Co-location
Leveling the Latency Playing Field
As high-frequency trading continues to get a bad rap, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission floats a number of ideas to level the playing field when it comes to co-location and proximity hosting services. Are they practical and will they work? By…
TXC Completes Global Co-Lo Strategy
JERSEY CITY, N.J.-High-frequency trading hosting provider Trading Cross Connects US (TXC) went live with its Tokyo co-location facility on April 15, using a network and datacenter facilities from Tokyo-headquartered KVH.
Thomson Reuters Charges Ahead with Elektron
LONDON-Market data and trading platform provider Thomson Reuters recently gave the industry a sneak peek of its next-generation data distribution network, dubbed Elektron.
Trading Firms Zero in on Nanoseconds
BARCELONA-The time it takes a beam of light to travel approximately 30 centimeters in a vacuum-one billionth of a second-will be the new performance benchmark for electronic traders, according to industry insiders who participated in a panel discussion…
Fidessa Prepares New U.K. Datacenter
LONDON-Trading platform and market connectivity vendor Fidessa plans to move its U.K. operations into a new purpose-built datacenter later this year.