Solutions
New products include a same-day gross settlement service, data products and trade monitoring and reporting tools.
Big xyt Launches Cloud Platform Spin-off Liquidity Cockpit
Platform provides interactive analytics for both dark and lit markets and tracks large-in-scale trading activity.
CDOs Elevate Weighty EDM Agendas
For financial firms, more data volumes and data-centric regulations mean a need for more chief data officers.
Bloomberg Preps Deeper Twitter Data Integration
Bloomberg will add data such as tweet volumes and sentiment corresponding to its market data.
Icap Bolsters QA Ops to Handle Data Growth
Broker ramps up technology and staff to address 'explosion of data.'
Velocimetrics Boosts Monitoring Capacity, Persistence
Improvements will make it easier for the platform to better monitor high-volume environments.
Vesel Readies Sector-Level Volume Data
The new functionality in Vesel's VolAxe IoI tool will allow buy-side firms and dealers to be more targeted in proposing trades.
Eris Exchange Updates Historical, Summary Data Downloads
The summary and historical data is freely available to anyone who wants to access it.
ETAS Panel: Future Analysis Needs Drive Clean, Fast Data
Panel weighs challenges of managing and analyzing anticipated future data volumes to gain insight.
Exegy Posts Canadian Data Peaks Portal
St. Louis, Mo.-based hardware ticker plant provider Exegy has launched a Canadian version of its MarketDataPeaks portal of historical peak data volumes, to provide financial firms investing in Canada with intraday market data rates to help inform…
S&P Real-Time Debuts FPGA OPRA Feed
The Real-Time Solutions division of S&P Capital IQ (formerly QuantHouse, prior to its acquisition by S&P in 2012) has unveiled QuantFeed FPGA for OPRA, a hardware-accelerated version of its consolidated datafeed that delivers additional processing power…