Trading Tech
Morningstar Australia Ticker Plant to Cut Latency by 100ms
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar has set up a ticker plant in its Sydney, Australia datacenter to provide lower-latency content via its datafeeds to local trading firms.
Options Hosting Clients Get Microwave CME Data via Quincy
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options is making low-latency microwave connectivity vendor Quincy Data's QED (Quincy Extreme Data) service available to its clients hosted at Options' server cage in Equinix's NY4 datacenter in Secaucus, NJ.
Four Capital Partners Taps Linedata for Order Management, Compliance
London-based Four Capital Partners Limited will expand on its relationship with solutions provider Linedata, adding Linedata Global Hedge's order management and compliance modules to its portfolio management module already in use.
TeraExchange Connects to Traiana's CreditLink
With the move, the cross-asset swap execution facility (SEF) covering rates, credit, and foreign exchange contracts will now provide clients two different choices for pre-trade credit check.
Invesco Chooses Portware as its EMS
Atlanta-based Invesco has selected Portware Enterprise as the centralized hub for execution management across all of its asset classes.
Itaú AM Taps Omgeo for Automated Post-Trade Processes
Brazil’s largest investment manager, Itaú Asset Management, has implemented Omgeo services for central trade matching and settlement instruction capabilities.
Nasdaq Opens Bangalore Tech Unit
Nasdaq OMX has announced the opening of a new office in Bangalore, India, dedicated to technology development.
BBVA Adds Neoris, AuthenWare for Employee Identification
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) has enlisted the services of consultancy Neoris and biometrics firm AuthenWare, to develop a system of cyberbiometrics for employee identification purposes.
WSNS Adds Another IXnet Vet, Brad Lutz
Wall Street Network Solutions has named Bradford Lutz chief administrative officer, to support the company's next phase of growth and global expansion, officials say.
FSMLabs Bows Cloud Time-Sync App
Precision time synchronization solution provider FSMLabs has released TimeKeeper Cloud, a version of its TimeKeeper appliance running on Amazon Web Services that ensures consistent timing between distributed trading applications for effective trading and…
Asset Management Shift Inspires IT Transformation Among Middle Eastern Banks
While markets along the Persian Gulf have conspicuously built up financial infrastructure in recent years to attract foreign firms and capital, local banks elsewhere in the Middle East are bolstering their technological capacity to do precisely the…
IXcellerate Taps Cladingbowl as Tech Adviser
Russian datacenter provider IXcellerate has appointed Peter Cladingbowl senior technology adviser, responsible for assisting the company's operations team in developing its Moscow One datacenter campus and in the selection process for the Moscow Two…
Abacus Teams With Global Relay for Message Archiving
Abacus Group, a New York-based provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has partnered with Global Relay, a Vancouver-based provider of hosted email archiving, messaging and compliance services, to institute a message…
RapidMiner ‘Mines' Menzies' Experience to Grow Sales, Partners
Cambridge, Mass.-based predictive analytics provider RapidMiner has hired financial technology sales veteran Andy Menzies as chief revenue officer, responsible for the vendor's sales, business development and customer support functions.
ITRS, Excelian Partner on Murex Systems Monitoring
The monitoring software provider and specialist consultancy are collaborating on real-time system performance metrics and monitoring for cross-asset trading and risk management platform Murex.
Solarflare Releases Network Server Security Solution
Solarflare, a California-based producer of 10 gigabit ethernet (10GbE) networking software and hardware, has launched a distributed, active security solution that is implemented within network servers, the prime targets of cyber security breaches.
Tass Signs Etrali for Unified Trading Communications
German institutional bond trading firm Tass Wertpapierhandelsbank GmbH (Tass) has deployed a unified trading communications solution from Etrali Trading Solutions across its trading floors in London and Hofheim, Germany.
EU-Project First Launches Social Media Sentiment Analysis Tool
An European Union-backed consortium, Project First, has launched a prototype tool for near-real-time social media sentiment analysis for financial services firms.
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Should Kill Switches be Fully Automated?
If it were up to Dave Lauer, technology architecture consultant at Norwegian case-based reasoning specialist Verdande Technology, the surveillance of software-related trading glitches, and the subsequently activated kill switches, would be performed…
TMX Atrium Mulls Asia FX Expansion, Eyes Canada, SEFs
TMX Atrium, the network provider subsidiary of Canadian exchange group TMX, is considering expanding its current foreign exchange market coverage beyond Europe and the US to Asia, to meet growing demand from customers for FX market data and connectivity…
Infinancials Develops Broker Tool to ID Stocks with Similar Fundamentals
French fundamental data and analytics provider Infinancials has developed a new web application, called Equity Trade Advisor, that online brokers can integrate with their online trading platforms to provide active traders with investment ideas based on…
CBOE Eyes 12-Month Latency Cuts
The Chicago Board Options Exchange is in the middle of an ongoing project to reduce data and transaction latency across its trading systems to less than 100 microseconds, building on existing latency reductions achieved as a result of moving its primary…