Trading Tech
CEP Tries to Branch Out From Complex Roots
Complex event processing software vendors continued to win business from algorithmic trading operations that require analysis of high- frequency data streams during 2008, but also sought to make their products seem less complex to promote takeup across…
Firms Struggle to Tame Capacity, Latency
Trading firms continued to pursue ever-lower latency in 2008, but continued to face challenges from spiralling data volumes, driven by options data and the arrival of new trading venues in Europe. With no clear solutions emerging to address the dual…
Ionic Completes KTS Migration
UK-based data vendor Ionic Information has completed the migration of former clients of Knowledge Technology Solutions' MarketTerminal product onto Ionic's Alpha terminal data display.
IBM Adds Handlers, Preps Acceleration
IBM has released a series of new feed handlers and is readying others to expand its feed coverage of European and Asian markets.
Fragmented Europe Provides Window for Vendors
The past year saw the launch of a slew of new products, with many designed to help user firms navigate the increasingly fragmented European trading landscape resulting from the arrival of new MiFID-inspired multilateral trading facilities.
Quod Eyes Trade Data for Buy-Side App
Trading software vendor Quod Financial is testing a new smart order routing system for buy-side firms that will integrate post-trade data from exchanges and other trading venues, including dark pools of liquidity.
Pricing Vendor CSV Creates Auction Portal
CSV, a provider of valuations for complex securities and derivatives, has set up a new company, eInstitutional.com, that will run online auctions for traders looking to buy or sell complex and illiquid over-the-counter assets.
Aleri Streaming Platforms to Gain Modularity
CHICAGO-Users of Aleri's complex event processing (CEP) engine will have an easier time running multiple projects as the vendor plans on adding modularity capabilities to its modeling tools and language in the next release of the Aleri Streaming Platform…
Data Sync Error Halts Toronto Trading
TORONTO-A glitch that caused a synchronization problem between primary and secondary data feed generators for Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and the TSX Venture Exchange gave traders an unexpected day off as the exchange operator, TMX Group, halted trading…
RTS Integrates MatLab
CHICAGO-Users of the RTD Tango algorithmic trading platform from RTS Realtime Systems are now able to perform computationally intensive tasks faster with the integration of The MathWorks' MatLab platform, officials tell DWT .
TT Targets Emerging Market Links
CHICAGO-Derivatives trading system provider Trading Technologies International (TT) is looking to grow its connectivity to liquidity pools in emerging markets, including Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, say officials.
Newedge Extends GL Trade Deal
LONDON-Multi-asset brokerage Newedge is set to consolidate its Paris, New York and Hong Kong operations onto GL Trade's Instant Brokerage platform, which is in place in the broker's U.K. office, officials say.
Liquidnet Preps Four New Algos
NEW YORK-Crossing network provider and agency brokerage Liquidnet is set to roll out four new trading strategies by yearend, DWT has learned.
Credit Suisse Grows Asia TCA Data
Credit Suisse will begin providing its clients in Asia with more detailed post-trade execution analytics in January, officials tell Inside Market Data .
So Long to All That
Like most in the industry, I'm glad that 2008 is finally winding down. Although I'm not eagerly awaiting 2009, I believe most of us are well braced for the coming annus horribilis . Money can be made as a bull or a bear, but it's the uncertainty that is…
Carbon Markets Adopt Algo Trading
LONDON-There is now sufficient activity in the European carbon offset market to attract black-box traders, according to European Climate Exchange (ECX) officials.
Iress Rolls Out IOS Plus
MELBOURNE-Iress Market Technology has deployed the next-generation order management system (OMS), Iress Order System (IOS) Plus, to its first institutional client in Australia, DWT has learned.