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TNS Prepares Turkish Point of Presence
LONDON-Telecommunications network and services provider Transaction Network Services (TNS) plans to enter the Turkish market by opening its first point of presence (PoP) in Istanbul later this year, officials tell DWT .
Morgan Stanley Restructures Data Group
Morgan Stanley has reorganized its Enterprise Data group to ensure that management of the bank's real-time market data technology is more tightly aligned with its most demanding internal customer, the Equity IT group, which builds and supports most of…
FTEN's VelocityXpress Gains Options Support
NEW YORK-High-velocity trading clients of direct market access (DMA) technology provider FTEN can now hedge their equities trades with off-setting options trades, as the vendor recently added support for options trading to its VelocityXpress (VX)…
Tradewire Adopts SunGard Liquidity Services
MIAMI-Institutional and private trading broker-dealer Tradewire Securities, which focuses on U.S. and Latin American markets, has selected the correspondent clearing and liquidity services tools from financial technology software and services provider…
Telekurs Migrates Fininfo Products to MDF
SIX Telekurs France (formerly Fininfo) is finalizing a project to switch its data applications to Telekurs' MDF consolidated datafeed, replacing a feed from Interactive Data's Real-Time Services division that currently provides the products with data,…
BT Creates New Global Financial Division
LONDON-Telecommunications giant BT has recently formed a new division, dubbed Global Banking and Financial Markets, to provide network IT services to the international financial sector including banks, insurers, brokers, investment managers and…
Theoriem Preps TimeScape for Trading
Philadelphia-based multi-asset quantitative trading firm Theoriem is preparing to go live with data management technology vendor Xenomorph's TimeScape database product, to support the firm as it moves from start-up phase into live trading, officials tell…
Fixnetix Grows U.S. Presence
NEW YORK-As part of its global expansion plans, trading connectivity and market data distribution vendor Fixnetix has expanded operations into datacenter provider Equinix's International Business Exchange (IBX) datacenters in the U.S., vendor officials…
NYSE Euronext Culls Latency with SeaNet
NEW YORK-Exchange operator NYSE Euronext has expanded its latency-busting toolkit with the recent addition of technology from New York-based SeaNet Technologies for monitoring message latency, exchange officials say.
Aleri, Correlix Partner for Latency-as-Data Input
Complex event processing software vendor Aleri and latency monitoring provider Correlix have integrated their systems to enable clients using CEP-based trading strategies to incorporate results from Correlix's Latency Intelligence tools as an input to…
BATS Europe Changes Tick Size, Promotes Harmonization
Pan-European multilateral trading facility BATS Europe is changing the granularity of tick sizes for certain stocks traded on its platform, and is driving an industry initiative to harmonize tick sizes across all European exchanges and MTFs, which could…
Aqumin Upgrades Heatmap Displays
Houston, Texas-based data visualization software vendor Aqumin will release a new version of its AlphaVision heatmap software at this year's SIFMA conference, featuring a revamped interface and new functions designed to help traders spot trends in market…
Sterling Trader Taps SpryWare for EU Data
Chicago-based trading systems provider Sterling Trader is using ticker plants and feed handlers from low-latency technology vendor SpryWare to expand into Europe with data connectivity to exchanges and other venues in the region, officials say.
Ballista Preps Data Expansion
Ballista Securities, operator of an alternative trading system for equity block options and delta-neutral orders, plans to expand its data infrastructure to establish new and backup connectivity to exchanges and to build a new disaster recovery site.
Wall Street on Demand Preps International Content Expansion
Boulder, Colo-based research software vendor Wall Street on Demand is planning to add new datasets to upcoming releases of its Wealth Desktop portfolio analysis tool, including institutional content, as well as news and fundamental data, officials say.
RTS Adds Brazilian Connectivity
CHICAGO-Traders looking to execute on Brazilian futures exchange BM&FBovespa can now access the market via products provided by trading technologies and exchange gateway vendor RTS Realtime Systems Group.
Interactive Brokers Adds Auto-Options Hedging
GREENWICH, CONN.-Options agency brokerage Interactive Brokers recently launched a new platform, dubbed Option Portfolio, which allows users to hedge their portfolio in line with a selection of standard Greek risk measures, such as delta, gamma and theta,…
Turquoise Suffers Trading Glitch
LONDON-Multilateral trading facility (MTF) Turquoise suspended trading activity last Wednesday, June 10, following technical issues related to a complex dark order matching scenario, according to officials.
Portware Expands Global Footprint
NEW YORK-Execution management system (EMS) provider Portware has made several key hires to beef up its presence around the world, DWT has learned.