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CMS Webview Considers Liquidation
UK-based ticker plant and market data technology vendor CMS Webview may be forced to fold later this month when shareholders vote on whether to place the vendor in voluntary liquidation, after failing to make new sales of its TDI ticker plant software.
FISD Sets Up Data Piracy Committee
Industry association FISD has established a committee to address the worsening problem of market data piracy, which leaves data providers unable to compete in countries where piracy is rampant.
Exchanges Rally Against Anti-Fee Campaign
The issue of a petition by Internet interest group NetCoalition to block the imposition of fees for certain market data products by exchanges was raised during testimony of Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Christopher Cox before the House…
Acquire Media Buys NewsEdge as Thomson Continues Divestments
Acquire Media, a Roseland, NJ-based provider of news distribution and management systems, is hoping to expand its potential customer base as the result of buying the NewsEdge consolidated news service from Thomson Corp. for an undisclosed sum last week.
MicrocapTrade Re-brands, Expands
MicrocapTrade, a Montreal-based provider of data on micro and small-cap stocks, is expanding its coverage to include larger and international markets, and is changing its name to reflect the new, expanded focus.
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Users, Exchanges Weigh Data Volume Issues
Exchanges and user firms are still grappling with capacity issues to handle the flood of increasing market data, according to panel discussions at recent industry events in New York.
Let the Games Begin
This week, most North American financial technologists will descend on the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan for the annual rite of passage: the Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association's (Sifma's) Technology Management Conference and…
Q-Wixx Targets CDS Data Transparency
Q-Wixx, a new credit derivatives trading platform created by interdealer broker Creditex and a number of bank partners, will improve price discovery for trading lists of single-name credit default swaps (CDSs) by automating the process of gathering…
Penny-Options Strategies Slow Growth
Following the success of quote mitigation strategies by US options exchanges to manage the anticipated growth in market data from the Securities and Exchange Commission's pilot phase of quoting options in penny increments, exchanges and observers are now…
Pivot Preps Integrated "360 Workspace"
Pivot Solutions, developer of the IMTrader FIX-enabled trader messaging system, will unveil a new strategy to reposition itself as an "institutional-strength collaboration vehicle" at the upcoming SIFMA Technology Management conference, according to…