Inside Market Data - Vol 25 No 25
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Activ Preps Frankfurt Datacenter
Chicago-based market data and technology provider Activ Financial is to offer its clients direct connectivity to Deutsche Börse, via a new datacenter facility based in Frankfurt run by datacenter operator and hosting services provider Equinix.
Chi-X Enlists Thomson Reuters for Euro Data
Pan-European equity multilateral trading facility Chi-X Europe has implemented low-latency, direct exchange datafeeds sourced from Thomson Reuters-along with access to the vendor's consolidated pricing and reference data-to benchmark the quality of…
'Avenues' Calls For Centralized Data Utility to Combat MiFID Abuse
A UK-based group of specialist consultants dubbed the Alliance of Independent Advisors to Financial Markets-or Avenues-has called for the creation of a centralized utility to create a pan-European "consolidated tape" of market data from European…
Data Volumes Buck Trading Decline in US, Europe
Derivatives market data volumes in the US and Europe have continued to hit new peaks, despite a decline in derivatives trading in the US and Europe during 2009-although higher derivatives trading in Asia-Pacific resulted in flat trading volume growth…
Redline Preps InRush Ticker Expansion
Woburn, Mass.-based ticker plant vendor Redline Trading Solutions is preparing to expand the capabilities of its hardware-accelerated InRush ticker plant with support for more exchange feeds, higher-bandwidth connectivity and more functionality around…
Algo Tech Readies Low-Latency Feeds
The new venture of Hirander Misra, former chief operating officer of pan-European multilateral trading facility Chi-X, plans to launch ultra-low-latency market data services by this summer, as part of a suite of services including smart order-routing and…
Icap Taps WHSS for Garban Feed Migration
Interdealer broker Icap has enlisted New York-based remote systems monitoring and support provider West Highland Support Services to assist clients migrating to Icap's new IP-based datafeed from its legacy Garban feed, which the broker plans to retire…
Greenline Bundles FIX Monitoring, Latency Tools
Greenline Financial Technologies will this week unveil a revamped version of the latency monitoring software it acquired last year from defunct software house Trading Metrics ( IMD , Jan. 4), with the new name of Latency Monitor.
Alacra Eyes Macro Algorithmic Data
Online business information provider Alacra is developing a database of macroeconomic data and commentary covering currencies and commodities for use by traders as an input into automated trading strategies in the equity markets.
Opening Cross: Getting a Head Start
We make a big deal about speed and latency these days, but it's worth remembering the adage that power is nothing without control-and specifically, in capital markets, speed is nothing without the best data and smartest strategies behind it to give you a…
