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SIX in Talks with European CSDs
Starts Connexor Online Editor Training
Preparing for Central Clearing
While the market is awaiting news of financial reform in the US, firms have started analyzing the potential impact of a move to central clearing of over-the-counter derivatives. The change in infrastructure would mean a growing need for automated…
Disproving Prejudices against Open Source
Misconceptions and prejudices against open source software, which can be used for ETL and data integration purposes, are unsupported and contradict everything open source stands for, says Talend's Bertrand Diard
Cadis
Launches Education and Certification Program for Clients and Partners
Cesr Publishes Consultation Paper
On Over-The-Counter Transaction Reporting, Assesses Markit Red Codes for CDS Deals
GA's Markit Stake Fuels Rumors of Bid for Interactive Data
Private equity firm General Atlantic acquired a 7.5 percent stake in UK-based data vendor Markit last week for $250 million, prompting some sources to suggest that the vendor could be considering a bid for Interactive Data Corporation, which earlier this…
Interactive Data Conflates NYSE Feed
Interactive Data has begun offering a reduced-bandwidth version of the New York Stock Exchange's Level 1 equity data feed via its PlusFeed consolidated feed service, to help clients save on the costs required to source and process the data.
CESR Chairman Wymeersch Calls for EU Consolidated Tape
The Committee of European Securities Regulators has joined calls for a pan-European "consolidated tape" of trade data that would consolidate executed prices from exchanges and multilateral trading facilities for stocks traded on multiple venues, to…
Progress Revamps Sales Teams
Progress Software, the parent company of complex event processing software vendor Apama, is in the midst of reorganizing its sales and support organizations to provide a "joined-up" sales strategy that enables the vendor to cross-market its diverse…
Fincad Adds Emerging Markets Data
Software provider Fincad has added interest rate curve data for Asian and South African currencies to its range of derivatives valuation and risk management products, and plans to add more Latin American and Asian data in future, to meet client demand…
StatPro Readies SaaS Analytics Platform
UK-based data and analytics vendor StatPro is preparing to launch a new analytics platform, dubbed StatPro Seven, which will employ software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology to provide end-of-day portfolio pricing, performance attribution and risk…
TXC Eyes Connectivity, Asset Class Expansion
Trading Cross Connects (TXC), an incubator and provider of trading technology for high-frequency foreign exchange traders, is building a hosting center in Tokyo that will provide trading firms with low-latency access to trading and market data from FX…
CME, ELX Continue EFF Donnybrook
NEW YORK-The regulatory fight between ELX Futures and the CME Group over prohibitions by the CME's Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) unit on execution of exchange of futures for futures (EFFs) witnessed another round.