Trading Tech
Platform Targets Latency with Symphony Update
NEW YORK-Grid computing software provider Platform Computing aims to reduce latency and improve data transfer capabilities with the latest release of its Symphony product, vendor officials announced today, March 16.
Thomson Reuters Adds ISE to RDFD
Thomson Reuters will this week add support for the International Securities Exchange's feed of market depth within the vendor's Reuters Data Feed Direct service, in response to customer demand for ISE data.
CQG Launches 'Direct' to Cut Latency, Improve Reliability
Denver, Colo.-based data, charting and trading technology provider CQG will this week unveil a new, low-latency connectivity option that provides direct access to its consolidated data, analytics and order-routing capabilities for customers of its…
Orc Tackles Algos with Platform Update
NEW YORK-Trading platform and market connectivity provider Orc Software has made the latest version of its electronic trading platform Orc Trading generally available today, March 9.
ITG Expands Posit's Global Footprint
LONDON-Agency brokerage and crossing network provider Investment Technology Group (ITG) has extended the reach of its Posit crossing network to cover equities from the Czech Republic, Hungary, South Africa, as well as the London Stock Exchange's (LSE's)…
NYSE Euronext Arca Europe Goes Live
PARIS-NYSE Euronext's multilateral trading facility (MTF) NYSE Arca Europe has gone live today, March 9, trading stocks from Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
Atrium to Forge London Exchange Ring
Atrium Network is in the final stages of rolling out a fiber-optic network that will provide its clients with low-latency access to data from key exchanges and MTFs in London, officials say.
StreamBase Adds Alpha Handler
Complex event processing software vendor StreamBase Systems will this month release an adapter to connect to data from Alpha Trading Systems, a Toronto-based alternative trading venue set up by a group of Canadian dealers, to power high-frequency and…
Egenera Expands PAN Coverage
MARLBORO, MASS.-Datacenter virtualization software and hardware provider Egenera has recently made its PAN Manager platform available on the Dell 10G line of servers, which includes PowerEdge M1000e Blade Enclosure and M600 blades, according to vendor…
NYSE Euronext Fortifies New Datacenter
NEW YORK-Exchange operator and technology provider NYSE Euronext is in the midst of adding security features to the new datacenter constructing in the New York metro area, DWT has learned.
EBS Suffers Network Outage
LONDON-Foreign exchange (FX) traders needed to reroute their trades from the Icap-owned EBS platform for two hours last Thursday due to problems with the firm's network service provider, say Icap officials.
SpryWare Readies Java Interface
Chicago-based ticker plant and low- latency data provider SpryWare is preparing to release a Java version of its market data API to enable broader use of its technology among firms that have built infrastructures and applications using the Java…
Thomson Reuters Bets $1bn on Multimedia
Thomson Reuters last week unveiled a beta version of a new multimedia platform that will be a core component of the new desktop product that the vendor plans to launch in the second half of this year.
Atrium Network Launches Exchange Ring
LONDON-Officials at financial connectivity provider Atrium Network announced today, March 9, the launch of Exchange Ring, an ultra-low latency infrastructure that will connect to multiple trading venues in London.
Quod Financial to Support FX
LONDON-Order management system (OMS) provider Quod Financial plans to add foreign exchange (FX) as an asset class in its routing environments later this year to augment its current support of equities, futures and options and fixed income, officials tell…
Fund managers gear up down south
The South African investment management industry is small compared with those of the US East Coast and Western Europe. But as Victor Anderson reports, a small industry does not necessarily imply an unsophisticated one.
RTI Readies Excel Data Add-in
Low-latency messaging provider RTI will this week introduce a Microsoft Excel add-in for users to capture and analyze real-time data from RTI's messaging infrastructure within spreadsheets, and to publish results back to the middleware layer for…
RTI Debuts Real-Time Excel Link
SUNNYVALE, CALIF.-To provide real-time data to traders and analysts, middleware vendor Real-Time Innovations (RTI) has developed an add-in for Microsoft Excel, officials announced today, March 2.
GT Software Adds Specialty Engine Support to Ivory
ATLANTA-The latest release of mainframe service-oriented architecture (SOA) software developer GT Software's Ivory Service Architect (ISA) version 4.1 is now generally available, vendor officials will announce tomorrow, March 3.
CQG Adds NTKN News, Opens Studies to Proprietary Data
Denver, Colo.-based data and charting provider CQG has begun a phased rollout of the latest version of its Integrated Client workstation, featuring new charting and analytic packages, and the addition of an elementized news feed from Need To Know News.
MSCI Adds Default Data to BarraOne
Index and risk management software provider MSCI Barra has integrated its Barra Default Probabilities and Barra Model- Implied Ratings into its BarraOne Web-based portfolio analytics and risk platform.
LeveL ATS Targets Block Traders with Smart Block
BOSTON-Alternative trading system (ATS) LeveL ATS looks to attract additional block order flow to its dark pool of liquidity with the planned launch of a new Smart Block order type, which is slated to go live by the end of the month.
Deutsche Börse Ponders MTF Play
FRANKFURT - German exchange operator Deutsche Börse is planning to enter the multilateral trading facility (MTF) arena, according to executives.