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Thomson Reuters Steps into DMA with Aegisoft Buy
NEW YORK-Thomson Reuters has filled out its trading platform portfolio with the recent acquisition of execution management system (EMS) provider Aegisoft.
Skyler Shifts Development Ops to London
Concord, Calif.-based tick database and data technology provider Skyler Technology is shifting its base of operations to London, including all of its software development and support functions, in a bid to reap cost benefits and to be closer to a major…
Bond MTF Vega-Chi Set to Go Live
LONDON-European convertible bond traders will have a new source of liquidity as the Vega-Chi multilateral trading facility (MTF) commences trading on Feb. 17, according to MTF officials.
Morningstar Reorganizes Real-Time Support
Chicago-based vendor Morningstar has reorganized the support operations of its Real-Time division-formed following its acquisition of Tenfore Systems in 2008-to provide centralized support for the vendor's global data acquisition and distribution…
Pragma Establishes Crossing ATS
NEW YORK-Quantitative trading services provider Pragma Securities recently launched Onecross, a multi-benchmark alternative trading system (ATS) and dark crossing network that allows traders to pair off on market-on-open and market-on-close orders,…
CME Eyes Index Products with Dow Buy
CME Group plans to create new indexes and financial products based on its exchange-traded and over-the-counter data assets, and will leverage CME's data distribution network to expand the index products' reach, following its $607.5 million purchase of 90…
Microsoft SQL Server to Gain Native CEP
NEW YORK-Software giant Microsoft expects to include its complex-event processing (CEP) platform as a standard feature in the next release of its Microsoft SQL Server line, due out before the end of the second quarter, DWT has learned.
Atrium, Chi-X Prep Canada Exchange Ring
Alternative trading system Chi-X Canada and network service provider Atrium Network are finalizing a low-latency one-Gigabit network that will offer connectivity to the five main displayed liquidity venues for trading Canadian equities.
Colt Enters PaaS, IaaS Provider Space
PALO ALTO, CALIF.-European telecom provider Colt plans to offer financial services and other clients the ability to deploy and manage enterprise applications across physical, virtual and compute cloud infrastructures, vendor officials announced today,…
Vendors Roll Out LSE UK Bond Market Data
Market data terminal providers serving the retail stockbroking and advisory market in the UK and Ireland have begun displaying real-time fixed-income data from the Retail Bond Market launched by the London Stock Exchange last week, officials tell Inside…
Nasdaq Migrates Feeds to Nordic Inet
Nasdaq OMX's Nordic markets will go live on the exchange's Inet trading platform this Monday, Feb. 8, to provide a high-frequency marketplace for stocks listed on the Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen and Iceland stock exchanges, which includes configuring…
Telekurs to Bundle Mobile iD
SIX Telekurs will include free access to its mobile data application for most user packages in version 8.3 of its Telekurs iD desktop data display, which is scheduled for release in the coming months ( IMD , Nov. 23, 2009).
29West Readies Easy-Change JMS API, Migration Team
Chicago-based messaging middleware provider 29West is building a new consulting arm, dubbed the API Migration Services Group, to make it easier for clients with existing data infrastructures to migrate applications and services from their current…
Nordic, Baltic Exchanges Make Switch to Inet
STOCKHOLM-Global exchange operator Nasdaq OMX has started running the Nordic and Baltic markets on its Inet matching engine beginning today, Feb. 8, in order to lower cost "substantially" and to woo more high-frequency traders to the Nordic region,…
Calypso Makes Regulatory Update to Workstation
SAN FRANCISCO-Calypso recently released an upgraded version of its front-office system, Calypso Workstation, version 11.1, to account for U.K. Financial Services Authority (FSA) liquidity regulations that took effect in December 2009.
Sell Side: Trading Venue Diversity Increasing
LONDON-As European markets and their regulators struggle to balance market liquidity with transparency, industry participants expect liquidity fragmentation to rise as the types of trading venues continue to diversify.
Sybase Buys Aleri to Broaden CEP Play, Target New Markets
Sybase last week confirmed its takeover of technology and staff from complex event processing vendor Aleri, to bolster its own offering and enable the IT giant to expand its CEP business into new markets beyond financial markets.
Fator Taps Apama for Algo Trading
Brazilian bank and brokerage Banco Fator Corretora has rolled out technology from Progress Apama to support development of algorithmic trading strategies by the firm and its clients for trading on Brazilian exchange group BM&F Bovespa, officials tell…
LSE Sets Roadmap for Millennium Exchange
LONDON-LSE Group, operator of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), has prepared the migration roadmap for its new Millennium Exchange platform, which is slated to go live Sept. 13, according to a document obtained by DWT .