Trading Tech
Tradebook Launches Order API
NEW YORK-Bloomberg Tradebook, a division of Bloomberg, has released a new application programming interface (API) that allows traders to bring together multiple asset classes on a single platform and drive trading strategies, say Bloomberg officials.
Microsoft Rolls Out Grid Betas
NEW YORK-Operating system and software giant Microsoft recently released beta versions of its Windows HPC Server 2008 server operating system and Microsoft Excel 2010 spreadsheet application that will reduce computing time for the largest Excel workbooks…
CMA Releases Latin America Algo Engine
São Paulo—Brazilian trading platform, market data and network connectivity provider Consulting, Methods, Advisory and Mercantil (CMA) announced the general availability of its new CMA Algoritmos algorithmic trading engine for its CMA Trade Hub financial…
Nasdaq OMX Turns to Correlix for Latency Monitoring
NEW YORK-Beginning in the first quarter of 2010, officials from global exchange operator Nasdaq OMX expect to have latency monitoring capabilities for orders, executions and market data messaging-provided via the RaceTeam latency monitoring service from…
HFT Drives Extranet Evolution
LONDON-Due to the rising popularity of high-frequency trading (HFT), new extranet providers are deploying fatter and faster network pipes while more established extranet providers are seeking to add features to remain attractive, concludes a new report…
Portuguese Energy Exchange Adopts Trayport
LISBON-Iberian power market derivatives exchange Operator del Mercado lbérico de Energía (OMIP) plans to have all of its trading on trading platform provider Trayport's Exchange Trading System by July 2010, exchange officials tell DWT.
ATS Operators Wary of SEC Dark Liquidity Proposal
NEW YORK-The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) proposals for regulating dark liquidity, if enacted, could significantly change the way trade orders are routed and liquidity is posted, according to executives from alternative trading…
Cuttone Banks on Tech for Mini-Prime Status
NEW YORK-Introducing brokerage Cuttone & Co. has moved closer to the growing "mini-prime" brokerage model with its Global Prime Solutions (GPS) service, which provides agency execution and floor trading capability.
IPC Eyes Financial Extranet Offering
NEW YORK-Trading floor communications and network provider IPC Systems has announced the launch of its shared IP access strategy in an attempt to create the latest financial extranet for its approximately 3,600 on-network clients, according to vendor…
Newedge Rolls Out India Operations
In a global market where all Western firms face challenges in gaining a foothold in Asia and finding the systems needed to do so successfully, multi-asset brokerage firm Newedge -a joint venture of Société Générale and Calyon-recently launched its…
Poll: Firms Focus on Latency Measurement
More firms have increased their budgets for latency-related projects during 2009 than at the trough of the financial crisis last year, but are focusing spend largely on internal monitoring and measurement projects rather than large capital outlays,…
Regulatory Drivers for Real-Time Analytics
Proposed rules for the financial industry will force market participants and regulators to adopt new ways of monitoring and consolidating data across different systems and markets. By Neil McGovern, product marketing director at Sybase
Data Networks Diverge, Seek Value-Add
The growth of high-frequency trading strategies is producing a bifurcation between different types of data extranet providers-those that provide broad connectivity and shared services, and those focusing on high-bandwidth networks for low-latency data…
Xignite Begins Real-Time Rollout
Web services data provider Xignite has begun distributing real-time Level 1 equity data from exchanges in Europe, in the first stage of its plan to provide market data from global exchanges via Web services.
CQG Readies Mobile Data Service, Picks BlackBerrys
Denver, Colo.-based data, charting and trading software provider CQG is preparing to launch a mobile data service integrated with its desktop terminal, in response to client demand from sell-side and buy-side customers for a service that could provide…
Switch and Data Recruits GeoReach Partners
Hosting service provider Switch and Data is enlisting network providers who have established low-latency fiber paths between its North Bergen, NJ facility and regional equity markets in a new partner program, dubbed GeoReach, to provide clients with…
SIX Telekurs Prepares to Issue New iD
SIX Telekurs is upgrading its Telekurs iD data display product to incorporate content and functionality currently available in the Market Rider data display from SIX Telekurs France (formerly known as Fininfo prior to its acquisition by Telekurs in 2007)…
TheMarkets Opens Up to Clients
Bank consortium-owned research platform TheMarkets.com has opened its application programming interface (API) to clients, allowing them to pull the vendor's content and search capabilities, as well as its tagging technology, into their own custom-built…
Swedbank Adopts Aleri for Liquidity Risk
CHICAGO-Officials from Stockholm-headquartered Swedbank announced today, Nov. 16, that the bank has selected complex event processing (CEP) platform provider Aleri's Liquidity Risk Manager (LRM) for risk management and to meet regulatory requirements.
But is it the Right Tool for the Job?
After receiving supposed direct messages on Twitter from a former British colleague with links to domains hosted in Montenegro and a few central Asian republics, I assumed his account had been hacked. It also started me wondering how useful social media…
Carbonn's Copy - In Sickness and in Health
This week you'll notice that the weekly Inside Market Data editorial column has a different title and author. That's because editor Max Bowie is in California getting married to none other than IMD 's chief subeditor Elina Patler. The event is certainly…
SuperDerivatives Enhances Data API
Derivatives pricing and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives has enhanced the application programming interface (API) for its portfolio valuation service, dubbed SD-Revaluation, to enable clients to incorporate different data sources into…
TradeVec Preps Analytics Platform
Gibraltar-based trading and data technology vendor TradeVec is preparing to launch an analytics platform, which will allow clients to create their own real-time analytics and trading indicators, as well as to develop and back-test trading strategies…