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SIX Financial Information Adds APA Austrian News to iD Terminal
Swiss data vendor SIX Financial Information has added real-time news from Austrian news provider APA-Finance to its Telekurs iD desktop data, news and analysis terminal, as a free add-on for Austrian subscribers to its Wealth and Asset Management…
CFTC Gives CME SEF Approval
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a notice of temporary registration to operate as a swap execution facility (SEF) to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).
Hawaiian Investment Manager Goes Mobile with IPC
The Honolulu-based firm Scotty D Group has moved its traders to IPC's Unigy Pulse Mobile solution, complementing its existing connectivity provided through IPC Network.
Activ Unveils Version 2.0 of Data Platform
Low-latency market data provider Activ Financial will this week launch an optimized version of its market data distribution platform, dubbed Activ Content Platform (ACP) 2.0, with enhanced features including a new API and next-generation FPGA (field…
Corvil Adds Monitoring for Database Systems and Others
Corvil, a Dublin-based provider of operational performance monitoring, has debuted a new range of solutions for monitoring applications and services.
UL Bridge FIX 5.0 Compliant
Ullink, a Paris-based provider of connectivity and trading solutions, has made its UL Bridge connectivity platform compliant with FIX 5.0, the preferred communication protocol for swap execution facilities (SEFs).
Brownstone Investment Group Taps Martines for Munis Trading
The fixed income investment firm has hired Matthew Martines as new managing director for its municipal trading and electronic market-making units.
Aquis Exchange Gets FCA Approval to Operate as MTF
Pan-European trading exchange Aquis Exchange has received the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approval to operate as a multilateral trading facility (MTF).
Liquity Names Director of Operations and Technology
Private equity marketplace Liquity has appointed Julian Jaffe director of operations and technology to design and pilot the company’s technology strategy.
Eze Software Integrates Markit’s TCA Tools
UK-based data provider Markit has announced the integration of its Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) product into Eze Software’s order management system (OMS) to provide users of its Eze OMS with a seamless access to pre- and post-trade analytics.
Markit Adds TCA Analytics to Eze OMS
Buy-side order management system vendor Eze Software is making transaction cost analysis capabilities from UK-based data vendor Markit available to clients of its Eze OMS, to allow users to vice pre-trade forecasts-covering the market impact nad…
SmartTrade Launches New FX-Focused OMS
SmartTrade Technologies has recently launched its next generation of Order Management System (OMS), focused on foreign exchange (FX).
Quincy Data Sets Up Weehawken PoP
Oakland, Calif.-based low-latency connectivity and market data provider Quincy Data has established a point of presence in Savvis’ NJ2 datacenter in Weehawken, New Jersey to provide firms co-located in the facility with ultra-low-latency futures data via…
National Bank Financial Deploys NovaSparks FPGAs
Canadian investment bank National Bank Financial, a subsidiary of the National Bank of Canada, has rolled out French data technology provider NovaSparks' FPGA Matrix feed handler framework─which delivers deterministic "wire-to-memory" and order book…
Xignite Taps Nasdaq FinQloud to ‘Accelerate’ Data Cloud Adoption
San Mateo, Calif.-based on-demand data provider Xignite has migrated its entire web services data infrastructure to Nasdaq OMX’s FinQloud hybrid financial services-dedicated cloud computing environment, to accelerate cloud acceptance and adoption among…
Redline Preps Asian Feeds, HK Presence
Woburn, Mass.-based low-latency ticker plant vendor Redline Trading Solutions is adding support for datafeeds from Asian exchanges, and has established an office in Hong Kong to provide technical support to clients in the region.
Thomson Reuters to Retire 3000 Xtra
Thomson Reuters has notified customers that it plans to withdraw support for its Reuters 3000 Xtra legacy market data desktop terminal after Dec. 31, 2013, and has begun the process of decommissioning the platform’s corresponding services and local…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: The Winners & Write-ups
Buy-Side Technology is pleased to announce the winners of the seventh annual Buy-Side Technology Awards. The Awards were held earlier today, Nov. 1, at the Waldorf Hilton in London. The guest of honor was former England rugby union international Will…
Tradeweb Revamps Retail Fixed Income With BondDesk Buy
Tradeweb Markets, a builder and operator of fixed income and derivatives marketplaces, has completed the acquisition of BondDesk Group, a provider of retail fixed income wealth management and trading technology, which Tradeweb purchased in September.
Mongolia's ResCap Securities Live on NRI/Omnesys/GII Platform
Nomura Research Institute's Financial Technologies India (NRI FT India) division has partnered with Omnesys Technologies and Global Investment Initiative (GII) to build and modernize financial and trading infrastructure in the Mongolian marketplace via a…
BATS Enlists Interactive Data for Low-Cost Data Terminals
US exchange operator BATS Global Markets has launched two new desktop data and analytics workstations, developed in conjunction with Interactive Data and based on the vendor's own terminal products, utilizing BATS' free-of-charge equities data.
Asia-Pacific Stock Exchange Startup Readies Data, Research Ahead of Launch
The Asia-Pacific Stock Exchange (APX), a new Sydney, Australia-based exchange that will list equities in Chinese and Australian companies, will begin rolling out a suite of data services with an emphasis on news and fundamental research, when it launches…
Nanospeed Readies FPGAs for Asia, Europe
London-based startup hardware provider Nanospeed, which this week launched its Nano-TG ultra-low-latency trading gateway for US equities and options markets, is now developing support for a number of additional Asian and European markets in response to…
South African CSDs Create Collateral Management Industry Forum
South African central securities depository (CSD) Strate, and Deutsche Börse’s Clearstream international CSD have announced the creation of a Collateral Management Industry Forum for the South African financial market.