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StreamBase unveils order execution strategies for high-frequency trading
StreamBase Systems, the Lexington, MA-based provider of complex event processing (CEP) technology has released a new library of order execution trading strategies supporting high-frequency trading initiatives.
Pricing Partners boosts calibration with Simplex
Pricing Partners, the Paris- based provider of mathematical models and analytics for derivatives and structured products, has implemented Simplex, a new optimisation technique, into its Price-it Library to enhance its calibration power.
Third Rome live with Triple'A Plus
Third Rome, a financial advisor specialising in wealth management services for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals of Russian origin, is in production after a three-month Accenture-managed implementation with Triple'A Plus from Odyssey…
Month in Numbers
"A growing trend in the industry involves managers and traders using pre-trade analysis to not only select algorithms but also as part of the portfolio construction process"
Gulfmena selects Asset Arena for AM ops
Gulfmena, an asset manager operating from the Dubai International Financial Centre specialising in the Middle East and North Africa, has selected SunGard's Asset Arena portfolio management platform to help automate its front- to-back-office operations.
Bloomberg Preps Move to Open Architecture
Bloomberg is set to dispel its perception as a closed system with a range of initiatives designed to open up the data and functionality contained within its flagship data display and feed products, to make it easier for clients to integrate the vendor's…
Data Warehouse to Boost Performance for Pink OTC
NEW YORK-Over-the-counter (OTC) securities trading venue Pink OTC Markets expects to see a trading system performance boost as it moves its analytic and reporting functions from its trading database onto a recently deployed data warehouse, DWT has…
JSE Mulls Consolidated Market Feed
South African securities exchange JSE is working on a technology roadmap that may see it consolidate trading and distribution of market data for all asset classes traded on the exchange onto a common technology platform.
Aegisoft Rolls Out Algo Back Tester
NEW YORK-Execution management system (EMS) and FIX validation vendor Aegisoft has recently launched its Java-based Algo Back Tester (ABT) platform, which allows developers to hone their algorithms using real-time and historical market data.
Thomson Reuters Plots Roadmap to Utah
Thomson Reuters has announced a new product roadmap for the rollout of its next-generation market data desktop platform, also known as the "common platform" and internally dubbed Project Utah until the vendor reveals final branding, which will be…
FPL Prepares Latency Working Group Launch
LONDON-FIX messaging protocol governing body FIX Protocol Ltd. (FPL) plans to formulate a new standard engine aimed at measuring latency and increasing transparency. In the coming weeks, FPL expects to form a new working group to address the development…
FMX Connect Revamps Data Portal
Web-based energy and commodities data, research and analysis provider FMX Connect has unveiled an expanded Web portal, with new datasets, including additional commodities content, and a new interface to make it easier for users to access and consume data.
Fixnetix Relocates to Support Growth
Fixnetix has moved its London headquarters to accommodate increasing staff numbers resulting from the vendor's recent expansion, officials say.
S&P Combines Quant, Fundamental Brands in Capital IQ
Standard & Poor's has rebranded its Compustat, ClariFi, SystematIQ Research and MMD Money Market Directory business lines under its Capital IQ Solutions division, to create a unified brand that reflects increased integration among the product lines over…
EquityFeed Strikes Trading Alliances
Montreal-based data vendor EquityFeed has integrated its market data and idea generation terminal product with trading platforms from New York-based direct market access broker Lightspeed Financial and Chicago-based trading terminal vendor Sterling…