Trading Tech
SunGard Merges Business, IT Consulting Units
NEW YORK-Trading software provider SunGard will combine its business and IT consulting groups into a new entity, SunGard Global Services (SGGS), in an effort that has been in the works since early in 2009, vendor officials announced today, April 5.
A Little Spring Cleaning
Now that spring has finally arrived in the northern hemisphere, it is the perfect time to do a little spring cleaning-opening up the windows, airing out the house and hosing down the garden furniture. With dual announcements of new processors from Intel …
Opening Cross: Pumping Up the Volume Isn't Anti-Social
Do social media applications have a place in the world of market data? Those re-engineering their applications to resemble Web technologies that today's generation of professionals just entering the market will be familiar with might say yes. But can you…
Push Tech Readies Diffusion Update
UK-based Push Technology, a provider of streaming Web technology for market data distribution, has released a beta version of its Diffusion data platform, incorporating support for a broader range of distribution protocols to support more efficient data…
MTFs Urge Consolidated Tape in MiFID Review
Operators of pan-European multilateral trading facilities are calling for this year's review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive to make it easier for trading firms to participate in multiple markets by mandating an affordable means for…
Quod Mulls Data Hardware Acceleration
Trading systems vendor Quod Financial plans to incorporate hardware-accelerated technologies from third-party providers into Version 5 of its Adaptive Execution Platform trading system, which is due for release in May of this year, to increase the…
VSS Bows Capacity Monitoring Taps
Burlingame, CA-based network monitoring provider VSS Monitoring is rolling out a new service dubbed Capacity Assurance, which monitors network bandwidth utilization at sub-millisecond levels, and enables firms to ensure they have sufficient capacity to…
Bursa Malaysia Preps For Globex Switchover
KUALA LUMPUR-Exchange operator Bursa Malaysia is in the midst of moving its derivatives market onto the Globex electronic trading platform from CME Group, operator of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), according to exchange officials.
Abel/Noser Launches Algo Customization Platform
NEW YORK-Building on its post-trade analytics product, Trade-Zoom, agency broker Abel/Noser recently launched its Signature Algorithms application, which will customize algorithms based on the trader's past trading behavior and lower their trading costs.
AMD Partners Debut 'Magny-Cours' Servers
SUNNYVALE, CALIF.-Chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has announced the general availability of servers incorporating the vendor's new eight- and 12-core AMD Opteron 6000 Series processors, codenamed Magny-Cours, from its original equipment…
Omgeo Expands CTM Coverage to North America
BOSTON-Post-trade industry utility Omgeo is one broker closer to retiring its global trade and allocation platform, Oasys Global, as ITG Canada becomes the latest brokerage to participate in Omgeo Central Trade Manager (CTM), the central matching service…
Nomura Eyes Data Tech Latency Gains
The London-based algorithmic trading group of Japanese banking group Nomura is examining technology strategies for reducing market data and trading application latency, after successfully reducing order processing latency by up to 35 percent as a result…
Nomura Shrinks Latency with ‘Westmere' Processor
LONDON-The U.K.-based algorithmic trading operations of Japanese investment bank Nomura has shaved latency off its order processing and trading applications by running them on the latest six-core Xeon 5600 Series from Intel, say bank officials.
Fidessa Eyes Canadian Options
TORONTO-Market connectivity and trading platform provider Fidessa plans to add support for Canadian options trading to its hosted Canadian Trading Platform (CTP), according to officials.
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…
UBS Readies to Go Dark
When the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) first introduced the concept multilateral trading facilities (MTFs), the first-generation facilities gained the backing of multiple banks. Now, individual banks are launching their own MTFs in…
All Change
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