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AMQP 1.0 Nears Completion
LONDON-The council governing the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP), an open-source business messaging protocol, will vote to finalize version 1.0 of the protocol when they convene at an AMQP conference on June 8 in San Diego, Calif.
DirectFN Targets MidEast Institutional Data
Dubai-based data provider DirectFN is targeting institutional investors and trading firms with a new desktop data display and datafeeds, in a bid to expand its client base both within and beyond the region.
Interactive Data Buyout Drives IT Integration
Interactive Data plans to accelerate a project to adopt a common technology platform for supporting the storage and distribution of its data products and services, following the vendor's acquisition last week by private equity firms Silver Lake and…
Fixnetix Launches FX Data Connectivity
UK-based low-latency data and trading technology vendor Fixnetix has rolled out a package of data and connectivity services for the foreign exchange markets, aimed at FX traders and market makers, as well as high-frequency trading firms trading FX as…
Thomson Reuters Readies ‘Insider' Info
Thomson Reuters will this week officially unveil its Reuters Insider multimedia platform, which will provide access to searchable video and text content from the vendor's proprietary news bureau, in addition to contributed content from more than 150…
Atrium Adds Nasdaq Stockholm PoP
Atrium Network has set up a Point of Presence (PoP) in the Stockholm-based datacenter where Nasdaq OMX offers co-located access to its Inet matching engine technology, to provide Atrium clients in London and Europe with low-latency access to the exchange…
Kohler Quits Icap to Head CMA
Antoine Kohler, head of information services at Icap, is leaving the interdealer broker to become chief executive of London-based derivatives data vendor Credit Market Analysis.
ICE Preps Low-Bandwidth TCP Datafeed
The IntercontinentalExchange has begun testing a new version of its TCP transport protocol-based Impact datafeed that delivers snapshots of market data, with prices netted at regular intervals and provided in batch updates, officials tell Inside Market…
RTS Eyes Broader Base for Russian Data
The RTS (Russian Trading System) Stock Exchange introduced a new commercial policy in April to provide discounts for retail investors subscribing to the exchange's real-time data, in a bid to broaden its customer base.
Hedgehogs Curls Up With MoneyScience
UK-based private equity firm Thematic Capital, which owns hedge fund information and networking community portal Hedgehogs.net, has acquired a majority stake in MoneyScience, a niche information portal that aggregates content for quantitative investors…
Winterflood Elects IFS as TCA Provider
LONDON-U.K. broker Winterflood Securities has begun using the LiquidMetrix transaction cost analysis (TCA) platform from London-based vendor Intelligent Financial Systems (IFS) to benchmark the performance of its Winner electronic market-making platform.
Markit Readies Enhanced ETF Data
UK-based data vendor Markit is launching a new set of exchange-traded fund data services, dubbed ETF Services, as a result of adding more content to its legacy ETF Hub feed product recently.
STAC to Expand Benchmarking Tools
The Securities Technology Analysis Center is modifying the test environment it uses to benchmark the performance of feed handlers, to enable clients to choose off-the-shelf latency measurement and time synchronization devices from multiple vendors for…
LSE Chief Urges Review of Data Regs
The European Commission should address the costs and inefficiencies associated with a fragmented European trading and market data landscape as part of its review this year of the current Markets in Financial Instruments Directive regulation, London Stock…
Icap Adds Japanese Data to TR Deal
Icap has extended its redistribution agreement with Thomson Reuters to allow clients to distribute market data from Totan Icap-a joint venture data provider formed by Icap and Japanese broker Totan Capital Markets-within their firms via Thomson Reuters'…