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FSMLabs Debuts ‘Lightweight’ Time-Sync Appliance
Austin, Texas-based FSMLabs, a provider of time synchronization technologies for latency-sensitive trading firms, is rolling out a lightweight version of its TimeKeeper GrandMaster Clock hardware time synchronization appliance, to serve the needs of…
South Africa's McGregor BFA Buys I-Net Bridge
Cape Town-based financial data provider McGregor BFA has acquired fellow South African data vendor I-Net Bridge from Johannesburg-based publisher Times Media Group for 112.7 million rand ($11.1 million) to create an "unmatched" financial database of…
Exablaze Preps New NIC, 40GigE Support
Australian low-latency networking technology vendor Exablaze, a spin-off from highi-frequency trading firm Zomojo, is developing a stripped-down version of its ExaNIC network interface card, and is building support into its products for 40 Gigabit…
MarketPsych Unveils New Predictive Analytic Tools
Behavioral finance research and analysis provider MarketPsych has developed a new suite of tools that will enable investment banks, wealth managers, hedge funds and traders to understand market trends and extract value from its sentiment data.
OTCGH Sparks Electricity Forward Curves
EOX, the technology and data division of energy commodities broker consortium OTC Global Holdings, has launched a new Electricity Forward Curves market data product to support the investment and trading decisions of customers investing in the electricity…
OTP Fund Management Taps Charles River for Investment Management Solution
Hungary’s largest investment firm, OTP Fund Management, has implemented Charles River’s fully hosted Investment Management Solution (IMS) to streamline its multi-asset fund operations.
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…