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Markit Preps Global Index With IIC, CDSI
UK-based credit and derivatives data provider Markit is planning to create a global credit index, following its acquisitions of the International Index Company and CDS IndexCo, officials tell Inside Market Data .
StreamBase, Reuters Ally for Faster Development
Event processing software vendor StreamBase last week unveiled a bundled package of services tailored for use with Reuters' RMDS data platform, to enable developers to more easily create applications that utilize data from firms' RMDS installations.
FPL Warns of Non-Standard Code as FAST Use Grows
In the wake of more exchanges implementing the FAST (FIX Adapted for Streaming data) protocol to reduce the bandwidth required for market data delivery-such as Nordic exchange group OMX, which launched a FAST-enabled datafeed last week-the standard's…
Credit Suisse Ramps Up Data Capacity
Credit Suisse was able to handle record data volumes in August without system disruptions as a result of a capacity upgrade program that enabled the bank to prioritize improvements for different business lines based on their contribution to-and the…
Wall Street Source Apps AIM to Cut Time, Costs
Wall Street Source, a New York-based provider of news aggregation and instant messaging technology, has launched a new Web site for distributing multiple messages at once via AOL instant messaging, to reduce the time taken by sell-side sales traders to…
Hybrid Trading Still Rules in Fixed Income
NEW YORK-Although there is a constant growing need to make fixed-income trading more efficient and cost-effective, the likelihood of the market turning completely electronic is highly unlikely, according to a recent panel of industry experts.
TradeWeb, Omgeo Form STP Alliance
NEW YORK-Electronic fixed-income-trading network Thomson TradeWeb and post-trade, pre-settlement utility Omgeo plan to improve the straight-through processing (STP) of fixed-income instruments through a strategic alliance, officials from both firms…
Bloomberg, Swift to Offer FX STP
NEW YORK-To address the schism that exists between the front, middle and back offices in processing foreign exchange (FX) trades, Bloomberg is teaming up with industry messaging cooperative Swift, DWT has learned.
Merrill Lynch Upgrades Trading Floor Communications
NEW YORK-As part of a multi-year program to standardize its trading floor communications infrastructure, Merrill Lynch will deploy approximately 4,000 IQ/Max trading turrets and related software and services from IPC over the next several quarters, say…
Calyon Financial, CQG Provide Asian Connectivity
CHICAGO-Global brokerage firm Calyon Financial and analytics trading platform and market data provider CQG are partnering to provide trading access to nine Asian futures exchanges, officials announced.
Cinnober Launches SI Platform
STOCKHOLM-An unnamed global investment bank plans to deploy the TradExpress trading engine from trading platform provider Cinnober Financial Technology to handle its systematic internalized trades, vendor officials tell DWT .
UBS Goes Live with Options DMA
NEW YORK-Global banking giant UBS has expanded its direct market access (DMA) offerings to its institutional clients with its recent rollout of the bank's DMA for Options Trading service, say bank officials.
Panel: FX Algos No Longer Just for the Large Players
LONDON-Gaining an edge on foreign exchange (FX) execution via trading algorithms is no longer solely the domain of the largest FX dealers, say several industry experts.
FX Must Put Mifid House in Order
LONDON-The vast majority of the members of the foreign exchange (FX) market are still unaware of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive's (Mifid's) impact on their business, says Chris Pickles, London-based chair of the Mifid Joint Working Group.
Intel Debuts Penryn Family of Processors
NEW YORK-To help investment banks improve processing performance while maintaining the same level of electrical consumption, Intel is releasing its Xeon Processor 5400 series, dubbed Penryn, with 45 nanometer technology, today, Nov. 12, vendor officials…
NeoNet Adds Warsaw Stock Exchange
Clients of direct market access (DMA) agency broker and trading technology provider NeoNet will now have access to the Warsaw Stock Exchange, officials announced today, Nov. 12.
LSE Glitch Sparks Price Confusion
A problem with the London Stock Exchange's Infolect data distribution platform that disrupted trading and data dissemination last week could prompt the market to review the way it derives end-of-day prices for exchange-traded stocks.
HSBC Cross-Asset Platform Grows Legs
HSBC is working on technology to price components of multi-leg trades and reduce "slippage" between derived or implied prices and prices at which a trade or hedge is executed, as part of a broader project to develop a cross-asset-class trading and…
Reuters Names Post-Merger Management
Reuters chief executive-elect Devin Wenig last week named the team that will lead the Reuters division of Thomson-Reuters, once the merger of the two companies is complete.
StatPro Divestment Boosts Tenfore's US Expansion
UK-based data vendor Tenfore Systems is in the process of migrating up to 100 new clients in North America to its datafeeds and terminals, after taking on the real-time data clients of FRI, a Canadian data and investment management software vendor…