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InfoDyne Preps Europe Feed Handlers
Chicago-based feed handler and ticker plant vendor InfoDyne is planning to significantly expand its range of feed handlers for European exchanges and multilateral trading facilities, in a bid to gain traction in the region, officials say.
Celoxica Plans Expanded Feed Support
Celoxica, a UK-based provider of hardware acceleration technologies for trading firms to capture, process and integrate market data with trading applications, is preparing to support an additional seven datafeeds by the end of the year in response to…
Traderforce Readies Workstation Update
French data and trading technology vendor Traderforce is preparing to launch a new version of its market data and trading terminal in September, following beta testing with a select group of clients over the summer, officials say.
Nanexx Unveils Spinoff Data Tools
Start-up data technology provider Nanexx will this week unveil its new ticker plant products, ahead of the vendor's spin-off from its parent, trading platform provider Exx.com later this year.
FactSet Buys Fundamentals "Copy"
FactSet Research Systems has emerged as the first vendor to buy a "copy" of the Thomson Fundamentals database, which Thomson Reuters is required to sell for competition reasons, after regulators in the US and Europe imposed the sale of copies of certain…
Nord Pool Takes GlobalVision Live
FREDERICIA, DENMARK-Scandinavian power exchange Nord Pool Gas has recently gone live with Trayport's GlobalVision Exchange Trading System, announce officials.
Swift Expands Front-Office Staff
NEW YORK-To address the growing broker-dealer customer base, the interbank messaging cooperative Swift has increased its staff addressing its clients' front office needs by approximately 30 percent, DWT has learned.
Ascot to Roll Out Derivatives Trading
HONG KONG-Local brokerage Ascot Financial Services plans to expand its coverage into the global derivatives markets by deploying a number of application service provider- (ASP)-based systems from trading platform provider Patsystems, vendor officials say.
Thomson-Reuters Names New Leadership
LONDON-Despite a rocky start on the London Stock Exchange, Thomson-Reuters continues to solidify its integration and has named the latest round of managerial appointments.
Front-Office IT Spending Shrivels
BOSTON-The current economic downturn has stripped the short-term IT spending focus from the front office at large brokerages, according to a recently published report from Boston-based analyst firm Celent.
Liquidnet to Deploy Data Grid
NEW YORK-In an effort to combat and eliminate database bottlenecks, crossing network provider and agency brokerage Liquidnet is looking to adopt a data grid strategy by the end of 2009, DWT has learned.
Orc Releases CameronFIX Update
LONDON-Derivatives trading technology and connectivity provider Orc Software is launching version 6.3 of its Orc CameronFIX platform, say officials.
LSE Delays Performance Channels Rollout
The London Stock Exchange last week told members that it will delay the full production launch of its Performance Channels low-latency datafeed until June 9, to give members sufficient time to complete full tests of the feed with their systems, officials…
Tokyo Grain Exchange Hit by Data Outage
The Tokyo Grain Exchange experienced interruptions to market data distribution and a trading suspension on Friday, April 18 and Monday, April 21-the third set of interruptions in the past four months, according to industry sources.
Four-Wire Finalizes Xenomorph Deployment
Startup hedge fund Four-Wire Capital has completed the integration of its analysis strategies into UK-based technology vendor Xenomorph's Timescape database, and is now using the system to support its live trading operations.
Deutsche Bank White-Labels Traderforce
PARIS-Deutsche Bank has implemented technology from thin-client trading, analytics and risk management platform vendor Traderforce to power the investment bank's Autobahn Equity multi-broker trading system, officials from both parties tell DWT .
Smart Order-Routing to Become Essential
PARIS-As liquidity in the European markets continues to fragment, implementing smart order-routing platforms will be essential for sell-side firms to succeed in the new environment, say industry insiders.
Bursa Malaysia to Expand DMA to Cash
Kuala Lumpur-Operators of the Bursa Malaysia plan to offer the exchange's members and members' clients direct market access (DMA) to Bursa Malaysia's cash equities market, DWT has learned.
LaCrosse Grows Valuations with CMA Data
LaCrosse Global Fund Services, a New York-based provider of fund administration and operations services to hedge funds, is looking to migrate its global client base to daily credit derivative valuations from credit data provider CMA's DataVision service.
CQG Applies TradeFlow Bars to Time Increments
Denver, Colo.-based charting software provider CQG last week rolled out an upgraded version of its futures analytics platform, featuring an expansion of the vendor's TradeFlow charting to time-based price bars.
Audit Integrity Unveils Underlying Data
Audit Integrity, a Los Angeles-based provider of corporate integrity ratings, is making its underlying database of company information and analytics available to end-users to run their own calculations.