Trading Tech
MSCI Barra Unveils Risk Reports
Index and analytics provider MSCI Barra rolled out a new reporting module as an add-on to its BarraOne risk analytics platform at the beginning of August, to provide more detailed, time-series risk reports on clients' trading data.
RTS, Fixnetix Roll Out Hosted DMA Offering
LONDON-Trading platform provider RTS and low-latency market data provider Fixnetix have teamed up to deliver a fully hosted direct market access (DMA) offering, according to officials from both vendors.
Deutsche Börse Selects WebSphere for Trading Platform
New York-International exchange operator Deutsche Börse Group will incorporate version 2.2 of IBM's WebSphere MQ Low Latency as the messaging architecture for a new common trading system that it plans to roll out to all of its exchanges in the coming…
TMX Plans 10 Gbps Upgrade to Network
TORONTO-As part of a multi-phase project to upgrade infrastructure across its enterprise, Canadian exchange operator TMX Group plans to upgrade its internal 1 Gbps Ethernet network to 10 Gbps Ethernet networks, TMX officials tell DWT .
A Meeting of the Latency Minds
Low-latency trading is getting a bad rap in the general media theses days, but broker-dealers cannot ignore how message latency affects their trading strategies and bottom lines. DWT editor Rob Daly sits down with leading technologists from brokerages…
'Dex Appeal
Though sophisticated traders might eschew investments based on indexes, current markets have prompted a flight to safety in indexes and exchange-traded funds, resulting in a frenzy of new activity in the index space. Indexes also continue to be in demand…
QuantHouse Preps Strategy Back-testing Service
Low-latency data and trading technology vendor QuantHouse is preparing to roll out a new service for high-frequency trading firms that want to back-test trading strategies without making significant investments in data technology, officials tell Inside…
QuantHouse Releases Publication Server
Low-latency data and trading technology vendor QuantHouse has launched a new product to help user firms distribute their own real-time derived data, officials tell Inside Market Data .
BATS Examines its Options
As the Options Price Reporting Authority revises its projections for options data rates for the coming year, citing new options markets from the Chicago Board Options Exchange and BATS Trading as drivers of higher data traffic, Inside Market Data talks…
Wolfram Preps Professional Versions of 'Alpha' Portal
Wolfram Research, a Champaign, Ill.-based computational and analytical software vendor, is planning to introduce customized, subscription versions of its online Wolfram Alpha computational engine, tailored for use by financial firms.
Options IT Expands Feed Coverage, Speeds Managed Xetra Data
New York-based infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options IT is adding connectivity to more exchanges and trading venues-via low-latency feeds where available-to round out the global coverage of its Velocity managed direct feeds service.
Survey: UK Data Spend Hits Bottom Amid Cautious Optimism for 2010
UK financial institutions are expected to spend marginally more on market data in 2010, reversing two years of consecutive budget cuts, according to a recent survey of dealing room technology by UK-based research firm Kimsey Consulting.
RTI Readies WAN-Friendly Data Forwarding
SUNNYVALE, CALIF.-Officials from middleware vendor Real-Time Innovations (RTI) plan to launch a new messaging platform that will behave like a network router, enabling high-performance data forwarding and transformation across wide-area networks (WANs)…
Sybase Eyes Investor Lemon Law
DUBLIN, CALIF.-Over the next six to 18 months, database vendor Sybase expects that its financial services clients will see a dramatic increase in deployments concerning regulatory compliance rather than risk management due to pending regulations on…
Trayport Preps Connectivity Portal
LONDON-Multi-asset trading platform provider Trayport plans to launch a new connectivity portal, dubbed GlobalVision Portal, which will allow trading firms to connect to markets they would not normally have connected to in the past, say vendor officials.
Network Problems Halt Order Entry on NYSE, NYSE Amex
NEW YORK-Traders looking to execute orders on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NYSE Amex markets ran into some difficulties as an undisclosed networking issue took four of the exchange's matching engines offline minutes into the market's opening on…
SEB Gird for Nordic Fragmentation
STOCKHOLM-As the Nordic markets continue to fragment, Swedish bank Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) has put a number of projects in place to deal with the new market structure and to prepare for the introduction of a central counterparty clearing (CCP…
The Ring Stays in the Picture
Although the non-ferrous metal markets are not as liquid as other markets, they are blending old business practices, such as open outcry, with the latest advances is automated trading and clearing practices. DWT European reporter Cecilia Bergamaschi sits…
Knight Grows Disaster Recovery Facility
JERSEY CITY, N.J.-Officials at Knight Capital Group are in the process of evaluating their options for server and space configuration in the broker-dealer's newly expanded disaster recovery datacenter, officials tell DWT .
Psydex Launches AIM 'News Bot'
Atlanta-based news analytics provider Psydex will this week launch its Psyng Bot news companion for AOL Instant Messenger, to provide sell-side and buy-side traders already using AIM with real-time news and analytics to support trading decisions.
Is ‘Flashing' Just Indecent Exposure?
Recent controversy over the use of "flash" orders and their potential to give some market participants a sneak peek at liquidity before it is displayed publicly last week prompted some exchanges to withdraw their flash functionality, possibly to pre-empt…