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IEX Taps Savvis for Data Connectivity
US equity alternative trading system IEX Group has deployed its trading platform in datacenter and hosting provider Savvis' NJ2 facility in Weehawken, NJ, to provide access to its trading engine and market data to broker participants co-located in or…
MarketPrizm Connects to DGCX Data
MarketPrizm, the market data and trading infrastructure provider division of network provider Colt, is to offer low-latency market data from the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange, as well as access to trading connectivity on the United Arab Emirates…
Thomson Reuters Buys Kortes for Russian Commodities Data
Thomson Reuters has acquired Russian energy data provider Kortes to expand the level of insight into Russian commodities markets available on its Eikon desktop with the addition of Kortes' data and analytics on the Russian and CIS (Commonwealth of…
Pantor Hires Andersson for Sales, Marketing
Swedish software company Pantor Engineering, which helped develop the FIX (Financial Information eXchange) standard for trade communication, has hired Per Andersson as head of sales and marketing.
Former SunGard Exec Pedder Joins Wolters Kluwer
Clive Pedder has joined Wolters Kluwer Financial Services as managing director of the company's finance, risk and compliance business for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, after working as a senior executive at SunGard for the past four years
Savvis Datacenter to Host IEX's New ATS
IEX Group has selected Savvis’ flagship datacenter complex in Weehawken, New Jersey as the primary site of its new alternative trading system (ATS).
Fonetic Adds Voice Biometrics to Record Keeping Solution
Madrid-based Fonetic has integrated voice biometrics capabilities into its solution for Dodd-Frank Title VII mandates for voice and data record keeping, incorporating them into Dodd-Frank Trading Record Keeping Compliance solution.
Ruvo Quits Muni Data Vendor DPC
Roseland, NJ-based municipal bond data and disclosures provider DPC Data announced Wednesday, Nov 13 that Michael Ruvo has resigned his position as president, to take on an undisclosed "leadership opportunity with another company."
SuperDerivatives Taps JP Morgan Oil Exec
Derivatives pricing, data and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives has hired David Taban to head the firm's commodities and energy division.
Algomi Names Murray Head of European Sales
London-based fixed income technology provider Algomi has appointed Neil Murray head of European sales tasked with helping the vendor extend its client base.
Fixnetix Begins Asia-Pac Push with Equinix Global Partnership Deal
UK-based low-latency data and trading infrastructure provider Fixnetix and datacenter provider Equinix have signed a global partnership agreement to "promote and extend" the availability of Fixnetix's datafeeds within Equinix's global financial services…
ETRE Taps SunGard to Power REIT Data-Trading Platform
Startup real estate investment trust trading platform provider ETRE Financial is using a suite of data and tools from financial IT giant SunGard to power its data and trading services, including SunGard's MarketMap datafeed, the SunGard Global Network…
Kheradpir Bolts Barclays for Juniper; Barclays CCO Sants Steps Down
Shaygan Kheradpir is leaving Barclays, where he served as the bank's chief operations officer and chief technology officer, to take over as the CEO of Juniper Networks.
NorthPoint’s Upgraded Portfolio Management System Targets Price Master, Reporting
Software and services provider NorthPoint Financial has released version 2.0 of its NorthPoint Enhanced Portfolio Management (EPM) System.
New Kurdistan Exchange Gets Help from Nasdaq
The Erbil Stock Exchange (ESX), located in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq, will be powered by Nasdaq OMX’s X-stream trading technology. X-stream will provide ESX with a solution to trade equities and debt instruments, and position ESX to…
Edgar Online Eyes ‘Rebirth' of Data Biz with Mashery APIs
Filings and company data provider Edgar Online is seeking to open up its content to a new audience of end-users and application developers, by enlisting integration software vendor Mashery to build custom APIs (application program interfaces) around its…
Apcon Releases TS-Associates Compatible Time-Stamping Blade
Portland, Oregon-based network monitoring switch technology provider Apcon's Intellaflex 36-port, 1/10-gigabit time stamping aggregator blade is now compatible with UK-based latency monitoring technology provider TS-Associates' Precision Instrumentation…
Nittan Capital Opts for GFI's Fenics Pro
Tokyo-headquartered interdealer broker Nittan Capital has deployed London-based interdealer broker GFI's Fenics Professional pricing and risk management system for foreign exchange options in its Singapore and Hong Kong operations to improve workflow…
RavenPack Crows About Expanded Coverage
Spanish news sentiment analysis provider RavenPack has added more than 22,000 new sources of news and opinion from the online editions of newspapers, journals and trade magazines, as well as specialist financial news sites and blogs to its RavenPack News…
Obama Chooses Massad for CFTC Chairmanship
The president today will nominate assistant treasury secretary Timothy Massad for the role soon to be vacated by incumbent Gary Gensler.
Nittan Capital Chooses Fenics for FX Options Risk and Pricing
Nittan Capital, an Asia-Pac interdealer broker specializing in derivatives, has deployed Fenics Professional, a pricing and risk management system for FX options, in its Singapore and Hong Kong offices.
American Financial Technology Awards 2013: All the Finalists
The following firms, projects, teams and individuals have made the shortlists of the 16 categories that make up this year's American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) 2013. The awards are scheduled to take place on the evening of December 9 in New York…
New Equities ATS to use Verdande for Surveillance
IEX, a US equities alternative trading system (ATS) launched on Oct. 25, is using the VTEdge case-based reasoning (CBR) platform from Norway-based Verdande Technology for operational surveillance of trading activity.
Interactive Data Dials PrimeTerminal Mobile App for Apple, Android
Interactive Data’s Managed Solutions division has developed a mobile application to accompany its PrimeTerminal data workstation, to enable customers to access the platform via Apple or Android smartphones and tablet devices while away from their desks.