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QuantHouse Grows S&D Space
French low-latency data and trading technology vendor QuantHouse has expanded its footprint in hosting service provider Switch and Data's datacenter at 111, Eighth Avenue in New York, to gain access to more markets through Switch and Data's hosting…
Options IT Re-Plumbs PIPE Feed
Provider of infrastructure-as-a-service Options IT has made the components of its Options Pipe direct feeds and infrastructure management product suite available as four separate products this month, in response to demand for outsourced services as a…
eSignal Adds VWAP, Time and Sales Analysis
Interactive Data will this week unveil the latest version of its eSignal workstation with new features targeted at helping traders deal with and analyze increasing volumes of market data.
SunGard Opens Access To Japanese Markets
NEW YORK-Three Japanese exchanges-the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE); the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (Tocom); and the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), including its Tdex+ options trading platform-are now enabling remote membership through SunGard's application…
Chi-X Mulls More Data Sources for Dark Pool
European multilateral trading facility Chi-X is preparing to expand the number of vendor partners that it uses to source incoming data in preparation for the launch of its new dark liquidity matching service, Chi-Delta, in the second quarter of 2009,…
MDSL Launches Outsourced Data Management, Cost Control Service
Market data usage monitoring and contract reconciliation software provider MDSL has begun providing an outsourced version of its services that combines the vendor's software and in-house cost and contract management expertise.
Baikal Draws on Fidessa, QuantHouse Data
The London Stock Exchange will use market data from Fidessa and QuantHouse to support smart order routing and dark book matching on its Baikal European multilateral trading facility when it launches the market later this year, officials say
Hann to Lead Activ Push in Europe
Activ Financial is setting up a commercial office in London to help drive sales of the vendor's services in Europe, which will be led by David Hann, who recently joined the vendor as managing director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa from…
Research Compares Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters News
A comparative study of news services from Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters shows that Bloomberg generally produces a higher volume of news items, while Thomson Reuters generally focuses more on analysis, according to research released this week by Burton…
Chi-X Announces Dark Book
LONDON-Pending regulatory approval, multilateral trading facility (MTF) operator Chi-X Europe plans to launch a dark liquidity book later this quarter, MTF officials tell DWT .
Oracle to Acquire Sun Microsystems
SANTA CLARA, CALIF.-In a surprise move to beat out rival IBM and to beef up its own product lineup, database enterprise application behemoth Oracle has agreed to acquire software and hardware vendor Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion in cash and debt.
Baikal Selects Technology Partner
LONDON-London Stock Exchange (LSE) officials have selected Fidessa to develop order management and smart order routing (SOR) technology for the LSE's dark-liquidity trading platform Baikal, which is set to launch in July.
CME Pushes Back Datacenter Construction
CHICAGO-In order to bring down capital expenditure for this year, exchange operator and technology provider CME Group is delaying the second phase of its datacenter construction project.
Panel: Market Conditions Driving Hybrid Adoption
PARIS-Buy-side firms are currently looking for a more hybrid offering-a combination of electronic tools and high-touch services to address the rising market volatility and widening spreads, according to industry insiders.
Switching Error Leads to NYSE, NYSE Amex 'Self-Help'
NEW YORK-A network switching error that occurred last Tuesday, April 21, saw a number of U.S. market centers declare "self-help" against the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NYSE Amex markets under the terms of Regulation NMS.
Pink OTC Releases Trade Data Feed
New York-based Pink OTC Markets, operator of the Pink Sheets and OTCQX over-the-counter equity markets, has launched a new feed of trade data to make liquidity more transparent on its markets and attract new participants.
Knight Consolidates Electronic Trading
JERSEY CITY, N.J.-Knight Capital Group has developed its own answer to the current global economic downturn-expand and invest.
Nasdaq OMX Adds Nord Pool Data to Genium
Nasdaq OMX is preparing to add market data from the Nord Pool European power and carbon emissions exchange onto its Genium Consolidated Feed (GCF), and will also allow subscribers to access the data via a common redistribution agreement that covers all…
Pipeline Dives Into Block Options
NEW YORK-In a move to widen its instrument support, block equities crossing network provider Pipeline Trading has recently acquired the assets of block options crossing platform operator 3D Markets in an undisclosed private transaction.
Exchanges Hit by ‘Triple Glitching' Week
Transatlantic exchange groups Nasdaq OMX and NYSE Euronext suffered a total of three glitches last week that caused interruptions to the distribution of their market data.