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Equinix Preps Amsterdam Hub
Datacenter and hosting facility provider Equinix plans to open a hub in Amsterdam later this year to help local financial firms expand their connectivity and hosting options. The new site follows Equinix's acquisition of Netherlands-based Virtu earlier…
FISD Weighs Demand for Data Certification
Market data industry association FISD could begin certifying data professionals with official market data qualifications by this time next year, if a research study finds enough industry demand to support such an initiative, officials tell Inside Market…
CME Group Buys CMA for OTC Data Play
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange last week acquired bond and credit derivatives pricing vendor Credit Market Analysis for an undisclosed sum, in a bid to diversify its data offering and drive business to the CME's other services for over the counter…
MDSL Integrates 3di Data
UK-based data management technology vendor MDSL has partnered with London-based consultancy 3d Innovations (3di) to integrate 3di's database of market data solutions into the vendor's MDM (Market Data Manager) system for data service cost analysis,…
FTSE, CSAG Launch 'Terror-Free' Indexes
Index provider FTSE will make real-time data on its latest series of indexes for so-called terror-free investments available via Reuters and Bloomberg today, Monday, March 31.
VWD Expands OTC Data with UBS Bond Prices
Frankfurt-based data provider VWD has struck a licensing deal with Swiss banking group UBS to allow the vendor to distribute the bank's bond prices via its Market Manager data terminals, beginning April 1, officials say.
OMX Readies FIX Data Recovery
The Nasdaq OMX Nordic Exchange will next year roll out market data recovery capabilities based on the application sequencing feature in the latest specification of the FIX protocol, in a suite of new Genium data products to be released during 2009.
Linux Vendors Expand Real-Time Offerings
NEW YORK-The SUSE Linux Enterprise team at global infrastructure software and services firm Novell is working to bring real-time environments to all areas of the datacenter, say officials.
SEC Moves Forward in Mutual Recognition
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is another step closer to mutual recognition of "high-quality" regulatory agencies outside of the U.S., say SEC officials.
Banks to Test Open-Source RegQ
NEW YORK-Two global, but unnamed banks, have begun the second round of beta testing the Regulatory Questionnaire (RegQ) from open-source developer Collaborative Software Initiative (CSI), say CSI officials.
Eurex Readies High-Frequency Trading Interface
FRANKFURT-Eurex traders can expect faster and more streamlined access to the European futures exchange on April 14, with the planned launch of Eurex Transaction Services (ETS), which targets high-frequency trading, according to bourse officials.
Datacenter Spending Needs Revamping
NEW YORK-The industry is facing an invisible crisis due to rapidly increasing infrastructure costs for new datacenters, concludes a recently published survey by datacenter think tank Uptime Institute.
DZ Bank Readies VWD Terminal Rollout
Frankfurt-based Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank (DZ Bank) is preparing a major initiative to roll out new market data terminals from local vendor VWD to service thousands of end users over the course of 2008, sources tell Inside Market Data .
Equiduct Debuts Pan-European VBBO Feed
European equity market operator Equiduct Trading will this week launch its Virtual Best Bid and Offer (VBBO) feed of data for equities listed across European markets, and will start publishing real-time VBBO data on a select number of securities via its…
Weisel Taps Pivot for Research Distribution
San Francisco-based investment bank Thomas Weisel Partners is rolling out technology from messaging and collaboration infrastructure vendor Pivot for distributing research, prices and indications of interest via instant messaging, officials say.
Thomas Weisel Deploys Pivot
SAN FRANCISCO-Investment banking firm Thomas Weisel Partners is in the midst of a global and enterprise-wide rollout of the Pivot 360° secure instant messaging platform, vendor officials announced today, March 31.
Korea Gains First ATS
SEOUL-Agency broker and alternative trading system (ATS) operator Instinet and Korean investment bank Samsung Securities Co. announced the creation of an anonymous securities crossing network, dubbed KoreaCross, today, March 31.
Cisco Preps Latency Management Offering
NEW YORK-Networking equipment and management provider Cisco Systems' financial services group is working to develop industry-wide solutions to mitigate latency for financial services, DWT has learned.
FIXATDL Set for Q2 Debut
LONDON-Deploying new trading algorithms and orders types should get easier this year as messaging standards body FIX Protocol Ltd. (FPL) expects to launch its FIX Algorithmic Trading Definition Language (FIXATDL) by the end of the second quarter, FPL…