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Coral8 Release Anticipates CEP Uptake
At the end of June, complex event processing software vendor Coral8 will release version 5.0 of its Coral8 Engine, which features updates designed to enable early adopters of CEP technology to expand their usage across multiple applications, officials…
Gissing Adds Speed, Functions To ConteX Contributions Tool
UK-based data technology vendor Gissing Software will launch the latest release of its ConteX data contribution platform at this week's SIFMA conference, with a new underlying data model to increase throughput and reduce latency, and a new scripting…
Exegy Update Boosts Performance
St. Louis-based data technology provider Exegy has released version 1.2 of its hardware-based ticker plant appliance, which can accommodate greater throughput volumes at lower latency, officials say.
Xignite, JackBe 'Mashup' Data
Web-based data vendor Xignite is integrating its data content with the Web services platform of integration provider JackBe, to allow end users in financial firms to create "mashup" data products on the fly by pulling together different components from…
SIFMA 2007: A Sneak Peak
Editor's Note: It may be sporting a new name this year, but the Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association's (Sifma's) Technology Management Conference is upon us. This year's theme of "Tech Be Nimble, Tech Be Quick" is expected to draw over 500…
Buy-side use of equity derivatives outpaces automation
Tabb Group’s Exchange-traded equity derivatives report charts the increase in the use of such instruments across the buy side and predicts substantial changes in the way buy-side firms currently trade as they move from phone- and faxed-based systems to…
Latency Top Priority, but Firms Cool on Proximity Hosting
Latency remains a priority to support trading strategies such as high-frequency statistical arbitrage, though firms are examining a variety of options to achieve optimal performance, according to a panel organized by Reuters in London last week.
Users: Keep It Simple, Vendors
Market data managers want their data suppliers to go back to basics and provide service that is flexible, consistent, and where there is trust on both sides of the relationship, according to the opening user panel at Inside Market Data's North American…
Reuters, Bloomberg Take IMD Spoils
Reuters and Bloomberg were the big winners at last week's Inside Market Data Awards, taking home seven awards between them.
Vendors: One-Size-Fits-All Is Dead
The increasing array of free news and data on the Internet, along with the threat of data piracy, is encouraging vendors to forge closer client relationships to deliver tailored content and technologies, said panelists at the North American Financial…
Data Dilemmas of Pricing Illiquid Assets
Decisions around vendor selection when acquiring data on illiquid assets remain driven by trader needs rather than by market data managers, according to panelists at last week's North American Financial Information Summit.
Shielding the Market Data Explosion
User firms are increasingly examining sophisticated technologies to address capacity problems by filtering out "noise" from datafeeds to focus only on the most useful data.
DWT London Tackles Industry Pain Points
LONDON—As growing regulations force change on the global financial markets, they haven't stifled innovation, say participants who spoke at the DWT 2007 conference and exhibition held last week in London at the Hilton Tower Bridge.
Trends out of TradeTech
TradeTech, one of the best-attended annual technology gatherings of the year, set out to address a number of current buy-side issues – dark liquidity, best execution, algorithmic trading, transaction cost analysis, Mifid, and the underlying technologies…
Convergence and consolidation the keys for IT spending
In a recent report, CarbonBased Consulting predicts a continued growth in global spending on IT and services, with the buy side leading the way with a 21% increase this year. But as Victor Anderson reports, firms will be looking to increase allocations…
Markit Readies LCDX Index Launch
LCDX, a North American loan-only credit default swap index, is expected to launch in early May, coinciding with the launch of a new market standard identifier for credit agreements and loan tranches, provided by Markit RED Loans.
Roundtable: Tracking Indexes
Index data—once restricted to headline values and end-of-day files—is increasingly used as the basis for adventurous front-office trading strategies and for the creation of new investment vehicles based on or linked to established or custom-developed…
Nasdaq Steps Up Commercial Focus on Index Watch
Nasdaq has moved the management and sales function for its online Index Watch product from the exchange's Financial Products division to its market data group, headed by vice president of market data distribution Randall Hopkins.
FTSE Seals Bloomberg, BGI Deals
Index provider FTSE has inked deals to distribute detailed index data via Bloomberg and to license several real estate index products to Barclays Global Investors to use as the basis for exchange-traded funds, officials say.
JPMorgan Expands Custom Index Use
JPMorgan is increasing its use of niche and custom indexes to support new structured products that help clients pursue thematic investment opportunities, officials tell Inside Market Data .
MSCI Barra Preps Index Changeover
Index provider MSCI Barra will this week release the constituent data for its new range of global indexes, which will be introduced during the coming year, reflecting a new methodology that will enable the vendor to substantially expand the range of…
Custom Index Boom
With indexes and index-based products growing rapidly, firms have a choice of how to create their own custom indexes. By Ridgely Walters, senior director of client development and support at Dow Jones Indexes
Tabb: Brace for Spend, Volume Records
Expenditure on technology to keep pace with low-latency trading is likely to be outpaced by market forces, despite a record spend of $1.3 billion per year expected by 2010 on technology to support advanced trading techniques, compared to $789 million…
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