Trading Tech
Gissing Preps ConteX 4.0 Beta Tests
UK-based data technology vendor Gissing Software has begun beta testing the latest release of its ConteX price contribution system, and is in the final stages of completing interfaces between ConteX and other systems in place at end-user firms.
Aleri Unveils Liquidity Consolidation, Analysis Tool
Chicago-based event processing software vendor Aleri will this week announce it has built a new liquidity aggregation and analysis tool designed to help users deal with the demands of trading in a fragmented marketplace by consolidating and analyzing…
MarketAxess Makes OMS Buy
NEW YORK-Electronic fixed-income trading venue MarketAxess has acquired order management system (OMS) and connectivity provider Trade West Systems (TWS) in an effort to deepen its integration into investor and dealer trading workflows, say MarketAxess…
Goldman Sachs to Launch FX Algos
LONDON-Goldman Sachs plans to debut its foreign exchange (FX) trading algorithms in the first half of 2008 as part of its strategy to gain market share, firm officials tell DWT .
Cross-Asset Trading to Become Reality in Europe
LONDON-Trading multiple instrument types simultaneously will be commonplace in European markets within the new few years, predict industry insiders.
SOA Faces Tough Asian Slog
DELHI-Although uptake of service-oriented architecture (SOA) in Asia is still in the nascent stage, global financial institutions in the region are leading the way in a growing awareness of SOA, according to a newly released report from IT market…
Hotspot FXi Revamps Platform
JERSEY CITY, N.J.-Electronic foreign exchange (FX) venue Hotspot FXi expects to replace its single matching engine with several new matching engines in January 2008 to improve the platform's performance, DWT has learned.
Smart Routing No Longer Just an Option
LONDON-With the rise of multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) in the post-Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) environment, investment banks can't delay implementing smart order routing if they wish to remain competitive, say industry…
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