Trading Tech
Colt Enters PaaS, IaaS Provider Space
PALO ALTO, CALIF.-European telecom provider Colt plans to offer financial services and other clients the ability to deploy and manage enterprise applications across physical, virtual and compute cloud infrastructures, vendor officials announced today,…
CEP Gets Owned
They say that one man's misfortune is another's opportunity. And industry participants and observers gave Sybase's acquisition of complex event processing software vendor Aleri's assets last week a warm response, saying that whatever misfortune prompted…
Telekurs to Bundle Mobile iD
SIX Telekurs will include free access to its mobile data application for most user packages in version 8.3 of its Telekurs iD desktop data display, which is scheduled for release in the coming months ( IMD , Nov. 23, 2009).
Nordic, Baltic Exchanges Make Switch to Inet
STOCKHOLM-Global exchange operator Nasdaq OMX has started running the Nordic and Baltic markets on its Inet matching engine beginning today, Feb. 8, in order to lower cost "substantially" and to woo more high-frequency traders to the Nordic region,…
Calypso Makes Regulatory Update to Workstation
SAN FRANCISCO-Calypso recently released an upgraded version of its front-office system, Calypso Workstation, version 11.1, to account for U.K. Financial Services Authority (FSA) liquidity regulations that took effect in December 2009.
Saying Goodbye to Co-Location?
Ever since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it would be investigating whether or not server co-location gives a small set of traders an unfair advantage, I have been mulling over ideas on how the regulator could enforce a…
LSE Sets Roadmap for Millennium Exchange
LONDON-LSE Group, operator of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), has prepared the migration roadmap for its new Millennium Exchange platform, which is slated to go live Sept. 13, according to a document obtained by DWT .
Zircon Computing Improves Load Balancing
NEW YORK-To improve the performance of its grid-enabling middleware, dubbed Zircon Software Product Suite, Zircon Computing has included a separate service pool for the platform's internal load balancer in version 3.1, which was made generally available…
Caplin Trader Update Courts High-Frequency Traders
LONDON-In order to keep up with the demands of high-frequency traders, Caplin Systems has rolled out a new directory structure that supports multiple parallel development streams for version 2.0 of its Caplin Trader Web client framework for its Caplin…
ICE Plans ICE Clear Europe Migration
ATLANTA-IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), operator of European clearinghouse ICE Clear Europe, expects to complete the clearinghouse's migration to completely internally developed technology by the beginning of next year, exchange officials tell DWT .
Banco Fator Deploys Low-Latency Architecture
São Paulo-Brazilian bank and brokerage Banco Fator Corretora has adopted the Progress Apama Algorithmic Trading Accelerator and Event Modeler systems from complex event processing (CEP) platform provider Progress Software in order to provide the broker's…
Exegy, Options IT Partner for Hosted Ticker Plant
St. Louis, Mo.-based hardware ticker plant provider Exegy is making its ticker plant available via infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options IT's Options Pipe direct feed and infrastructure management suite, creating a fully hosted ticker plant…
BGC Taps Xignite for On-Demand Data
Interdealer broker BGC Partners will this week roll out an on-demand data service for its market data, using white-labeled technology from Web services data provider Xignite.
Atrium Adds Two Toronto PoPs
TORONTO-Global connectivity provider Atrium Network has expanded connectivity to the Canadian market with two new points of presence (PoPs) at 100 Wellington Street and 151 Front Street in Toronto's financial district, Atrium Network officials announced…
Data Veterans Engage Industry Leaders To Create a Central Counterparty for Data Management
NEW YORK - US-based data specialists are engaging C-level executives at global firms to set up the Central Counterparty for Data Management (CCDM), an initiative focused on global data standardization and cleansing in the financial services industry,…
Uncertain AII Implementation Date
To Delay Proceedings, Say Market Participants
Pushing for Change
The standardization of corporate actions at the issuer level is a vital area for the industry to address. Carla Mangado explores whether exchanges could do more and what 2010 will bring in corporate actions standardization
Utilizing Centralization
The concept of a global centralized reference data utility is not new. But some argue now could be the right, and perhaps the only time, to make it a reality. Carla Mangado asks what the next step will be, and whether there is enough clarity on the issue…
Preparing for Central Clearing
While the market is awaiting news of financial reform in the US, firms have started analyzing the potential impact of a move to central clearing of over-the-counter derivatives. The change in infrastructure would mean a growing need for automated…
The New Standards Era
With increased focus on efficiency in the financial markets, data professionals are looking for open standards and adoption of common identifiers. Tine Thoresen reports
Is Sub-Penny Pricing Just Common Cents?
This Monday, the Nasdaq Options Market and its PHLX market (the former Philadelphia Stock Exchange) will expand the pilot program of quoting options contracts in one-cent increments to a further 75 IWM and SPY option issues, joining the QQQQ options…