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Kairos Bows StreamBase for Algo Data
Brazilian hedge fund Kairos Asset Management has begun rolling out a new algorithmic trading system based on technology from complex event processing software vendor StreamBase Systems, to enable the firm to maintain a trading advantage in the face of…
Chi-X Debuts Sponsored DMA Access
LONDON-To better cater to high-frequency traders, officials from pan-European equity multilateral trading facility (MTF) Chi-X Europe announced today, Oct. 19, the rollout of Chi-Velocity, a proximity-hosted risk management offering for sponsored direct…
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Fitch Bows Standardized Delivery
Fitch Solutions, the technology and content arm of ratings agency Fitch, will this week unveil a new platform for providing its content in a standardized delivery format that will enable the vendor to better meet specific client data needs.
Caplin Adds Reuters News to Trader
London-based data technology and trading software vendor Caplin Systems has integrated RSS news feeds from Thomson Reuters into its Caplin Trader front end, for banks to distribute to clients as part of their single-dealer trading platforms.
Endace Adds Visualizations, Data Forwarding to NinjaProbe
New Zealand-based network monitoring technology provider Endace last month rolled out a new version of its hardware-based NinjaProbe monitoring platform, which expands on the system's core packet capture functionality by adding a visualization tool and…
Chi-X Boosts Data Revenue with Vendor License Fees
Pan-European multilateral trading facility Chi-X Europe is set to generate up to £500,000 of additional recurring revenue next year by introducing data license fees for vendors that redistribute its real-time data, helping the MTF recoup the cost of…
NYSE Expands SFTI Services in Europe
NYSE Euronext is expanding the range of services available via its Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI) network in Europe, to include a European version of its SuperFeed low-latency consolidated feed, and connectivity to rival exchanges and…
Townsend Adds QuickStart Setup Tool to API
Chicago-based data and trading technology vendor Townsend Analytics has released a new version of its data API that is easier to use and requires less coding by clients to integrate the data with proprietary or third-party analytical systems.
Aleri Slates Platform Integration for 2010
CHICAGO-After its acquisition of Coral8 in the first quarter of this year, complex event processing platform vendor Aleri plans to have the next generation of its architecture fully backwards compatible for both legacy platforms beginning in 2010, vendor…
WFE Calls for Dark Pool Surveillance
Vancouver, B.C.-During the World Federation of Exchanges' (WFE's) 49th general assembly and annual meeting, the global industry body continued its call for regulators to level the playing field for exchanges and dark pools of liquidity.
Nasdaq OMX Launches Nordic CCP
STOCKHOLM-Global ex-change operator Nasdaq OMX launched its central counterparty (CCP) clearing services as DWT went to press on Oct. 9.
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.