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Telekurs Launches RMDS Adapter for MDF Feed
Telekurs Financial has entered into a sales and marketing partnership with Zurich-based technology vendor Unitek Engineering, to offer its clients an RMDS interface to help integrate data from its MDFselect real-time feed into their application…
PrismTech Tackles Data Spikes
Boston-based middleware provider PrismTech plans to launch version 4.1 of its OpenSplice DDS (Data Distribution Service) middleware platform in the fourth quarter of 2008, incorporating a new feature designed to ensure firms do not lose data during…
Archangel Takes Full Flight
NEW HOPE, PA.-Alternative trading system (ATS) Archangel from software and network provider 3D Markets has gone into full production, officials tell DWT .
SDB Deploys VoIP on Its Trading Floor
SHENZHEN-Shenzhen Development Bank (SDB) has rolled out voice over IP (VoIP) turrets from trading communications vendor IPC for the bank's centralized China trading floor, sources tell DWT .
IP Trade to Add Video
NEW YORK-Traders using turrets from IP-based trading communications platform provider IP Trade will soon be able to hold video conferences on the trading floor.
LSE, Lehman Brothers Go Dark
LONDON-The London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Lehman Brothers have entered the dark liquidity fray as the exchange and investment bank have partnered to develop a new multilateral trading facility (MTF) for non-displayed orders.
Customization Key to Algo Growth
LONDON-When it comes to trading algorithms, off-the-rack solutions aren't cutting it in the competitive market as more buy-side clients demand bespoke solutions, say industry insiders.
DSM Turns to NYSE Euronext for Tech
NEW YORK & DOHA, QATAR-In a significant, yet somewhat expected, move into the Arab Emirates, NYSE Euronext has purchased a 25 percent stake in the Doha Securities Market (DSM).
Euronext Revamps Depth, Index Fees
NYSE Euronext is reorganizing its equity markets and index data, offering a choice of market depth in its cash market feed, and breaking out its index products into a series of different packages, officials say.
Nordic Firms to Launch MTF
STOCKHOLM-Competition in the Nordic markets is heating up as a consortium of Scandinavian banks announced the formation of a new multilateral trading facility (MTF) that plans to dethrone Nasdaq OMX as the dominant market in the region.
UBS Migrates to Hosted MDM Software
UBS has deployed an ASP-version of the Market Data Manager (MDM) inventory management software from UK-based vendor MDSL, replacing a previous version that was hosted in-house. The bank has used of MDM for approximately seven years, but earlier this year…
SunGard Upgrades Front Arena
LONDON-Software and services vendor SunGard plans to debut the latest version of its Front Arena trading platform, DWT has learned.
CME Prepares FAST Brazilian Data
CME Group has started a project to integrate market data from Brazilian commodities and futures exchange Bolsa de Mercadorias and Futuros (BM&F) into its own feed infrastructure, and will make the content available to its customers by this fall,…
Pivot Gains Weather Support
NEW YORK-Straight through processing (STP) of weather derivative trades is a step closer to reality as secure instant messaging provider Pivot launched the Instant Market module for its Pivot 360° platform today, June 30.
FTSE Continues Asia Push with SET, APREA Indexes
The Stock Exchange of Thailand and index provider FTSE will this week begin distributing data on a new series of Thai equity indexes, to meet growing investor demand for more tradable vehicles, officials say.
TheMarkets.com Steps Up FactSet CallStreet Integration
Investment bank consortium-owned research portal TheMarkets.com last month augmented the corporate events data available on its research platform with the addition of new data from FactSet CallStreet, which provides calendars, audio links and transcripts…
eSignal Expands Weather Data, Corrections, Performance
The eSignal active trader workstation division of Interactive Data will this week release Version 10.1 of its flagship eSignal product, with new content additions and enhancements that improve the speed and throughput of the system, officials tell Inside…
SWX, Colt Partner for Proximity Data
Swiss exchange group SWX has entered into a partnership with Colt Telecom to provide proximity hosting services to firms seeking to minimize latency of data transmission to and from the exchange, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Nasdaq Expands Market Replay Tool
Nasdaq OMX will next month unveil version 2.0 of its Market Replay tool for analyzing historical data by replaying quoting activity, with the addition of trade data and activity on other markets.