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"The way dark pools are utilised today is really on an institutional level, and the public isn't being harmed. What moves prices in the stock market are institutional plays - Johnny and Grandma buying 200 shares of a stock are not moving the market,…
Calypso Technology unveils version 11
San Francisco-based Calypso Technology, a provider of integrated trading and risk management software, has released Calypso Version 11. According to the vendor, the new offering provides refined repackaging, consolidation and rationalisation of its…
Obama Administration rolls out new hedge fund registration rules
In a widely expected move , the US Treasury Department has proposed new legislation that would require hedge funds and other private investment funds to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Exchanges Take Data Hit as Layoffs Cause Decline in Terminal Numbers
Despite higher overall revenues for the second quarter, exchanges are making less money from market data sales in 2009, largely as a result of fewer workstations subscribing to their data, according to a raft of recent financial results.
TradeSignal Integrates Morningstar Data
German analytics vendor TradeSignal is adding real-time and historical price data from Morningstar's Real-Time division, the business created via the acquisition of Tenfore Systems ( IMD , Dec. 22, 2008), into its desktop charting display products,…
Screen Preps Infomatch Update
Dutch market data software vendor Screen Consultants is preparing to launch a new version of its Infomatch data inventory management software, which will include new reporting features and the ability to automatically reconcile invoice information for…
Edgar Online Provides 'Real-Time' XBRL Filings Access
Company filings and data provider Edgar Online has been able to streamline the collection and processing of new filings for its XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) filings database to provide users with access to the reports as soon as they are…
InfoNgen Aims Tags at Broker Research
Web-based content aggregator InfoNgen is launching a campaign to encourage sell-side research providers to adopt its Intelligent Research Tags, developed for tagging news content with metadata about stories and the companies and subjects mentioned, to…
Caplin Systems 'Flexes' its Data Infrastructure
UK-based data and trading technology vendor Caplin Systems is adding more adapters to its Caplin Platform data infrastructure to support integration with display applications built in newer programming environments, such as Microsoft Silverlight and…
MSCI Barra Expands Historical Data
Index and risk software provider MSCI Barra has expanded the amount of monthly historical data available via its Gem2 (Global Equity Model) product for more detailed portfolio attribution and back-testing, and is planning to increase the amount and…