Trading floor technologies
Thomson Reuters Makes TRMDS Multi-Threaded
NEW YORK-Users of the next-generation of the market data distribution system (MDDS) Thomson Reuters Market Data System (TRMDS) should expect and significant improvement as the vendor adopts a multi-threaded environment for the platform, according to…
IPC Debuts Offering for Small Firms
JERSEY CITY, N.J.-Trading floor communications technology provider IPC Information Systems has recently launched Alliance Express, a packaged product targeted for small and midsize firms.
Vhayu Launches Real-Time TCA
LOS GATOS, CALIF.-In order to provide its customers with the ability to shift their trading strategies as data comes in-in real time-enterprise tick data technology vendor Vhayu Technologies has released a new product, dubbed Velocity TCA, today, March…
Panel: Latency Also Key for Smart Order Routers
LONDON-Aside from worrying about whether their smart order routers are the smartest, sell-side firms operating in the European markets also need to ensure they are the fastest, according to market participants.
Orc Tackles Algos with Platform Update
NEW YORK-Trading platform and market connectivity provider Orc Software has made the latest version of its electronic trading platform Orc Trading generally available today, March 9.
Quod Financial to Support FX
LONDON-Order management system (OMS) provider Quod Financial plans to add foreign exchange (FX) as an asset class in its routing environments later this year to augment its current support of equities, futures and options and fixed income, officials tell…
RTI Debuts Real-Time Excel Link
SUNNYVALE, CALIF.-To provide real-time data to traders and analysts, middleware vendor Real-Time Innovations (RTI) has developed an add-in for Microsoft Excel, officials announced today, March 2.
Fidessa Adds Asia to USTP
NEW YORK-Clients using the global trading service on the U.S. Trading Platform (USTP) from order management system (OMS) and market connectivity provider Fidessa now have the ability to trade Asian equities from the same screen, officials announced today…
Thomson Reuters Debuts Integrated TCA to U.S.
LONDON-After making it available to the European market since December 2008, market data and trading platform provider Thomson Reuters recently launched its Thomson Transaction Analytics Global transaction cost analysis (TCA) platform in the U.S. market…
Aegisoft Gains U.S. Client
LONDON-A major U.S. bank has gone live with execution management system (EMS) AthenaTrader 4.2 for foreign exchange (FX) last week, says a senior official at technology vendor Aegisoft.
AFA to Add Options Analytics
NEW YORK-Users of the Impact Pro execution management system (EMS) from Advanced Financial Applications (AFA) will soon be able to take advantage of options analytics capabilities, DWT has learned.
AFA to Add Options Analytics
NEW YORK-Users of the Impact Pro execution management system (EMS) from Advanced Financial Applications (AFA) will soon be able to take advantage of options analytics capabilities, DWT has learned.
BT to Take Turret Support to Radianz
NEW YORK-Telecommunications and turret provider BT plans to deliver trading turret support via its Radianz Shared Market Infrastructure beginning in April, according to vendor officials.
Misys Looks to Global Expansion
NEW YORK-To cope with the current state of the U.S. economy, applications software and services vendor Misys is looking to expand more aggressively into new geographic locations and strengthen its operations globally in 2009, DWT has learned.
Panel: Multi-Asset Trading Set to Grow
LONDON-Although multi-asset trading has been gaining traction in the financial industry in the last few years, firms have yet to adopt it across a wide range of instruments, say industry participants.
Ágora Deploys Progress Apama CEP Platform
São Paulo, BRAZIL-Ágora Corretora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários, a division of Banco Bradesco, has selected Progress Apama's complex event processing (CEP) technology to power its algorithmic trading strategies, officials announced today, Feb. 9.
Experts Predict Portfolio Platform Growth
NEW YORK-The industry is ripe for a growth spurt of portfolio trading technologies and tools to help traders better execute their strategies, according to a recent industry report.
UNX Adopts 4th Story
NEW YORK-Direct market access (DMA) clients of agency brokerage UNX now have access to trading algorithms via automated-trading technology provider 4th Story's 4S.BlueRidge algorithm trading server, vendor officials announced today, Jan. 26.
Thomson Reuters Adds Risk Event Indices
LONDON-Market data provider Thomson Reuters announced at press time that it has rounded out its stable of machine-readable newsfeeds with its new NewScope Event Indices (NEI) datafeed.
Trayport Readies for Algorithmic Trading
LONDON-Although the commodities markets are still in the early stages of adopting algorithmic trading, commodities trading platform provider Trayport is busily readying its broker platform, Trader Gateway, to handle the expected increase in volume, DWT…
MF Global Taps Iress for CFDs
SINGAPORE-In order to broaden its direct market access (DMA) offering for contracts for differences (CFDs) in the Asian markets, broker MF Global has recently deployed the browser-based equity trading portal from trading platform provider Iress,…
Aleri Streaming Platforms to Gain Modularity
CHICAGO-Users of Aleri's complex event processing (CEP) engine will have an easier time running multiple projects as the vendor plans on adding modularity capabilities to its modeling tools and language in the next release of the Aleri Streaming Platform…
RTS Integrates MatLab
CHICAGO-Users of the RTD Tango algorithmic trading platform from RTS Realtime Systems are now able to perform computationally intensive tasks faster with the integration of The MathWorks' MatLab platform, officials tell DWT .
TT Targets Emerging Market Links
CHICAGO-Derivatives trading system provider Trading Technologies International (TT) is looking to grow its connectivity to liquidity pools in emerging markets, including Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, say officials.