Inside Market Data/News
DoJ Probes CDS Data Business
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has begun an investigation to identify anti-competitive forces in the credit derivatives data business.
Connors Readies Rise of The Machine
Connors Group, a provider of financial information and commentary portals, has launched a beta version of The Machine, a Web-based tool for traders that predicts the likelihood of price movements based on historical performance.
Brewin Dolphin Flips Data to Fidessa
UK-based private client stockbroker Brewin Dolphin has deployed more than 700 positions of the Fidessa Workstation market data application to support its network of brokers and advisors, replacing legacy products from Thomson Reuters.
ClearSight Rethinks Cronos Latency Product
Fremont, Calif.-based network monitoring provider ClearSight Networks has suspended development of version 2.0 of its Cronos execution latency monitoring product as a result of the current economic downturn, officials say.
Chi-X, TS-A Prep Latency Management Tools
Multilateral trading facility Chi-X Europe is preparing to deploy peer-to-peer latency monitoring technology from TS-Associates to enable its trading members to receive market data and order confirmation messages time-stamped with nanosecond granularity,…
BOX Moves into Equinix Datacenter
The Boston Options Exchange has signed a four-year contract to host its primary matching engine and data distribution technologies in a Secaucus, NJ-based datacenter operated by Equinix.
Fitch Upgrades Research Site for Public Users
Fitch Research, the Web-based subscription service from ratings agency Fitch, will this week migrate all of its public Website users onto a new site that was originally developed to support paying subscribers.
BATS Readies Options Data
BATS Exchange is developing variations of its Level 2 Multicast PITCH and Level 1 TOP datafeeds to carry data from its BATS Options market, which is scheduled for launch in the first quarter of 2010.
Capital IQ Extends Functionality
Standard & Poor's Capital IQ division has rolled out a new release of its desktop platform with features that allow users to incorporate its data into their workflow more easily.
Statpro Targets Euro Data Market
UK-based buy-side technology and data vendor Statpro plans to expand its end-of-day and intraday pricing business in Europe and broaden its coverage of index data to support its performance attribution analytics.
Alpes Broadens Apama CEP for Risk Analytics
Brazilian broker-dealer Alpes Corretora de Câmbio, Títulos e Valores Mobiliários, is seeking to extend its deployment of Progress Apama's complex event processing technology to develop risk management analytics that support its move into high-frequency…
AOL Pulls Plug on Relegence Business
Internet service provider AOL is closing the Relegence news analytics business that it acquired in 2006 ( IMD , Nov. 13, 2006). Commercial operations in New York and London will be closed on July 15, though AOL will continue to support the Relegence…
ICE Boosts Impact with Options, Implied Prices
Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) is enhancing its Impact Multicast feed to enable it to carry more content, including options data and implied prices.
ISE Readies Level 1 Direct Datafeed
The International Securities Exchange is preparing to roll out a direct feed of Level 1 data, which is due to enter testing later this month and is expected to go into full production in August.
Interactive Data Eyes Global DirectPlus
Interactive Data is laying the groundwork to expand its DirectPlus direct feeds service outside North America, and is evaluating client demand for access to data from exchanges and trading venues in other regions worldwide, officials say.
EquityFeed Adds Short Data, Studies
Montreal-based data vendor EquityFeed Corp. has added a short-interest analysis feature to its data desktop, and is beefing up the workstation's analytics with new charting displays and a new library of technical analyses.
Derivix Adds External Volatilities
New York-based options pricing and risk analytics software provider Derivix has incorporated new features into its pricing and analytics platform, including the ability to compare its proprietary volatility models with external models, to help sell-side…
UDP Feed Boosts Currenex Data Updates
Foreign exchange trading platform Currenex is preparing to roll out a recently launched low-latency datafeed based on UDP data transmission technologies to a second round of clients, to help high-frequency FX traders better manage latency and bandwidth…