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Rapid Addition Partners with DET Technologies
As part of a partnership between London-based technology provider Rapid Addition and Prague-based trading platform support specialists DET Technologies, Rapid Addition’s RA-Cheetah FIX engine will support DET Technologies’ flagship DET Hub.
Burton Taylor Forecasts Data Demand Drop in 2015
Growth in demand for market data and analysis is expected to contract─though not decrease─next year, despite a hitherto positive trend that saw global spend on market data and analysis rise 1.1 percent over 2012 to $25.88 billion at the end of 2013,…
Moscow Exchange Taps Fincad for OTC Analytics
The Moscow Exchange has rolled out Vancouver-based over-the-counter deriveatives pricing and risk management software vendor Fincad's F3 Platform to allow quantitative analysts and credit officers at member trading firms to perform risk analysis, compute…
REDI Buys, Integrates BAML's InstaQuote EMS
Execution management system (EMS) provider REDI Global Technologies has completed its year-long acquisition of BofA Merill Lynch's multi-asset InstaQuote platform, clients, and personnel.
Moscow Exchange Uses Fincad F3 for Trading and Clearing
The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has chosen Vancouver-based Fincad’s F3 Platform to support its over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trading and clearing services.
Growth in Reference Data Spend to Exceed Most Data Products, Survey Predicts
Research by Burton-Taylor International Consulting forecasts spend on reference data will increase more than most data product types in 2014/15, but highlights overall pessimism about the future
CFD Platform CeFDex Adds NetDania Charts
German contracts for difference (CFDs) market maker and technology provider CeFDex has incorporated the charting package of Danish financial software provider NetDania into its trading platform, the companies said on Wednesday, announcing that three…
Genscape Grows Ship-Tracking Network
Energy supply data provider Genscape has expanded its VesselTracker shipping tracking and monitoring network with the addition of 436 new AIS (Automatic Identification System) antennas, allowing the vendor to more accurately collect information on ship…
Wexford Capital Expands SS&C Relationship
Greenwich, Connecticut-based Wexford Capital has selected SS&C GlobeOp to provide an expanded suite of services including middle- and back-office, regulatory reporting and investor solutions for Wexford’s private equity funds and hedge funds.
Euronext, SunGard Ally for Volatility Data Service
European exchange group Euronext has partnered with SunGard to create a new Equity and Index Volatility Data service to provide customers with volatility data covering equity and indexes globally, including the CAC 40, DAX30, S&P 500 and FTSE 100.
Morningstar Research, Ratings Live on Bloomberg
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar has made its proprietary equity research and stock and credit ratings available via Bloomberg's Professional terminals, to provide institutional investors with actionable insight on stocks…
Object Trading Gets Data Net Vet Peck
Trading technology and data platform provider Object Trading has appointed Des Peck as new business sales executive in Europe, responsible for leading the company's sales and development.
Meriten Signs for Charles River
Düsseldorf, Germany-based Meriten Investment Management has gone live with Charles River's Investment Management System (IMS), the vendor announced today.
Crédit Agricole Deploys Solace Appliances for Low-Latency Data
Crédit Agricole's Corporate and Investment Bank is rolling out data routing appliances from hardware-based messaging technology vendor Solace Systems to provide a low-latency data distribution backbone for its foreign exchange, rates and bonds trading…
S&P Cap IQ Joins Markit Collaboration Services Network
McGraw Hill Financial-owned S&P Capital IQ has become the latest vendor to join Markit Collaboration Services, the open messaging network initiative that allows financial professionals to communicate and share information across communication platforms.
SunGard Adds Cross-Asset Risk and Margin Solution to Front Arena
SunGard has added a cross-asset risk and margin solution to its Front Arena flagship product, to provide brokers and futures commission merchants (FCMs) with a real-time way of measuring risk, exposure and margin requirements across entire portfolios.
MainstreamBPO Selects Gresham for Reconciliations
Sydney-based fund administrator MainstreamBPO has chosen Gresham Computing's Client Transaction Control (CTC) platform to handle reconciliations operations.
Millistream Adds Oslo Derivatives Feed
Swedish market data provider Millistream is rolling out a new feed of derivatives data from Oslo Bors, in response to demand from firms in Norway and Sweden trying to improve their trading strategies.
Aequitas Exchange to Host at Q9 Datacenters
Aequitas Innovations has selected Toronto-based Q9 Networks to host production, test and disaster recovery infrastructure for its Neo Exchange, which is expected to become operational in the Canadian market in early 2015.
Citihub Moves Scher to New Toronto Office
IT advisory firm Citihub Consulting has opened a new office in Toronto at 140 Yonge Street, and has relocated associate partner Greg Scher from New York to lead client engagements from the new office and better support Citihub's "growing base of…
Liquidnet Settles SEC Case for Improper Use of Customer Data
Dark pool operator Liquidnet on Friday agreed to pay a $2 million fine to settle a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charge that the New York-based brokerage improperly used subscribers' confidential trading information in marketing its…
OpenGamma Hires LCH Clearnet's Ait Si Brahim
Open-source risk management and analytics software vendor OpenGamma has made a number of new hires in its London office to support development of the margining platform it launched in November that aggregates data from different sources to support…
Celoxica and Born Technology Pair on Low-Latency CME Access
Celoxica and Born Technology have entered a partnership to provide low-latency access to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) aimed at institutional investors.
Celoxica, Born Tech Offer Low-Latency CME Data
UK-based low-latency market data vendor Celoxica and US high-speed trading network supplier Born Technology have partnered to provide institutional traders with fast access to market data from CME Group.