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Placemark takes Pyxis for mobile sales, data functions
Placemark Investments, a Dallas and Boston-based overlay manager with $7 billion from managed account sponsors, has implemented Pyxis Mobile's mWholesaler wireless application to align its sales and data management operations. Placemark, which pro-vides…
Martin Currie live on Fidessa LatentZero Trading Network
Martin Currie, the Scotland- based investment manager with £14.1 billion under management, has become the first buy-side organisation to go live on Fidessa LatentZero's Trading Network (LTN), which provides FIX connectivity to trading counterparties over…
It's been spotty, infrequent, inconsistent and potentially biased
TowerGroup's Matt Nelson is dismissive of current pricing methods across the buy side for hard-to-price debt instruments, which, he explains, are typically managed internally by organisations either using Excel models or broker-supplied quotes and not…
New UK client and recruits for growing Advent Software
Raymond James Investment Services (RJIS), a UK-based private client investment management firm, has installed two Advent Software platforms to enhance its operational efficiency. Advent Portfolio Exchange will support portfolio management and client…
Savvis Offers Direct Amex Feed
Network and hosting provider Savvis has rolled out a low-latency Ethernet connectivity service to access exchange market data and has incorporated the depth-of-book feed from Amex into the offering.
Eurex Readies New Market Data Feed
German derivatives exchange Eurex plans to roll out a new market data feed as part of the latest upgrade to its trading system, say company officials. Version 10.0 of the Eurex trading system, which is due for release on November 26, will include a new…
Fidessa Adds Data From Emerging Europe
UK trading systems and market data vendor Fidessa is expanding the range of Eastern European market data carried over its products to include markets in Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Cyprus and Romania, to meet increasing demand for connectivity into the…
CME Details CBOT Data Developments to Users
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange will this month round up a series of forums to explain the implications of its merger with the Chicago Board of Trade to customers, and will make available test code for connecting to the combined market that—among other…