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Kempen Deploys CMA for CDS Pricing
Kempen Capital Management, the buy-side subsidiary of Dutch merchant bank Kempen & Co., is sourcing credit derivatives pricing data from UK-based vendor Credit Market Analysis to support daily valuations for its credit derivative funds, officials tell…
DJ Cuts Tech Staff in Outsourcing Play
Dow Jones will this month begin laying off 90 staff in its technology and operations department, following a decision to outsource some of its underlying group technology and support functions to Indian offshore development and IT outsourcing provider…
FINRA Pursues TRACE Data Expansion
The Financial Industry Regulation Authority is pressing ahead with plans to expand the data disseminated via its TRACE (Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine) corporate bond trade reporting facility, despite some concerns that increased data transparency…
Knight Cuts Knight Link Latency
JERSEY CITY, N.J.-Broker-dealer Knight Capital Group is reducing the latency in its internal crossing network, Knight Link, almost by half, firm officials tell DWT .
Schneider Upgrades Backbone
LONDON-To handle increased trading traffic and in preparation for adopting server virtualization and thin-client computing, execution broker Schneider Trading Associates plans to replace its dual 1 Gbps connections to its offsite datacenter in central…
DKIB Bolsters IT Audits
NEW YORK-After a two-year project to standardize, harmonize and enforce architectural standards for the investment bank's IT infrastructure, Dresdner Kleinwort (DKIB) is on the verge of using its enterprise infrastructure audit platform, Tideway Systems'…
Quant House Expands Equinix Co-location
French low-latency data and trading technology vendor Quant House has expanded its hosting partnership with Equinix to provide clients with low-latency data and co-location services in Chicago, officials tell Inside Market Data .