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MS Bows Corvil to Combat Data Latency
Morgan Stanley is deploying systems from Dublin-based latency monitoring technology vendor Corvil to manage data latency across its European and US market data and trading infrastructure.
LSE Names Millennium Transition Team
The London Stock Exchange Group has unveiled the team of executives that will manage the integration of data and trading technology assets from recently acquired exchange systems vendor MillenniumIT, according to an internal memo obtained by Inside…
Morgan Stanley Seeks Latency TCA Offering
NEW YORK-As execution latency becomes a growing opportunity cost for low-latency traders, Morgan Stanley is investigating offering inter-party latency data as part of its transaction cost analysis (TCA) to its buy-side clients.
TMX Brings NYSE, Nasdaq Feeds to Canada
Canadian exchange group TMX Group has begun offering direct access to feeds of market data from the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq to Canadian market participants via its datacenters and co-location facility.
LSE Unveils MillenniumIT Transition Team
LONDON-London Stock Exchange Group, operator of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Borsa Italiana, has named the team of executives that will manage the integration of data and trading technology assets from recently acquired exchange systems vendor…
BarCap Expands Sentinel Data Monitoring
Barclays Capital is expanding its use of a network monitoring tool from New York-based System Sentinel to its offices worldwide, to provide end-to-end monitoring of activity on the firm's market data network.
Panopticon Eyes EX Update
LONDON-Data visualization platform provider Panopticon Software expects to release version 5.3 of its Panopticon EX offering on Nov. 5 with a quick followup release of version 5.4 of its Panopticon Developer (PD) software development kit (SDK) on Nov. 23…
Morningstar Launches Thin-Client QuoteSpeed Terminal
Chicago-based data vendor Morningstar is rolling out a new, thin-client version of its QuoteSpeed workstation, designed to utilize Web delivery to cut the cost of ownership for clients and to appeal more to a US-based audience.
Nasdaq OMX Preps New Nordic Feeds
Nasdaq OMX is preparing to roll out a new version of its Genium Consolidated Feed (GCF) later this month, alongside an upcoming new Nordic ITCH feed of unnetted trading data ( IMD , July 6), which will be released to accompany the migration of its equity…
Capital IQ Upgrades Platform to Broaden Client Demand
Standard and Poor's Capital IQ division has integrated new features and data into the latest release of its data desktop, to make it easier for users to customize the platform and to broaden its potential user base and use scenarios.
Proquote Woos Buy Side With Nyfix IoI Data
Proquote, the London Stock Exchange's data vendor subsidiary, has integrated indications of interest (IoI) data from the IoInet application of trading technology vendor and market operator Nyfix into its market data desktop display.
FirstRain Overhauls Interface, Gives Users Control
Web research aggregator FirstRain last month revamped its online research platform to enable users to create their own searches for information, and which consolidates the vendor's company news, data and "ecosystems" of related companies, industries and…
Avoiding the Budgetary Drought
As IT budgets across the industry continue to shrink, all firms face the common challenge to do more with less while trying to preserve innovation within their firms. DWT European reporter Tanzeel Akhtar sits down with Magnus Falk, CIO for Europe, the…
RadianzNet Inches Closer to Sunset
LONDON-BT officials expect to complete the decommissioning of the telecommunications giant's RadianzNet financial intranet, which it acquired from Reuters in 2005, in the next two years as it moves remaining RadianzNet clients onto BT's multiprotocol…
LCH.Clearnet, EMCF Set for November Link
LONDON-European clearinghouses LCH.Clearnet Group and the European Multilateral Clearing Facility (EMCF) have inked a bilateral agreement to achieve interoperability by November of this year, according to officials.
BT Readies RadianzNet Replacement
BT is preparing to decommission the legacy RadianzNet network infrastructure it acquired from Reuters in 2005, as it continues migrating customers to the MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching)-based network that supports BT's other global telecom and data…
LSE Begins Talks with Turquoise
LONDON-As DWT went to press on Oct. 2, LSE Group, operator of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), issued a statement that it had entered exclusive talks with pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) Turquoise about a possible acquisition of the MTF.
Tradition Adds EOD Energy, Commodities Data to DataScope Distribution Deal
Tradition Data Services, the data sales business of interdealer broker Tradition, is broadening access to price data generated by its broking operations by expanding an existing redistribution partnership with Thomson Reuters, officials tell Inside…
BT Preps New Soft Turret
LONDON-Three unnamed investment banks and brokerages are pilot testing iTrader, an open-standards collaborations platform from telecommunications giant BT, which is slated for general availability by the end of the year, DWT has learned.
Instinet Adds BLX Liquidity Provider
NEW YORK-Traders looking for alternative methods to execute block trades have a new option as Pulse Trading and Instinet have linked their respective BlockCross and BLX dark liquidity pools, officials from both brokerages announced today, Oct. 5.