Trading Tech
Weathering the Storm
The current financial crisis is squeezing firms' income and budgets, while data requirements are growing in complexity and scale. Inside Market Data speaks to Jon Robson, head of Thomson Reuters' Enterprise division, about how the vendor is helping…
Front Arena Update Sports Added FX Functionality
LONDON-Trading software and services provider SunGard has recently rolled out version 4.3 of its Front Arena trading platform, which includes high-volume foreign exchange (FX) trading capabilities, straight-through processing (STP) features, scalable…
Building the Better Algorithm
Seldom is optimizing a trading algorithm a matter of simply writing a tighter line of code or turning one screw: It usually involves a more holistic approach. DWT sits down with John Bates, founder and managing director of Progress Apama, to discuss how…
EDX London to Adopt New Engine
LONDON-The London Stock Exchange (LSE) plans to have its EDX London equities derivatives business running on the Sola matching engine from Montreal Exchange (MX), a subsidiary of the TMX Group, sometime this November, according to exchange officials.
BOX Aims for Block Trading by Midyear
BOSTON-Operators of the Boston Options Exchange (BOX) expect to start development on a block-trading platform within a matter of weeks, DWT has learned.
FPL Readies Service Pack Release
LONDON-The second service pack (SP2) for FIX 5.0 will be available early in the second quarter of 2009, FIX Protocol Ltd. (FPL) officials tell DWT .
CME Ramps Up Exchange Integration
U.S. exchanges are getting off the consolidation bandwagon and the real work of integrating systems and realizing synergies has begun. It is vital, however, that execution venues not lose sight of the big picture and remain competitive in a tough market…
Sybase Taps Coral8 for CEP Technology
Database technology provider Sybase will next month launch an integrated complex event processing component within its RAP Trading Edition analytics platform, using a CEP engine from Coral8, which last week announced a merger with fellow CEP vendor Aleri.
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.