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'The reality is that for TCA to be really useful, real-time is almost a requirement because if you look at whether trades were good or bad at the end of the day, you've missed the opportunity to change your trading style' Kirk Allen, managing director…
May the 'Force Be With You
Jean-Michel Blanco, chief executive of data and trading systems provider Traderforce, says organized chaos drives innovation. If true, then the current market conditions should provide the perfect storm for the French vendor. In this interview, Blanco…
RTS Upgrades Exchange Interfaces
Trading software vendor RTS Realtime Systems Group is in the process of upgrading its data and trading interfaces to 20 equity derivatives exchanges worldwide, to be followed by more upgrades early next year, in a project expected to last for three…
Infront Adds to Order Book Consolidator, Mulls Datafeed
Norwegian market data and news provider Infront is upgrading its Online Trader terminal's consolidated order book display of securities traded on multiple venues, and is considering whether to develop a consolidated datafeed for clients to use in…
Agora-X Set to Debut Platform
KANSAS CITY, MO.-In a matter of weeks, Agora-X expects to launch the first phase of its electronic over-the-counter (OTC) commodities options trading platform, officials tell DWT .The first part of the trading platform will be an ECN, "which will allow…
Where Have All the Margins Gone?
I spoke last week with Brent Weisenborn, president and CEO of the Agora-X ECN, about the launch of his firm's new platform ( see story, page 1 ) and his description of a "tsunami of regulation coming out of Washington, D.C." caught my attention. It is an…
RTS Rolls Out Global Upgrades
NEW YORK-Dramatic growth in trading and market data messaging is driving exchange gateway provider RTS Realtime Systems Group to upgrade a bevy of exchange interfaces, which should be accomplished in the next three months, DWT has learned.
Splicing Succes
Merging two firms is never easy, especially in today's less-than-optimal financial environment. DWT reporter Oksana Poltavets sits down with Cynthia Zeltwanger, global COO of Newedge, to discuss the integration of Société Générale's Fimat Group and…
CSV Gains Risk Value Patent
Ridgefield, Conn-based pricing and valuations provider CSV (Complex Security Valuations) was granted a patent last month by the US Patent and Trademark Office, protecting one of CSV's equations for calculating and displaying risk values.
BvDEP Preps Fresh Mint Display, Adds Data
Belgian data provider Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing (BvDEP) has developed a new front-end interface to its Fame UK data product, in the latest enhancement to the vendor's product lineup, which also includes recent additions to its content,…
Apama Readies Hosted CEP for BIT Co-lo
Complex event processing vendor Progress Apama has built an adapter for the data format of Borsa Italiana's technology subsidiary BIT Systems, to enable Italian trading firms to use the vendor's CEP software in conjunction with datafeeds from the…
Fixnetix Aims to Add 4thStory to Client Latency Toolkit
Low-latency datafeed technology provider Fixnetix is in negotiations with San Francisco-based algorithmic trading systems vendor 4thStory to make its latency monitoring technology available to Fixnetix's datafeed clients, officials say.
Latency Takes the Lead
There was a time when low latency was just an issue of plumbing in the dealing room or datacenter to speed up trading flows, but market fragmentation changed all that. Now it is strategic. Distance implies latency. If you use smart order routing in a…
Orc Eyes 'Fourth-Generation' FIX Engine
NEW YORK-Trading technology and connectivity provider Orc Software has released the latest version of CameronFIX in a step toward what vendor officials have dubbed a "fourth-generation" FIX engine, according to vendor officials.
FIX Sets Groundwork for Cross-Asset Trading
NEW YORK-The adoption of the FIX protocol is enabling the growth of cross-asset trading in the marketplace, industry insiders say.
Experts: Thinning Liquidity Drives FX Algo Adoption
LONDON-There will be greater internalization of flow as banks search for foreign exchange (FX) liquidity, according to a number of industry participants.
One Platform to Rule Them All
Since the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Euronext merged to form NYSE Euronext, the exchange operator has aimed to deploy a single global trading platform across all of its exchanges. DWT European reporter Cecilia Bergamaschi sits down with Anthony…
FX Spending On the Rise
LONDON-Half of foreign exchange (FX) dealers plan to spend more on technology next year than they did this year, according to a recent poll of bank delegates who attended the FX Week Europe 2008 Congress in London last week.
Paging the CLO
A little over a year ago, a couple exchange officials introduced me to a new C-level job description in the industry-chief optimization officer. The role, as it was explained to me, is to ensure that all trading systems within the investment bank deliver…
UBS Cuts Hardware Spend, Moves to Virtualization
NEW YORK—Like many financial firms these days, Swiss banking giant UBS plans to decrease its hardware-related spending in the coming year, according to senior technologists at the bank. UBS has already seen an 80 percent decline in spending on desktops…