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Breakfast Briefing
entitled, Stop the pauses: How to win the latency versus volume battle, where the issue of latency and how it impacts a firm's trading and risk management performance was discussed. Generally, the faster an organisation is able to complete its compute…
Users undecided on Thomson-Reuters deal
User organisations are undecided in their response to the proposed takeover of Reuters by Thomson Corporation, although positives likely to result from the merger include low product overlap and the combined entity's ability to take on rival Bloomberg…
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Telekurs to Merge with SWX, SIS
The SWX Swiss Exchange is expected to combine elements of its data infrastructure with those of data vendor and payment services provider Telekurs Group under plans for a three-way merger announced by the exchange last week that also incorporates…
Xinhua Growth Prompts Shared Group
Xinhua Finance last week announced the creation of a shared services group designed to meet the strategic development needs of the Shanghai-based vendor and its Xinhua Finance Media (XFM) subsidiary, which distributes Xinhua's content via various…
Reuters Board, Analysts OK Thomson Deal
Analysts last week reacted positively to Thomson Corp.'s proposed takeover of Reuters, saying that the deal should enable the combined vendor to offer more competitive products and pricing structures to compete against market leader Bloomberg.
Vendors Await 'Yes' Decision
Project Yes, an initiative devised by a consortium of continental European banks to rival trade reporting utility Project Boat, is expected to begin selecting vendor partners to provide data and technology support for its planned services by the end of…
Users Wary of Thomson-Reuters Deal
Market data professionals last week expressed caution over the proposed takeover of Reuters by Thomson Corp., but cited low product overlap and the combined entity's ability to take on rival Bloomberg as positive aspects of the deal.
Trading-Floor Synergies for Thomson, Reuters?
NEW YORK—Although the recently announced acquisition of Reuters by Thomson Corp. may lead to consolidation in market data distribution, industry insiders tell DWT that they expect to see the proposed merger leading to new synergies on the trading floor.