Alliances, Mergers & Acquisitions
FactSet Integrates Dow Jones IB Content
FactSet Research Systems is gearing up to unveil a new version of its market data display platform that integrates Dow Jones' Investment Banker news and content, to give mutual clients more in-depth data and allow them to access the Investment Banker…
SunGard integrates algo tools with QuantHouse feeds
SunGard has integrated its smart order routing and algorithmic trading tools, GL Stream and GL Tactics, with market-data feeds from QuantHouse, the Paris-based provider of ultra-low latency market-data technologies.
SunGard to use StreamBase CEP for product development
Units of financial technology juggernaut SunGard are to use StreamBase Systems' complex event processing (CEP) platform for various product and infrastructure development projects to improve delivery to end users.
Cervalis Taps HFN for Network Access
Co-location and hosting services vendor Cervalis is using Paramus, NJ-based network provider Hudson Fiber Network to provide connectivity to its new Passaic County, NJ facility, giving clients hosted there low-latency access to US exchanges via HFN's X…
29West Buy Boosts Informatica Data Plans
Calif.-based data integration software provider Informatica will integrate the messaging framework of middleware provider 29West-which it bought last week for an undisclosed sum-with its existing platforms to deliver "zero-latency" exchange of data…
GlobeOp offers Linedata ASP to long-short clients
GlobeOp Financial Services, the hedge fund administrator with $106 billion in client assets under administration, has rolled out a hosted version of Linedata Services' LongView Trading order management system fully integrated with its middle- and back…
Sybase acquires Aleri to strengthen CEP capabilities
Sybase, a provider of enterprise and mobile soft ware, has finalised an asset purchase agreement with Aleri, a provider of enterprise-class complex event processing (CEP) technology and CEP-based solutions. CEP plays an integral part in real-time…
One Year On, There's More to Morningstar
At the end of 2008, Chicago-based investment research provider Morningstar acquired datafeed and terminal vendor Tenfore Systems to bolster its presence in real-time market data. Just over a year later, Inside Market Data speaks to former Tenfore chief…
Butterfield Fulcrum partners with MindTree
Butterfield Fulcrum, an independent alternative fund administrator, has partnered with global IT firm MindTree to deliver new products to the alternative fund administration industry. The most recent step in this alliance is Butterfield Fulcrum's…