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There is a growing trend towards migrating data analyst positions to low-cost locations, but some companies have found alternative models to meet requirements for data quality and cost-efficiency. Tine Thoresen speaks to Kingland Systems' David Kingland…
Bats Set to Enhance Sponsored Access
KANSAS CITY, MO.-Bats Global Markets is working on improvements to its sponsored access tools for its U.S.-based Bats Exchange, as well as its European multilateral trading facility (MTF) Bats Europe, according to Bats officials.
GTX Girds for Algo Trading Traffic
NEW YORK-Gain Capital, operator of the GTX foreign exchange (FX) ECN, expects to see an uptick in algorithmic trading as complex event processing (CEP) platform provider StreamBase Systems announced the availability of a GTX adapter for the vendor's CEP…
FTSE, SSE Settle Index Data Dispute
Index provider FTSE and the Shanghai Stock Exchange last week announced they have reached a settlement agreement over unauthorized use of SSE's data by the FTSE Xinhua Index (a joint venture between FTSE and Xinhua Finance) in the creation of futures…
Fidessa Preps Toronto Datacenters to Meet Canada Demand
London-based market data and trading technology vendor Fidessa is in the early stages of setting up two datacenters in Toronto to meet demand for market data from its Canadian clients, and to provide a local connectivity hub for sourcing and distributing…
Exegy Taps 29West for Data Distribution
St. Louis, Mo.-based hardware ticker plant provider Exegy has integrated its ticker plant with Chicago-based 29West's LBM (Latency Busters Messaging) messaging middleware to create a combined low-latency data platform that can distribute data to…
Brokers Add TRACE Agency Data
Online bond trading platforms and brokers last week rolled out market data on US agency bonds sourced from regulator FINRA's TRACE (Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine) feed, which, since last Monday, March 1, requires broker-dealers to report primary…
Orc Spins Off FIX Subsidiary
STOCKHOLM-Electronic trading platform and connectivity provider Orc Software recently spun off its FIX business unit into a new subsidiary, according to vendor officials.
MTS Preps Non-Display Data Policy
Bond trading platform EuroMTS is introducing a new license and fees for use of its market data in non-display applications, such as for calculating derived values or for algorithmic trading.
Alpha ATS Set for Engine Update
TORONTO-Operators of Canadian alternative trading system (ATS) Alpha ATS plan to roll out the latest version of the TradExpress matching engine from exchange technology provider Cinnober sometime in the second half of the year, Alpha officials tell DWT .
Thomson Vets Launch Algo News Venture
Selerity, a start-up run by Thomson Reuters' former director of quantitative news and other former Thomson executives, will this week unveil version 1.0 of the Selerity Platform, a suite of tools and data for identifying, capturing and analyzing real…
Equinix Enlists West Highland for Co-Lo Support
Datacenter and co-location operator Equinix is to offer clients hosted within its facilities around the world a new option for remote support of their systems, provided by New York-based remote systems monitoring and support provider West Highland…