Inside Market Data - Vol 23 No 24
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Sybase Integrates CEP Vendor Tools
Database vendor Sybase is preparing to launch a new technology platform targeted at addressing different data speed and throughput requirements of trading desks for different data types, such as streaming data, historic data and trade messages, within…
Edgar Online Adds Ratios, Plans White-Label Tools
Filings and company data provider Edgar Online has increased the number of ratios, for assessing companies' risk and identifying trends from figures in financial statements, within its I-Metrix product suite for viewing and filtering financial statement…
Turquoise Selects NeoNet for "Internal" Data
Bank-backed multilateral trading facility (MTF) Turquoise last week signed a deal with Swedish agency broker, data and technology vendor NeoNet to provide the pan-European equity market data that will drive Turquoise's trading platform.
Nasdaq Readies Sentiment Tool
Nasdaq OMX is beta-testing a tool for measuring market sentiment, dubbed Nasdaq Market Pathfinders, which tracks the number of "pathfinders" buying and selling volumes of a specific stock, pending Securities and Exchange Commission approval to formally…
Quant House Grows US Feeds, Ops
French low-latency data provider Quant House is planning to add to the range of US markets accessible via its feed handlers and QuantFeed low-latency feed, and to bolster its US presence with a Chicago office, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Pivot Preps $3M Expansion
Trade messaging and collaboration infrastructure technology provider Pivot has raised $3 million in new funding, to enable the vendor to expand its sales force and to fund development of new modules for its Pivot 360° platform, officials say.
STAC: 10GE Rivals InfiniBand
Tests conducted by the Securities Technology Analysis Center show high throughput and low latency for the Reuters Market Data System, when using 10-gigabit Ethernet switches and network cards from networking technology provider Teak Technologies.
LSE Issues New Borsa Feed Specs
The merged London Stock Exchange-Borsa Italiana has announced revised specifications for Borsa Italiana's MDF/DDM+ datafeed, which will distribute Italian equity market data from the LSE's TradElect electronic trading platform once the Italian exchange…
Opra Delays FAST Switchover
The Options Price Reporting Authority has delayed the date for clients to complete their migration to the bandwidth-reducing FAST (FIX Adapted for Streaming data) protocol, to give subscribers additional time for testing with the new format.
Traderforce Builds US Team, Mulls Direct Feeds
French data vendor Traderforce plans to bolster its US presence by setting up a sales and support office in New York alongside a local datacenter, and is also looking at sourcing direct datafeeds to support latency-sensitive clients in the region.
Bloomberg SID Move Raises Admin Concerns
Bloomberg clients may face increased administration when consolidating usage and invoice information for market data inventory management, following the vendor's apparent decision to stop granting new requests to customers wishing to access enterprise…
SWX Preps Non-Display Data Fees
Exfeed, the market data subsidiary of the SWX Swiss Exchange, plans to roll out a new data licensing policy on July 1 that will introduce charges for use of the exchange's real-time data in non-display applications.
The Case For Scrutinizing the Scrutinizers
No doubt there were more than a few wry grins-or even cries of jubilation-in the financial markets when New York governor Eliot "Ness" Spitzer resigned last week after being caught spending a fortune on high-priced call girls. The former scourge of Wall…