Inside Market Data - Vol 25 No 23
Articles in this issue
Brokers Add TRACE Agency Data
Online bond trading platforms and brokers last week rolled out market data on US agency bonds sourced from regulator FINRA's TRACE (Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine) feed, which, since last Monday, March 1, requires broker-dealers to report primary…
VWD: 'Think Global, Act Local'
German data vendor VWD Group is riding out the financial crisis by focusing on its core marketplace in Europe, while eyeing opportunities for expansion. Chief executive Edmund Keferstein tells Inside Market Data how he balances growth ambitions with…
Equinix Enlists West Highland for Co-Lo Support
Datacenter and co-location operator Equinix is to offer clients hosted within its facilities around the world a new option for remote support of their systems, provided by New York-based remote systems monitoring and support provider West Highland…
MTS Preps Non-Display Data Policy
Bond trading platform EuroMTS is introducing a new license and fees for use of its market data in non-display applications, such as for calculating derived values or for algorithmic trading.
Exegy Taps 29West for Data Distribution
St. Louis, Mo.-based hardware ticker plant provider Exegy has integrated its ticker plant with Chicago-based 29West's LBM (Latency Busters Messaging) messaging middleware to create a combined low-latency data platform that can distribute data to…
Fidessa Preps Toronto Datacenters to Meet Canada Demand
London-based market data and trading technology vendor Fidessa is in the early stages of setting up two datacenters in Toronto to meet demand for market data from its Canadian clients, and to provide a local connectivity hub for sourcing and distributing…
FTSE, SSE Settle Index Data Dispute
Index provider FTSE and the Shanghai Stock Exchange last week announced they have reached a settlement agreement over unauthorized use of SSE's data by the FTSE Xinhua Index (a joint venture between FTSE and Xinhua Finance) in the creation of futures…
GFI Readies Global Bond Data Service
London-based interdealer broker GFI plans to launch a global bond data product this spring, in response to client demand for more transparent fixed-income data, especially around pricing of illiquid bonds, officials say.
Thomson Vets Launch Algo News Venture
Selerity, a start-up run by Thomson Reuters' former director of quantitative news and other former Thomson executives, will this week unveil version 1.0 of the Selerity Platform, a suite of tools and data for identifying, capturing and analyzing real…
Bonds: Shaken, Not Stirred
After the credit crunch and ensuing financial crisis, bond trading is still attracting interest. According to FINRA, which last week added agency debt trade data to its TRACE feed, there is $6 billion in outstanding US corporate debt, and $3 billion in…
