Data Management
Landsbanki Deploys Infront Terminals
Icelandic banking group Landsbanki is rolling out data displays from Norwegian vendor Infront across its business lines in Iceland, and is negotiating an enterprise license to deploy the product in other regions, officials say.
Gliding on the Wind of Change
Having spent three years covering the US markets, last week's inaugural Amsterdam Financial Information Summit helped me better understand some of the differences-and similarities-between how the US and European markets are adapting to change.
The March of the MTFs
It was only a matter of time before the leading ECNs would turn their sights to the European market. Within the next six months, Bats Trading expects its London-based multilateral trading facility (MTF) to be up and running in London ( see story, this…
AXE Targets ASX With Free Data
The AXE ECN, a trading platform being set up by the New Zealand Exchange and major broker-dealers to compete with the Australian Securities Exchange, will waive fees for its market data at launch, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Vendors Respond to New Demands
Data providers are feeling the heat from rising data volumes, demand for lower latency and value-added services, as well as increased competition from new, niche providers and market venues, according to a panel of vendor executives.
Nasdaq OMX Readies European ITCH Feed
Nasdaq OMX will this month roll out a test version of a new datafeed that will carry market data from the exchange group's planned multilateral trading facility, dubbed Nasdaq OMX Pan-European Market, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Offshoring's Domestic Front
With recession fears and the U.S. dollar's decline, India's IT firms weigh increasing their focus on their local market.
Santander Plans Data 'Service Center'
Spanish banking group Santander is planning to create a global service center for IT and operations, covering market and reference data, to establish service benchmarks and define roadmaps for future data usage, officials say.
Turquoise Unveils Pricing, Test Schedule
European multilateral trading facility Turquoise last week unveiled preliminary fee levels that it plans to charge for its feed of quote and trade data, after a one-year fee waiver that will apply from when the trading venue goes live in August this year.
Pioneer Expands TheMarkets.com Rollout
Dublin-based asset manager Pioneer Investments plans to deploy TheMarkets.com's equity and fixed-income research platform for investment staff at offices in Eastern Europe, in an ongoing rollout of the vendor's platform as part of an internal research…
The Magic of Metrics
T Rajah, head of electronic trading and chief information officer at Hong Kong-headquartered CLSA, speaks to IRD about the importance of defining metrics and measuring the success of EDM activities