Trading Tech
AlgoEngineering Spins Off Tech Startup
NEW YORK-Low-latency execution provider AlgoEngineering recently launched a new venture, dubbed Algo Technologies, which will turn the vendor's proprietary infrastructure into products and services for third parties.
CQG Grows Data Integration with MathWorks, KaiTrade Links
Denver, Colo.-based data, charting and trading software provider CQG is expanding the capabilities of its Integrated Client platform via new partnerships with Natick, Mass.-based mathematical and modeling software vendor The MathWorks and trading…
CQG Grows API Partners with MathWorks, KaiTrade
DENVER-Data, charting and trading software provider CQG is expanding the capabilities of its Integrated Client platform via new partnerships with Natick, Mass.-based mathematical and modeling software provider The MathWorks and Chicago-based trading…
What's Old Is New Again
If there is one truism in the markets it is that everything is cyclical. The length of the cycles may vary, but hang around long enough and you will see the same trend, or variation of it, come around again.
XtremeData Preps Data Distribution Hardware
Database analytics appliance vendor XtremeData is developing a PCI Express (PCIe) card with FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) accelerators and network interface card ports to support low-latency data distribution between a user's ticker plant and…
RTS Ramps Up Latency Reduction
NEW YORK-Trading services provider RTS Realtime Systems Group has gone into beta testing with the first of a three-phrase technology initiative to enhance its low-latency offering.
Fire Shuts TD London Floor
LONDON-TD Securities shut down its London office on March 11 due to a nearby fire that ripped through an office block on Tabernacle Street in outskirts of the City of London.
RFQ-hub Evaluates Gateway Strategy
LONDON-Bank-backed request-for-quote (RFQ) trading platform provider RFQ-hub is in the process of determining how best to interact with its FIX gateway after recently joining the Fidessa network.
Ullink Implements FIXatdl Publishing System
PARIS-Trading platform and connectivity provider Ullink plans to announce enhancements to its Algorithm Management System (AMS) in conjunction with the launch of version 1.1 of the FIX Algorithmic Trading Definition Language (FIXatdl) at the upcoming FIX…
BOX Eyes April Datacenter Switchover
NEW YORK-The Boston Options Exchange (BOX) plans to go into production from its new Secaucus, N.J., datacenter facility on April 26, exchange officials tell DWT .
UBS to Join Dark MTF Club
LONDON-UBS Investment Bank recently announced plans to launch Europe's latest non-displayed multilateral trading facility (MTF), pending regulatory approval by the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority (FSA), according to bank officials.
Pink OTC to Launch Third Market
NEW YORK-Over-the-counter (OTC) securities market operator Pink OTC Markets is planning an April launch for a new market that trades companies registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), DWT has learned.
Solace Enlists TS-A for Latency Monitoring
Hardware-based middleware vendor Solace Systems has partnered with data consultancy and latency monitoring technology provider TS-Associates to offer mutual clients end-to-end latency monitoring of applications utilizing Solace's messaging fabric.
TipOff Gains Solace Support
NEW YORK-As a result of a mutual banking client's request to cut its latency, latency monitoring platform provider and consultancy TS-Associates is adding support for Solace Systems' hardware-based Unified Messaging Platform middleware to its TipOff…
CBOE Banks on Demutualization, IPO
CHICAGO-The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) expects to complete its planned demutualization and initial public offering (IPO) by the end of the second quarter, according to exchange officials.E
Verticlear Debuts Back-Office Trade Compression
IRVINE, CALIF.-Looking to the middle- and back-office needs of second- and third-tier Canadian broker-dealers, startup vendor Verticlear announced the availability of its portal-based Cross-Market Trade-Compression reporting tool today, March 15.
The Singletons
Regulators are pushing out new initiatives left, right and centre, and millions of dollars are spent complying with new requirements - some of which several data professionals claim there is little business reason for doing. The move to a single customer…
Bats Set to Enhance Sponsored Access
KANSAS CITY, MO.-Bats Global Markets is working on improvements to its sponsored access tools for its U.S.-based Bats Exchange, as well as its European multilateral trading facility (MTF) Bats Europe, according to Bats officials.
The Naked Truth
The 60-day feedback period allocated by the SEC to its proposed changes to the practice of sponsored access is almost up, and by the time this issue hits desks, ‘unfiltered’ access may be a thing of the past. But the real issue here is how brokers…
GTX Girds for Algo Trading Traffic
NEW YORK-Gain Capital, operator of the GTX foreign exchange (FX) ECN, expects to see an uptick in algorithmic trading as complex event processing (CEP) platform provider StreamBase Systems announced the availability of a GTX adapter for the vendor's CEP…
Fidessa Preps Toronto Datacenters to Meet Canada Demand
London-based market data and trading technology vendor Fidessa is in the early stages of setting up two datacenters in Toronto to meet demand for market data from its Canadian clients, and to provide a local connectivity hub for sourcing and distributing…
Exegy Taps 29West for Data Distribution
St. Louis, Mo.-based hardware ticker plant provider Exegy has integrated its ticker plant with Chicago-based 29West's LBM (Latency Busters Messaging) messaging middleware to create a combined low-latency data platform that can distribute data to…
Lowering the Bar to High-Frequency Trading
Low-latency trading infrastructure is a must for high-frequency trading, but the costs and knowledge required to optimize and maintain it have kept it out of the hands of most firms. DWT sits down with Dave Malik, director of solutions architecture in…