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Alpes Broadens Apama CEP for Risk Analytics
Brazilian broker-dealer Alpes Corretora de Câmbio, Títulos e Valores Mobiliários, is seeking to extend its deployment of Progress Apama's complex event processing technology to develop risk management analytics that support its move into high-frequency…
GigaSpaces Technologies Debuts XAP Upgrade
HERZLIYA, ISRAEL-In a bid to improve application scalability, grid computing vendor GigaSpaces Technologies plans to announce this week the availability of version 7.0 of its eXtreme Application Platform (XAP), officials tell DWT .
BOX Relocates New Jersey Datacenter
BOSTON-The Boston Options Exchange (BOX) has signed a four-year contract to host its primary matching engine and data distribution technologies in a Secaucus, N.J.-based datacenter operated by Equinix, according to exchange officials.
Bats Exchange Looks to Trade Options From 2010
KANSAS CITY, MO.-After several months of research and planning, operators of the Bats Exchange plan to file rule changes around the end of August with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to commence options trading in 2010.
AOL Pulls Plug on Relegence Business
Internet service provider AOL is closing the Relegence news analytics business that it acquired in 2006 ( IMD , Nov. 13, 2006). Commercial operations in New York and London will be closed on July 15, though AOL will continue to support the Relegence…
ICE Boosts Impact with Options, Implied Prices
Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) is enhancing its Impact Multicast feed to enable it to carry more content, including options data and implied prices.
ISE Readies Level 1 Direct Datafeed
The International Securities Exchange is preparing to roll out a direct feed of Level 1 data, which is due to enter testing later this month and is expected to go into full production in August.
Interactive Data Eyes Global DirectPlus
Interactive Data is laying the groundwork to expand its DirectPlus direct feeds service outside North America, and is evaluating client demand for access to data from exchanges and trading venues in other regions worldwide, officials say.
EquityFeed Adds Short Data, Studies
Montreal-based data vendor EquityFeed Corp. has added a short-interest analysis feature to its data desktop, and is beefing up the workstation's analytics with new charting displays and a new library of technical analyses.
Derivix Adds External Volatilities
New York-based options pricing and risk analytics software provider Derivix has incorporated new features into its pricing and analytics platform, including the ability to compare its proprietary volatility models with external models, to help sell-side…
Eurex Looks East and West
As exchange mergers and partnerships become the norm, DWT European reporter Cecilia Bergamaschi sits down with Thomas Lenz, Eurex executive board member responsible for operations, to discuss the bourse's global technology and connectivity strategy.
Citi Adopts TradeSmart, Sunsets LavaX
NEW YORK-Global banking giant Citi has chosen to replace its internally developed single-stock LavaX execution management system (EMS) in favor of deploying the hosted multi-asset class TradeSmart platform from EMS provider TradingScreen.
Algorithmics Enhances Real-Time Risk Product
TORONTO-Financial risk management software provider Algorithmics is preparing to launch a new version of its Counterparty Credit Risk product, with enhancements in real-time risk management, in October this year, officials tell DWT .
New Display Book Cuts NYSE Equities Latency
NEW YORK-Traders on NYSE Euronext's NYSE Equities platform can now get their trade executed and reported within 5 milliseconds, claim exchange officials.
Tradeware Streamlines Reporting
NEW YORK-Electronic global equity market access provider Tradeware Global plans to provide its clients standard end-of-day reports before the end of the year.
UDP Feed Boosts Currenex Data Updates
Foreign exchange trading platform Currenex is preparing to roll out a recently launched low-latency datafeed based on UDP data transmission technologies to a second round of clients, to help high-frequency FX traders better manage latency and bandwidth…
UNX Readies Catalyst EMS Release
NEW YORK-Agency broker and technology provider UNX will go live with its new hosted broker-neutral execution management system (EMS), dubbed Catalyst, within a month, DWT has learned.