Trading Tech
Bats Lands in New York
NEW YORK-Bats Trading, operator of the U.S.-based exchange-in-waiting Bats ECN, have taken up residence in lower Manhattan.
FFastFill to Gain FX Support
LONDON-Electronic trading software provider FFastFill expects to provide its trading platform users with expanded multi-asset strategies, with the introduction of foreign exchange (FX) trading support within a few weeks, say vendor officials.
Bear Updates GemFire
NEW YORK-Bear Stearns has recently signed a three-year contract renewal with enterprise fabric platform provider GemStone Systems, even though the bank is primed to be integrated with JPMorgan and its enterprise backbone, DWT has learned.
HSBC Links to Impact Pro
NEW YORK-Users of the Impact Pro integrated execution platform from Advanced Financial Applications (AFA) now have the option to route equities trades across borders via HSBC, DWT has learned.
New Markets, New Challenges
LONDON-Financial technologists from The City and Canary Wharf descended on the neutral turf of Hilton Tower Bridge last week to attend the 14 th annual DWT conference and exhibition. They were able to see how their colleagues continue to deal with…
TPI Upgrades Tech in Quality Drive
Tullett Prebon Information is testing an upgrade to its data architecture designed to identify and remove anomalous data items from its feed, as part of an ongoing market data quality control effort, officials say.
NextView Rolls Out Vietnam Data
Singapore-based data vendor NextView will begin distributing Level 1 tick data and three levels of market depth data from the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) to local and international traders at the end of May, as part of an agreement signed between…
Going Cross Asset
As demand for complex executions continues to grow, many sell-side firms are finding that deploying cross-asset trading platforms is no longer a luxury. DWT assembled a panel consisting of Steve Grob, director of derivatives products and strategic…
NYSE Euronext Strengthens Cross-Asset Offerings
As traders continue to demand easier access to a variety of market centers in order to execute multiple-instrument trading strategies, officials at NYSE Euronext have been working to deliver new cross-asset trading capabilities.
Cross-Asset Trading: Ready for Prime Time
In recent years, we have seen a steady growth of cross-asset trading, but there is a long way to go. Liquidity and technology are still the biggest obstacles to e-trading, according to a recent European e-trading survey carried out by the Securities…
RTS to Add Options
NEW YORK-Users of the RTD Tango algorithmic trading platform from RTS Realtime Systems Group can plan on options trading support by year-end, RTS officials say.
GFI Expands EnergyMatch
NEW YORK-Traders using interdealer broker GFI's EnergyMatch will be able to trade electric power and natural gas products on the platform from the same interface within months, says Ian Clague, head of energy products for North America at GFI.
Taiwan Exchange to Retire FAST Engine
Taipei-As part of a local three-exchange consolidation, the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSEC) plans to retire its fully automated securities trading (FAST) platform and replace it with a third-party matching engine, according to officials.
NYSE Euronext to Enter MTF Fray
NEW YORK-Global exchange operator NYSE Euronext plans to roll out its own multilateral trading facility (MTF), say exchange officials.
Taming the Algo
DWT European reporter Cecilia Bergamaschi sits down with Alexandra Foster, head of global execution sales, U.K., for BNP Paribas, to discuss algorithmic trading trends.
SOA Makes Strides Down Under
SYDNEY-Financial firms in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) are leading their regional counterparts in Asia-Pacific in terms of adopting service-oriented architecture (SOA), according to research firm Springboard Research.
Sybase Unveils Market Data Platform
Database and technology vendor Sybase will this week launch its RAP (Real-time Analytics Platform) Trading Edition platform, which combines management of market data at three levels-low-latency data for automated trading applications, real-time data for…
Front Office Grids: Why Bother?
During a panel discussion that took place at the second annual Street#Grid event ( see story , page 1 ), technologists and consultants discussed the challenges of expanding enterprise compute and data grids to the front office. It reminds me of a…
InfoDyne Sale Reflects Need for Speed, Volumes
One of the themes of last week's North American Financial Information Summit was the continuing battle to balance the need for low-latency data with the burden of managing rising data volumes. And if any consensus of sorts was reached, it appeared to be…
Chi-X Readies Data for Smart Order Routing
European multilateral trading facility Chi-X is preparing to roll out a smart order-routing service that uses market data consolidated from multiple exchanges and trading venues as the basis for trading decisions, to help customers comply with the best…
Infront Develops Derivatives Module
Norwegian data and trading technology vendor Infront has developed a new derivatives data display module for its Web-based Online Trader data display and trading application, officials say.
Firms Balance Latency, Volumes
As datafeeds become faster and more voluminous, firms are becoming more confident with their levels of data latency, and dealing with ever-increasing volumes of data has become their primary challenge, according to panelists at last week's North American…
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…