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Chi-X Targets FAST Feed by Year-End
Chi-X, the MiFID-inspired alternative trading system set up by broker Instinet, plans to introduce a new datafeed based on FAST (FIX Adapted for Streaming data) compression algorithms by the end of this year, officials say.
Detica Signs Kx to Support FSA's Sabre II
UK-based technology consultancy Detica is using Kx Systems' kdb+ database to store and query multiple terabytes of real-time and historic data as the basis of the Sabre II market monitoring system that Detica is building for UK regulator the Financial…
Pivot Debuts Collaboration Platform
NEW YORK—Secure instant messaging (IM) solutions provider Pivot Solutions plans to debut its inter-enterprise collaboration platform, dubbed Pivot 360, at next week's Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (Sifma) technology management…
Panel: Europe Lagging in Mifid Preparedness
COMO, ITALY—With under five months left until it comes into force, the E.U.'s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) still represents a challenge for most of the financial industry and member states in Europe, say industry participants.
DMA Gains Traction in Asia
HONG KONG—Adoption of direct market access (DMA) in Asia is being spurred on by market deregulation, bigger trade volumes and more sophisticated clients; however, current regulatory controls, wide spreads and illiquidity are some of the issues hindering…
Monday Morning Blues for Euronext.liffe
LONDON—Trading on Euronext.liffe derivatives markets ground to a halt just 21 seconds into the trading day last Monday morning, as the exchange operator was forced to shut down markets for more than four hours because of a technical issue with its market…
SunGard Focuses on Growth
COMO, ITALY—Innovation and transformation were the central themes of last week's SunGard Europa user conference.
Q-Wixx Tackles Trading of CDS Lists
LONDON—A new trading platform, dubbed Q-Wixx, was launched last week to ease trade execution for lists of single-name credit default swaps (CDSes), say vendor officials.
West Highland, CJC Join Forces for Global Support Services
West Highland Support Services, a New York-based provider of market data support and remote system management services, is preparing to unveil an agreement with CJC, a London-based consultancy providing market data consulting, administration and…
eSpeed-BGC Deal Drives New Data
The pending buyout of Cantor Fitzgerald's voice-broking spin-off BGC Partners by Cantor's electronic trading subsidiary eSpeed is expected to generate a wealth of new market data products as a result of combining the two businesses.
West Highland, CJC Join Forces for Global Support Services
West Highland Support Services, a New York-based provider of market data support and remote system management services, is preparing to unveil an agreement with CJC, a London-based consultancy providing market data consulting, administration and…
WestLB Aims DART at Data Spend
German bank WestLB has rolled out the Data Access and Reporting Tool (DART) from Wombat Financial Software subsidiary Harco Technology in a bid to reduce its market data costs by eliminating duplication of services, bank officials tell Inside Market Data…
Deutsche Börse Expands Data Connectivity with Dark Fiber
Deutsche Börse Systems has partnered with European network provider euNetworks to offer increased bandwidth connectivity to consumers of the exchange's data, to help them deal with bandwidth issues arising from rising market data volumes and algorithmic…
NYSE Euronext Advances Data Integration
As part of its plans to establish a single data distribution infrastructure for the merged NYSE Euronext, the New York Stock Exchange is working to establish connectivity between Euronext and the SFTI (Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure) network…
Exegy Integrates DRC Processor Module
St. Louis-based technology provider Exegy will integrate DRC Computer Corp.'s Reconfigurable Processor Unit (RPU) into its hardware-accelerated ticker plant, enabling Exegy to add complex event processing and algorithmic functions to the ticker plant in…
Thomson Buys Xinhua News; DJ in Play
Newswire consolidation continued last week with news during early Asia trading on Friday that Thomson Financial had acquired the news assets of Xinhua Finance News outside of China, and that Dow Jones' controlling Bancroft family is now considering a…
BT Rolls Out ITS Anywhere for Nortel
LONDON—Telecom vendors Nortel and BT have announced a collaboration to bring to market ITS Anywhere for Nortel that will enable investors' phone calls and communications to be monitored and accessed on or off the trading floor, say BT officials.
West Highland, CJC Ally For Global Support Services
NEW YORK—West Highland Support Services, a New York-based provider of remote system management and market data support services, is preparing to unveil an agreement with CJC, a London-based consultancy providing market data consulting, administration and…