Trading Tech
Exablaze Grows Low-Latency Data Switch Family
Melbourne, Australia-based low-latency switch provider Exablaze has unveiled ExaLink Fusion, a full-service low-latency switch aimed at high-frequency and algorithmic traders for incoming market data distribution and for sending trade orders back to…
OptionsCity Previews Rebranded Trading Platform, New Functionality
The platform and widgets will be delivered via the web.
Capricorn FM Selects IMS From Cymba Technologies
Cymba Technologies is to provide investment management capabilities to the South-African fund managers.
ASX Upgrades Corporate Actions Back Office With GoldenSource EDM
Exchange Projects 80% Productivity Improvement
Interactive Data Taps Sowa Labs for Social Media Analytics Feed
Interactive Data has rolled out a social media analytics feed from Stuttgart-based data analytics and consulting services provider Sowa Labs, to allow its clients to better assess financial markets and individual stocks.
Industry Takes Proactive Approach to European Equity OTC Clearing
Traiana, CCPs, banks work together on netting times and CFD processes.
WEBB Selects Tbricks for Cash, Derivatives
Market-making firm to consolidate trading functionality onto one platform.
Tradeweb Enters US Corporates Fracas with New Platform
Fixed income specialist looks to shake up market at an "inflection point"
Wall Street Horizon Ups Buy-Side Focus, Hires Research Director
Woburn, Mass.-based corporate earnings and event data provider Wall Street Horizon is increasing its focus on the buy side after a recent academic study found that the vendor's earnings date revisions data could be used to predict stock movement, and has…
Genscape Brings Power Supply Monitoring Data to UK Market
Energy and commodities supply data provider Genscape has expanded its coverage to monitor power flow and generation monitoring in the UK.
SS&C Adds Explorer to its Portia Platform
New tool turns critical investment data into meaningful information.
SmartTrade Targets Fixed Income with smart-FI Launch
Smart-FI release aims to ease shift to electronic infrastructure in FI derivatives trading.
HFT Turns Sour for North American Exchanges
TMX's changes mark a wider shift in the US and Canadian landscapes.
Eagle Alpha Swoops on Ex-Twitter Architect
Social media data provider Eagle Alpha recently hired former Twitter architect Evan Weaver as technical advisor to add "significant value to [the vendor's] technical architecture roadmap," officials say.
Eagle Alpha Raises $1.2M to Fund Development, Hires
Startup social media data provider Eagle Alpha has raised $1.2 million in its second round of funding this year, which it will invest in product development and use to recruit more engineers.
South Africa's Prudential IM Deploys StatPro Analytics
Cape Town, South Africa-based Prudential Investment Managers has begun rolling out products from UK-based data and portfolio analytics vendor StatPro to support cloud access to sophisticated portfolio analytics.
Global Switch Taps Custom Connect for Connectivity, Managed Services
Alliance will reduce costs for Global Switch clients while expanding their global reach
Berkeley Futures to Use FlexTrade for Global FX Trading
MaxxTrader will be used for the full trading cycle of the UK broker's global FX trading.
OpenGamma Taps Vets Beeston, Conde for Board
Banking, fintech veterans will help company respond to rapid growth in demand, officials say.
Prudential IM Taps StatPro for Portfolio Analytics
South African asset manager Prudential Investment Managers has rolled out StatPro’s portfolio analysis tools across its range of funds.
Stock Connect Delayed by Regulatory Approvals
The proposed trading link between the Shanghai and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges (SSE/HKEx), known as Stock Connect, will not be launched in time for the expected time of end October.
China Will Open Up, Just Not Yet
Stock Connect and fixed income lead this week’s coverage.
McObject’s eXtremeDB Financial V6 Adds SQL, Python, Data Compression
Enhancements will make McObject's high-performance database more accessible to developers and reduce storage requirements.
FIX Market Data Protocol Spec Nears Completion
FIX Trading Community outlines progress on development of a new, standardized protocol for market data transmission.