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Quote MTF Members to Start Testing
BUDAPEST-Hungarian multilateral trading facility (MTF) Quote MTF will be available for participant testing by the end of this week, giving users the ability to see how the technology will operate once the new venue goes live on Sept. 4, officials tell…
Peresys Expands African Network
JOHANNESBURG-Traders looking to access the Botswana and Zimbabwe markets will be able to link to them through South African FIX services and connectivity provider Peresys within the next three months, DWT has learned.
‘Integration' Key Driver In Vhayu Buy
NEW YORK-Thomson Reuters has acquired real time-enterprise tick data technology provider Vhayu Technologies in order to achieve better integration between the two vendors' product sets, officials from both vendors say, declining to disclose the financial…
LSE Preps Market Depth on DDM Plus
The London Stock Exchange Group will roll out full-depth Level 2 order book data via its DDM Plus feed of Italian market data later this year, following a decision in May to extend the life of the feed at least until the second half of 2010, officials…
Blue Taps Sprint for Mobile RIA Data
US registered investment advisors working for Edward Jones, Ameriprise Financial and SunTrust are being offered wireless access to market data from mobile data application vendor Blue Systems, which is giving the firms' RIAs a 60-day free trial of its…
Vhayu ‘Central' to Reuters Tech Strategy
Thomson Reuters is to make Vhayu's Velocity tick database available as a hosted service, as well as using it to provide a key component of its next-generation "common platform" data desktop, following its purchase of the Los Gatos, Calif.-based tick data…
Chi-X Readies 'Chi-Vision' Liquidity Aggregation Service
European multilateral trading facility Chi-X Europe is preparing to launch a liquidity consolidation service that will combine its own dark and visible order-book liquidity with market maker liquidity from external liquidity providers (ELPs), officials…
StanChart Rolls Out OneTick via NYSE
Standard Chartered Bank is deploying the OneTick historical and real-time tick data processing solution from tick data management vendor OneMarketData, to support its development of foreign exchange trading strategies.
Chi-X Launches Liquidity Consolidation Service
LONDON-Multilateral trading facility (MTF) operator Chi-X Europe officials announced today, Aug. 3, the launch of the MTF's smart liquidity consolidation service, dubbed Venue Interfaced Smart Interactive Order Network (Chi-Vision).
Bats Europe Preps for Friday Dark Pool Launch
LONDON-European traders have yet another destination for non-displayed liquidity as multilateral trading facility (MTF) Bats Europe plans to take its dark pool of liquidity live this Friday, Aug. 5.
Exchanges Eye Yearend Integration Payoffs
TORONTO & NEW YORK-TMX Group, owner and operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and the Montréal Exchange (MX), will complete the majority of the integration between the two exchanges at the end of the year, say officials, who spoke during a recent…
TradeHelm Prepares White-Label Deals
CHICAGO—High-frequency trading environment provider TradeHelm is in the midst of a number of white-label deals for its ACTrader platform, DWT has learned.
MTS Eyes Brazilian Operations
LONDON—Pan-European sovereign debt trading venue provider MTS Group expects to have its latest operation, MTS Brazil, in production trading real-denominated Brazilian international bonds in the next to 12 to 18 months, firm officials tell DWT.
Ivory to Offer Improved CA Integration
ATLANTA-Officials at mainframe service-oriented architecture (SOA) software developer GT Software are currently working on the latest version of the Ivory Service Architect (ISA) product, DWT has learned.
Icap Completes Arkhe Purchase
RIO DE JANEIRO—To beef up its presence in the Brazilian market, interdealer broker Icap has completed its acquisition of independent Brazilian broker Arkhe Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários (Arkhe DTVM). The Banco Central do Brasil, the…
NYSE Liffe Set for UTP Testing in Early 2010
LONDON-Firms trading on international futures exchange NYSE Liffe, operated by NYSE Euronext, should plan on testing connectivity to the exchange's Universal Trading Platform (UTP) in the first quarter of next year, according to exchange officials.
Bids Trader Update Sports Consolidated Interface
NEW YORK-Operators of alternative trading system (ATS) Bids Trading are in the process of rolling out version 6 of the firm's front end, dubbed Bids Trader.
Bloomberg Debuts 3G B-Smart Auto Algo
NEW YORK-Trading system and market data provider Bloomberg recently introduced the third generation of its B-Smart Auto trading algorithm, which allows users to automatically set how aggressively they want their trades executed.
TT Readies Exchange Gateway Betas
CHICAGO-Derivatives trading platform provider Trading Technologies International (TT) expects to go live with gateways to Icap's EBS foreign exchange (FX) trading venues and the London MetalsExchange (LME) by the end of the quarter, according to…
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