Inside Market Data/News
Fidessa Adds International Data to Canadian Trading Platform
Trading technology and data provider Fidessa is planning to add data on US and Canadian equity options to its Canadian trading platform-following the integration of the platform with its global trading service-in response to increasing demand for global…
Telekurs Buys CSV for Evaluated Pricing Growth
As Inside Market Data went to press, SIX Telekurs acquired the assets of CSV (Complex Security Valuations), a Ridgefield, Conn.-based specialist provider of evaluated prices for illiquid securities and complex derivative instruments, for an undisclosed…
Thomson Reuters Readies ‘Re-Platformed' Services
Thomson Reuters is changing its service model to support new products and services being rolled out over the coming weeks and months, and to respond to evolving client needs resulting from changes in the financial markets since the credit crunch and…
Quick Adds Multi-Asset Fixings to Icap Deal
Japanese market data vendor Quick has extended its partnership with interdealer broker Icap to include redistribution rights for the Icap FIX data service, which the broker launched at the end of last year to meet demand for its data services, driven by…
Robeco Cuts Costs with Infomatch ASP
Dutch asset manager Robeco has migrated to a hosted version of the Infomatch market data inventory management software from Dutch vendor Screen Consultants, in a bid to trim the firm's overall cost of supporting the software.
Options IT Revamps Pipe-Lines
Infrastructure-as-a-service vendor Options IT has re-architected the network links between its European datacenters and exchanges to support higher message rates and the low-latency needs of high-frequency traders.
FSMLabs Updates TimeKeeper Monitoring Tool
FSMLabs, a provider of real-time software and operating system management technology, has released version 3.0 of its TimeKeeper server-clock synchronization product for applying accurate timestamps to data being distributed between low-latency trading…
Atrium Opens EU Access to Nasdaq US Feeds
London-based network connectivity provider Atrium Network has begun distributing direct feeds of US market data from Nasdaq OMX to clients across Europe and North America, who can access the data via any of the vendor's network points of presence (PoPs),…
29West Preps Gateway Messaging Upgrade
Messaging technology provider 29West, which was recently acquired by Calif.-based integration software vendor Informatica, is planning to release a new version of its Gateway message routing product to early adopters this quarter, which will include a…
Credit Data Vendors Focus on Liquidity Metrics
Liquidity analytics are becoming increasingly important to the process of risk management and for understanding price formation in the credit markets, according to credit data providers with liquidity management tools.
CarryQuote Boosts Asia-Pac Presence
Zug, Switzerland-based desktop and mobile data vendor CarryQuote has expanded its Hong Kong office with new hires to help support and grow its footprint in the region.
SunGard Opens MarketMap Display to US
SunGard's Global Trading division is planning to create links between its MarketMap data terminal product and data from products within its other business lines, as part of an initiative to roll out MarketMap in the US.
YCharts Investment to Fund Tech Hires
Chicago-based fundamental data analysis provider YCharts is planning to beef up its technology group to accelerate development of its Web-based fundamental analysis platform, using funds acquired via a recent Series A financing round.
Nasdaq OMX Delays Enhanced ITCH Switch
Nasdaq OMX has delayed plans to migrate its European markets to a consolidated feed based on a variant of its ITCH data distribution protocol, which was ultimately expected to replace its Genium Consolidated Feed of Nordic and Baltic data ( IMD , Dec. 14…
Deutsche Börse Bows Hybrid Algo News Feed
Deutsche Börse has migrated clients of its machine-readable news feeds-including the CEF Alpha+ Macro feed developed last year with subsidiary Market News International, and the Lightning Bolt feed from Need To Know News, which the exchange bought last…
LSE to Launch ITCH Feed on Turquoise
European multilateral trading facility Turquoise, which was acquired by the London Stock Exchange earlier this year, plans to migrate to a new technology platform from fellow LSE subsidiary MillenniumIT a few weeks before the LSE migrates its main UK…
Push Tech Readies Diffusion Update
UK-based Push Technology, a provider of streaming Web technology for market data distribution, has released a beta version of its Diffusion data platform, incorporating support for a broader range of distribution protocols to support more efficient data…
Quod Mulls Data Hardware Acceleration
Trading systems vendor Quod Financial plans to incorporate hardware-accelerated technologies from third-party providers into Version 5 of its Adaptive Execution Platform trading system, which is due for release in May of this year, to increase the…
Exchanges' Dark Volume Tools in Works
NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq are building mechanisms for distributing daily trading volume data from alternative trading system dark pools operated by trading firms, following last month's Securities and Exchange Commission approval of their proposals to…