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Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange Forced to Close its Doors
The Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange (HKMEx) has handed back its trading license two years after opening, as the exchange is no longer able to meet required regulatory financial conditions.
Qbeats Preps ‘Dynamic’ Pay-Per-View News
Startup will offer a mix of free, subscription and pay-per-view news, initially covering foreign exchange and commodities.
ConvergEx Launches Tax Solution for Brokers
ConvergEx Prime Services, the company's prime brokerage unit, has released Tax Optimizer, which will allow users to better understand their tax liabilities.
Morningstar Preps Web Services Expansion; Adds Alerts, History, Depth, News
Broadened content options in Web Services delivery mechanism will provide an alternative to datafeeds for supplying web-based applications with data.
CLS AS Adds Mizuho Corporate Bank
Mizuho Corporate Bank has joined the CLS Aggregation Service (CLS AS), operated by CLS Group and Traiana, for trade compression in the foreign exchange (FX) market.
Tick Data Bought Out by Management, VC
Former Penson data business is sold to management team and ex-Pension execs by Desjardins brokerage subsidiary.
Energy Specialist Denham Capital Live on iLevel
The $7 billion private equity firm, which funds both traditional and alternative energy investments, now uses iLevel's turnkey solution for collecting data, tracking portfolio company valuation, and producing performance reporting.
South Korean Fragmentation Pushes Koscom to Turn to SmartTrade for Smart Order Routing
Koscom, a Seoul-based solutions provider, has selected the Liquidity Management System (LMS) from Paris-based SmartTrade to offer aggregation and smart order routing to their clients.
Trading Technologies Connects to Nasdaq OMX's NLX
The new link to Nasdaq's London-based derivatives market will allow TT's clients to trade in short- and long-term interest rate futures products denominated in either sterling or euro.
Goldman Sachs Eyes Internal Messaging Services
After the discovery that Bloomberg's reporting staff were monitoring information from terminals—including JPMorgan's $6 billion “London Whale” trading debacle last year—Goldman Sachs is reportedly considering reduced reliance on the ubiquitous market…
GoldenSource Implements FIBO Standard
The enterprise data management software vendor says it can help its clients improve clarity and efficiency by combining the semantic standard with the physical data it holds
Arialytics Unveils New Analytics Platform
Rye, NY-based analytics vendor Arialytics has launched Aria, a new investment discovery platform that will allow analysts to cull vast quantities of data to find investment opportunities.