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BarCap Strengthens Barx's FX Bite
LONDON-Barclays Capital (BarCap), the investment banking division of Barclays Bank, has expanded the foreign exchange (FX) trading capabilities of its Barclays Automated Real-time Execution (Barx) electronic trading platform by introducing a new suite of…
Cloud Consortium Starts Monterey Initiative
NEW YORK-Several cloud computing vendors have announced the planned availability of an integrated enterprise cloud computing test bed, dubbed Monterey, today, Sept. 14.
Solace Upgrades SolaceMQ Scalability, Security
OTTAWA-Hardware-based data accelerator platform provider Solace Systems announced today, Sept. 14, version 4.5 of its SolaceMQ queued messaging platform that offers a major performance boost and improved security capabilities over the previous release.
Solace Touts Latency, Volume Advances
Hardware-based messaging provider Solace Systems will this week announce that it has achieved latency of less than 700 nanoseconds for data transfer between applications using shared memory over the same motherboard in co-location environments requiring…
Erste Group Deploys CMA for Credit Pricing
Austrian investment bank Erste Group Bank has integrated pricing and analytics from CME Group subsidiary Credit Market Analysis' DataVision end-of-day pricing product to support its credit trading and structuring operations, officials say.
Kx Improves kdb+ Data Management
Data technology vendor Kx Systems has released version 2.6 of its kdb+ database, which adds support for nanosecond timestamps, and improved tools for managing data transfer across different instances of kdb+ and to other data-consuming applications.
Thomson Reuters Waives EU Consolidated Tape Fees
Thomson Reuters has waived the fees for its .XBO consolidated tape of European best bid and offer data to promote uptake among user firms, officials say.
Reuters First Approaches Last Days
Thomson Reuters is set to retire its Reuters First legacy Nordic data display product, which evolved from a desktop terminal developed by Falcon Information Services, a Norwegian vendor acquired by Reuters in 1991.
Aqumin Integrates Bloomberg Data into Heatmap Displays
Houston, Texas-based data visualization software vendor Aqumin will this week release version 2.0 of its AlphaVision heatmap display tool, which allows users to incorporate data from their Bloomberg Professional terminals into the charting displays.
Calypso Gets SuperDerivatives Data
Derivatives pricing and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives has integrated its pricing and analytics with Calypso Technology's trading and risk management platform, enabling users to capture and process prices for over-the-counter cash and…
Screen Preps New Offices For Regional Growth
Netherlands-based market data software vendor Screen Consultants plans to establish permanent offices in the UK, Scandinavia and North America, following key executive hires earlier this year, officials say.
Millistream Readies Web Services Data Delivery
Swedish data vendor Millistream Market Data is in the final stages of developing a Web Services capability to deliver on-demand data to clients, using SOAP technology, and has already built a number of components to help customers develop customized Web…
YouDevise Adds Data Loaders, Analytics to HIP
Trade ideas distribution software vendor YouDevise has added extra capabilities for loading historical data and for pre- and post-trade analysis to its HIP Hedge Fund Information Provider system, to provide easier integration for funds of hedge funds…
Barchart Launches Expanded History, Web Content
Chicago-based data provider Barchart has expanded its historical datasets as a managed service that provides higher-performance access to data, officials say.
LSE Targets Retail with Delayed Level 2 Data License
The London Stock Exchange has introduced a new data license that allows data vendors to redistribute Level 2 data on a delayed basis without incurring any end-user fees, to help familiarize investors with market-depth data and help them understand market…
Exegy Debuts 'Embedded' Code on Client Algos
St. Louis-based hardware ticker plant provider Exegy will this week unveil a prototype Embedded Edition of its Exegy Ticker Plant, where some of the ticker plant code runs directly on the same servers as clients' data-consuming algorithmic trading…
SpryWare Adds Euro Feed Handlers
Chicago-based ticker plant vendor SpryWare has released a new set of feed handlers focused on London-based trading venues, to expand its coverage beyond North American exchanges, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Elysium Targets Mini-Primes with Post-Trade FX Offering
STAMFORD, CONN.-Catering to the Tier 3 banks moving into the prime brokerage space, Elysium Technology plans an October launch for three post-trade modules for its multi-asset white-label front-to-back-office reporting and reconciliation platform,…
LSE: Baikal MTF Is Not Dead
LONDON-Despite recent press reports, exchange operator London Stock Exchange (LSE) Group is firm in its commitment to its Baikal multilateral trading facility (MTF), exchange officials tell DWT .
CBOE Moves C2 Launch to 2010
CHICAGO-The awaited launch of the Chicago Board Options Exchange's (CBOE's) new all-electronic C2 trading venue has been moved to the first quarter of 2010, according to exchange officials.
Heeding the Call of Open Outcry
The death of open-outcry trading has been long predicted-but while it continues to disappear from some electronic exchanges, it stubbornly hangs on in others.