Inside Market Data/News
Datacom Updates TradeView Latency Tool
East Syracuse, NY-based network and latency monitoring technology provider Datacom Systems has released version 1.5 of its TradeView FPGA-accelerated software platform.
Sprecher: ICE to Keep Datacenters, SFTI; Will Sell NYSE Technologies Assets
IntercontinentalExchange plans to divest much of the NYSE Euronext's NYSE Technologies data and technology business, following its acquisition of the New York-based exchange group, said ICE chairman and chief executive Jeffrey Sprecher on a conference…
TeraExchange SEF Connects to IPC’s Connexus Extranet for Data Access
New Jersey-based provisional swap execution facility (SEF) TeraExchange has joined network and trading turret provider IPC’s Connexus financial extranet to provide the SEF with a means to offer market data distribution, trading and connectivity services…
Morningstar Bolsters Fund Data with eVestment Deal
Chicago-based investment research and data provider Morningstar will make fund management software provider eVestment's database of more than 22,000 separate accounts and 23,000 hedge funds data available to users of its Morningstar Direct investment…
Clarus Taps Icap Data for SEF Data Analysis
Clarus Financial Technology, a London-based provider of swaps benchmarks, reporting and analytics software, and risk management tools, is distributing benchmark derivative pricing from interdealer broker Icap as part of its SDRView Professional service…
Vulpes Bows OneTick for Quant Strategies
Singapore-based alternative investment fund Vulpes Investment Management has rolled out tick database and complex event processing system provider OneMarketData’s combined tick database and complex event processing system to support its quantitative…
Merger MegaDeals Lead Exchanges to Mull Tech/Data Integrations
The IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) this week announced the successful completion of its $11 billion stock and cash acquisition of NYSE Euronext. But challenges still lie ahead for the two exchanges, which now face the prospect of a much greater…
Markit Unveils Global ETP Platform
Data vendor Markit has developed a new platform that will enable users to navigate and analyze its universe of more than 5,100 global exchange-traded products.
SuperDerivatives Adds CVAs to eValueX, SDX, CorporeX
Derivatives pricing, data and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives has added the ability to perform credit value adjustment (CVA) calculations for OTC derivatives portfolios to its eValueX multi-asset valuation service, its CorporeX corporate…
CNSX, Pure Prep Unified Data-Trading System
Canadian exchange operator CNSX Markets is close to completing a project to consolidate the market data systems of its two main markets—the Canadian National Stock Exchange (CNSX) and the Pure Trading alternative trading system—onto a single platform, in…
FSMLabs Debuts ‘Lightweight’ Time-Sync Appliance
Austin, Texas-based FSMLabs, a provider of time synchronization technologies for latency-sensitive trading firms, is rolling out a lightweight version of its TimeKeeper GrandMaster Clock hardware time synchronization appliance, to serve the needs of…
South Africa's McGregor BFA Buys I-Net Bridge
Cape Town-based financial data provider McGregor BFA has acquired fellow South African data vendor I-Net Bridge from Johannesburg-based publisher Times Media Group for 112.7 million rand ($11.1 million) to create an "unmatched" financial database of…
Exablaze Preps New NIC, 40GigE Support
Australian low-latency networking technology vendor Exablaze, a spin-off from highi-frequency trading firm Zomojo, is developing a stripped-down version of its ExaNIC network interface card, and is building support into its products for 40 Gigabit…
MarketPsych Unveils New Predictive Analytic Tools
Behavioral finance research and analysis provider MarketPsych has developed a new suite of tools that will enable investment banks, wealth managers, hedge funds and traders to understand market trends and extract value from its sentiment data.
OTCGH Sparks Electricity Forward Curves
EOX, the technology and data division of energy commodities broker consortium OTC Global Holdings, has launched a new Electricity Forward Curves market data product to support the investment and trading decisions of customers investing in the electricity…
IEX Taps Savvis for Data Connectivity
US equity alternative trading system IEX Group has deployed its trading platform in datacenter and hosting provider Savvis' NJ2 facility in Weehawken, NJ, to provide access to its trading engine and market data to broker participants co-located in or…
MarketPrizm Connects to DGCX Data
MarketPrizm, the market data and trading infrastructure provider division of network provider Colt, is to offer low-latency market data from the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange, as well as access to trading connectivity on the United Arab Emirates…
Thomson Reuters Buys Kortes for Russian Commodities Data
Thomson Reuters has acquired Russian energy data provider Kortes to expand the level of insight into Russian commodities markets available on its Eikon desktop with the addition of Kortes' data and analytics on the Russian and CIS (Commonwealth of…
Pantor Hires Andersson for Sales, Marketing
Swedish software company Pantor Engineering, which helped develop the FIX (Financial Information eXchange) standard for trade communication, has hired Per Andersson as head of sales and marketing.
Ruvo Quits Muni Data Vendor DPC
Roseland, NJ-based municipal bond data and disclosures provider DPC Data announced Wednesday, Nov 13 that Michael Ruvo has resigned his position as president, to take on an undisclosed "leadership opportunity with another company."
SuperDerivatives Taps JP Morgan Oil Exec
Derivatives pricing, data and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives has hired David Taban to head the firm's commodities and energy division.
Fixnetix Begins Asia-Pac Push with Equinix Global Partnership Deal
UK-based low-latency data and trading infrastructure provider Fixnetix and datacenter provider Equinix have signed a global partnership agreement to "promote and extend" the availability of Fixnetix's datafeeds within Equinix's global financial services…
ETRE Taps SunGard to Power REIT Data-Trading Platform
Startup real estate investment trust trading platform provider ETRE Financial is using a suite of data and tools from financial IT giant SunGard to power its data and trading services, including SunGard's MarketMap datafeed, the SunGard Global Network…
Edgar Online Eyes ‘Rebirth' of Data Biz with Mashery APIs
Filings and company data provider Edgar Online is seeking to open up its content to a new audience of end-users and application developers, by enlisting integration software vendor Mashery to build custom APIs (application program interfaces) around its…