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The Final Countdown
MiFID will become law in Europe on November 1, driving significant change in the data community and creating competitive opportunities. While large investment firms will be ready for the M-Day, related reference data challenges will stay on the agenda…
Quant House Builds Chi-X Handler
French low-latency data and trading technology provider Quant House has completed the development of a feed handler to carry data from Instinet's MiFID-inspired European trading venue, Chi-X, to allow automated trading operations to process Chi-X market…
ICE Revamps Historical Data Delivery
The Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange is launching a new Web site that will provide access to historical data for products traded on its ICE Futures Europe market, and will also incorporate historical data on US over-the-counter traded contracts.
FASB Rule Leads Funds to Change Side-Pocket Valuations
Valuation processes used by hedge funds to price illiquid investments held in so-called "side pockets" are being disrupted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board's Statement 157, auditors warn.
SGX Targets International Firms with TNS Direct Feeds
The Singapore Exchange has gone live with a connection to Transaction Network Services' Secure Trading Extranet, to provide trading firms outside Singapore with access to direct feeds of data from SGX's securities and derivatives markets.
BlueMatrix Updates Research Tool
BlueMatrix, a New York-based software provider, last week unveiled a new version of its research report authoring application designed to improve speed and performance, which the vendor will roll out to customers in the fourth quarter of this year.
Barchart Preps Web Workstation, Agri Commodities News Feed
Chicago-based data and charting vendor Barchart.com will this month roll out two data and news products aimed at futures traders.
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Singapore Exchange Adds TNS Connectivity
SINGAPORE-Members of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) have yet another avenue via which to access the exchange's securities and derivatives trading platform, as the SGX recently went live with a fully managed connection to financial extranet provider…
Panel: Exchanges See Derivatives Boom
LONDON-The massive growth in the listed derivatives market is attracting new exchanges to the sector, while those in the business are offering new products and services to clients, concluded a panel of global exchange officials last week.
Orc Software to Take FAST Native
NEW YORK-Users of Orc Software's CameronFIX Universal Server and CameronFIX Market Data Server may wind up with support for the FIX Adapted for Streaming (FAST) protocol whether they want it or not, as the vendor is preparing to migrate the underlying…
Eurobase Launches Hosted Trading Platform
LONDON-Financial software vendor Eurobase Banking Solutions recently announced the launch of a Web-based version of its multi-asset trading platform Siena e-Trading Solutions, vendor officials say.
TSX Sets Gateway Revamp for 2009
TORONTO-As the final phase of its trading platform upgrade, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), plans to roll out a new internally developed exchange gateway sometime in the second quarter of 2009, TSX officials tell DWT .