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IPC, TeleWare Announce Mobile Compliance Alliance
Jersey City-based IPC Systems, a provider of trading communication technology, and T-Ware Connect, the North American arm of global call compliance technology provider TeleWare Group, have announced an alliance that will offer capital markets firms in…
Perfect Info Bows Filings Expert, Puts Emphasis on Simplified Search
UK-based Perfect Information, a provider of company and financial data, has released a new web-based interface dubbed Filings Expert that makes it easier for analysts, lawyers, and mergers and acquisitions or equity and debt capital markets professionals…
NYSE Preps Standalone Amex, Arca Complex Order Book Options Feeds
NYSE Euronext will break out complex order book data for its NYSE Amex Options and NYSE Arca Options markets into two standalone and separately-billable and -reportable datafeeds, NYSE Amex Options COB and NYSE Arca Options COB, from May 1.
TradeTech Paris: Mind the Gap
The annual TradeTech event taking place in Paris has triggered a lot of debate, ranging from the legitimacy of high-frequency trading (HFT) practices, to the need for accurate and reliable Transaction-Cost Analysis (TCA) tools and the future of dark-pool…
Rimes Promotes Larzillière to President, France
Benchmark and economic data provider Rimes Technologies has appointed Renaud Larzillière the new president of its Paris office.
SIX Redesigns iD Terminal
SIX Financial Information has released version 8.8 of its Java-based Telekurs iD market data display, in an effort to make the terminal easier and more intuitive to navigate for end-users.
Vendors Reject "Unworkable" Euribor Data Policy
Market data vendors have expressed dissatisfaction with international interest rate-setting association Euribor-EBF's (European Banking Federation) new commercial model--which introduces fees for real-time Euribor rates for the first time, and…
Portware Connects to Equinix’s New York Datacenter
Trading technology provider Portware has connected its trading platform to Equinix’s New York International Business Exchange (IBX) datacenter.
Charles River Adds Constituent-level Benchmark Data
The Charles River Data Service is collecting constituent-level benchmark data and feeding it into the company's investment management system.
BBH Enhances Collateral Management with CME Clearing
Private bank Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) says it will now support CME Clearing's fourth interest earning facility (IEF4) program, which helps futures commission merchants (FCMs) optimize margin deployment for listed and cleared OTC swaps.
JSE Preps Co-Lo Center
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange will open a co-location center on its premises in May, to reduce network latency for clients from 2,400 microseconds at present to about 100 microseconds, officials say.
Icap Taps Perseus for Brazil Data, Trading Link
Interdealer broker Icap has engaged low-latency fiber and microwave network provider Perseus Telecom to provide infrastructure to carry market data and trade order flow between its New York operations and Brazil and other countries in Latin America, in…
EuroCCP Completes EMCF Integration
EuroCCP has announced that the consolidation of businesses following its merger with EMCF has completed.
Polish CCP Gains Emir Authorization
KDPW_CCP, Poland's primary clearing house, has satisfied the requirements of its national regulators for authorization under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (Emir).
SIA-Colt Wins Deutsche Bundesbank T2S Tender
SIA and Colt have announced that Deutsche Bundesbank will connect to the Target2-Securities (T2S) platform through the vendors' value-added network (VAN).
cPacket Enlists Newgen in Australasia
Mountain View, Calif.-based network monitoring technology provider cPacket Networks has appointed network and IT monitoring and consulting company Newgen Systems as its integration partner in Australia and New Zealand.
Sussman Jumps to Liquidnet, Ready to Enter HFT Debate
Liquidnet has announced that Adam Sussman will join as its head of market structure and liquidity partnerships.
Wall Street Network Solutions Gets Another IXnet Vet
Low-latency network provider Wall Street Network Solutions has hired John Faccibene as senior vice president of enterprise solutions to support the vendor's global expansion, officials say.
IRS Fills In Fatca Details
The US Internal Revenue Service has issued a final form for filing under the foreign tax withholding regulation, completed more agreements with foreign entities to enforce the rules and extended a key registration deadline to April 12
Infrastructure Provider Adapt Appoints CCO, Sales and Marketing Director
UK-based managed infrastructure and co-location services provider Adapt has appointed Tom Needs as chief commercial officer and Scotty Morgan as sales and marketing director.
N+1 Singer Takes Torstone Inferno
UK broker N+1 Singer has signed a multi-year deal to use Torstone Technology's Inferno product, the vendor has announced.
Wolters Kluwer Updates Reporting Capabilities for Austrian Requirements
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services has used the software of the Svenson business it acquired last year to make updates necessitated by changes to Austrian reporting requirements
FTSE TMX JV Buys MTS Indexes
FTSE TMX Global Debt Capital Markets--a joint venture between FTSE Group and TMX Datalinx, the information services division of Canadian exchange TMX Group--has bought the indexes business of MTS, the London Stock Exchange-majority owned electronic fixed…
Direct FX Taps First Derivatives to Deliver FX Rates, Trading to CQG Clients
Australian foreign exchange broker Direct FX is rolling out Newry, Northern Ireland-based software and consulting services First Derivatives' Delta Flow product to provide FX rates and order management capabilities to clients of US market data and…