Trading Tech
SR Labs Preps Feed Expansion
SR Labs, a New York-based provider of technology for processing direct feeds for algorithmic trading applications at exchange co-location facilities, is in the midst of a second round of feed handler development to broaden the range of venues that the…
Credit, Regulation Drives Vendor Focus
Turbulence in the credit markets and regulatory requirements are creating new business opportunities for market data vendors, but are also imposing burdens in the form of clients demanding a broader range of data and greater value for the money they pay…
IDC Cuts Opra Processing with FIX API
Interactive Data Corp. has reduced its CPU overhead for processing data from the Options Price Reporting Authority by 30 percent, as a result of developing a new data API that utilizes the FAST (FIX Adapted for Streaming data) protocol, Inside Market…
Gissing to Power Wombat Excel Add-in
Gissing Software, the price contributions software vendor acquired by Reuters at the start of this year ( IMD , Jan. 4), has entered into an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) licensing agreement with NYSE subsidiary Wombat Financial Software.
Wall Street Systems Acquires AGB
NEW YORK-Taking its finger out of the wholesale banking pie, complex event processing (CEP) technologies provider Aleri sold off its Aleri Global Banking (AGB) unit to Wall Street Systems (WSS).
Grid Winners Announced
There was cause for celebration in the New York grid computing community last week as sibling publication Waters announced the winners of the first annual Global Grid Awards, or Griddies, after the second annual Street#Grid event in lower Manhattan.
Industry Launches SOA Association
LONDON-A group of banks, financial firms and vendors have founded the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN), an association aimed at helping banks to move to a service-oriented architecture (SOA) by sharing technical and domain expertise, say…
GL Readies Thin Client Update
PARIS-By the fourth quarter, exchange connectivity and trading platform provider GL Trade plans to release version 8.0 of its thin-client trading workstation that will sport new order execution functionality as well as updated back-end routing technology…
Infront Develops Options Module for Orc Display
LONDON-Norwegian trading technology and market data vendor Infront has developed a new derivatives module for its Web-based Online Trader data display and trading application, according to vendor officials.
Tibco to Take Rendezvous Hybrid
PALO ALTO, CALIF.-Messaging provider Tibco plans to release its first hardware-based messaging appliance by the year-end that will improve latency performance for its Rendezvous messaging platform.
Panel: Holistic Risk Analysis Needed
LONDON-The days of calculating risk exposure divorced from operational risk are over, say industry insiders.
Broadridge Targets Front Office
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.-Financial technology outsourcing provider Broadridge Financial Solutions will introduce products for the front office as part of its new Ascendis product group, DWT has learned.
CA Cheuvreux Plans Crossing Engine
PARIS-Global agency broker, a member of Crédit Agricole (CA) Cheuvreux, is planning to launch its own internal dark pool crossing engine at the end of the summer, officials tell DWT .
Thomson Reuters Takes IMD Awards Spoils
Thomson Reuters trumped Bloomberg at this year's Inside Market Data Awards last week, taking six awards across a range of categories compared to its rival's three, which saw Bloomberg fare better at providing data on specific asset classes and take the…
Chi-X to Offer Smart Order-Routing
LONDON-Multilateral trading facility (MTF) Chi-X Europe plans to shake up the European markets by offering a smart order-routing capability to its clients, DWT has learned.
Front-Office Grids Not a Pipe Dream
NEW YORK-Although financial firms have been mulling a grid environment in the front office, there are still challenges to making it happen, say industry insiders.
Surviving on a Budget
Recent market turmoil has put pressure on reference data teams to meet growing regulatory requirements and reduce risk. And all this has to be done on a budget. Tine Thoresen examines how market data tools could help firms in the current climate
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