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Chi-X Preps Sponsored Hedge Fund Co-Lo
Instinet's pan-European multilateral trading facility Chi-X aims to have its first hedge fund clients trading via a new sponsored co-location service before the end of this year, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Knight Unveils Data Capacity Projects
Knight Capital is in the midst of a series of technology upgrade programs designed to enable the broker to cope with ever-increasing volumes of market data, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Reliance Readies Euro MTF Access
Network provider Reliance Globalcom is preparing to provide access to market data from a swathe of European trading venues via its Yipes FinancialConnect network, officials say.
Winterflood Preps Fixnetix MTF Data
UK-based market maker Winterflood Securities is implementing data and connectivity services from low-latency data infrastructure provider Fixnetix, to support trading on three pan- European multilateral trading facilities, officials tell Inside Market…
CME Outsources E-quotes Data App to CVS
CME Group has rolled out a new version of its Web-based E-quotes data display application and wireless add-on that incorporates data from acquisitions the Chicago Board of Trade and the New York Mercantile Exchange, and is completely built and hosted by…
Icap Enlists Equinix for European EBS Co-Lo
Icap has extended a deal with datacenter provider Equinix to give European clients access to low-latency data from Icap's EBS spot foreign exchange trading platform.
Tervela Launches Options 'Package'
Hardware-based messaging provider Tervela will this week unveil a version of its Tervela Message Network, specifically designed to address the needs of high-volume options market makers.
Fixnetix Connects to Nasdaq Europe
UK-based low-latency data provider Fixnetix has rounded out its European MTF data offering with connectivity to Nasdaq OMX's recently launched pan- European multilateral trading facility.
Capital IQ Expands Credit Content
Standard & Poor's subsidiary Capital IQ has released an upgrade to its Web-based data terminal that adds new content and capabilities, with a focus on the credit markets, officials say.
OptionMetrics Preps Historical Tick Analytics
Options analytics provider OptionMetrics is building an archive of historical options tick data in order to run specialist volatility analyses to enable quantitative analysts and traders to determine optimal trading and hedging strategies.
Burgundy Preps Free Scandinavian Data
Burgundy, a pan-Nordic multilateral trading facility being set up by a consortium of 10 Scandinavian banks, will offer its market data free of charge when it begins trading in the second quarter of 2009, officials say.
RTS Embraces FIX FAST for New Datafeed
Russian exchange RTS plans to release a new vendor feed later this year that will utilize the FIX (Financial Information eXchange) protocol and FAST (FIX Adapted for Streaming data) compression standards to cut the technical cost of receiving its data.
NYSE Takes Over Amex Data, Staff
The New York Stock Exchange is in the process of integrating its market data team and data administration and billing functions with those of the American Stock Exchange, following the completion of NYSE's takeover of Amex last week.
BNY ConvergEx Taps StreamBase CEP
Agency brokerage BNY Convergex has rolled out complex event processing software from Lexington, Mass.-based technology provider StreamBase to monitor trading and market data in its US equities trading operations.
Prism Expands GFI Data Deal
UK-based valuations provider Prism Valuation has struck a deal to use credit derivatives data from interdealer broker GFI in its valuation process, expanding a licensing agreement originally signed earlier this year.
Celoxica Readies European Feed Handlers
UK-based hardware acceleration technology vendor Celoxica plans to roll out new feed handlers to support a range of European markets, after the vendor completes its initial line-up of handlers for US markets in the coming months, officials tell Inside…
XTF Launches ETF Ratings
XTF, the exchange-traded fund research arm of FIX network provider Marco Polo Network, will this week launch a commercial service providing ratings on ETFs via its Web site, officials say.
Orc Preps CameronFIX 'FAST Engine'
Swedish trading technology vendor Orc Software is planning a new release of its CameronFIX FIX engine for the fourth quarter of this year, which will drastically improve its embedded FAST compression technologies, essentially creating a "FAST engine,"…
Nasdaq OMX Eyes 'Market Replay for MiFID' European Display
Nasdaq OMX is set to roll out a European version of its Market Replay tool for analyzing historical data to help firms evaluate their trade executions and ensure they are meeting requirements set out under the European Commission's Markets in Financial…
Euro MTFs Ally for Consolidated Data
Several European market operators have formed a working group that aims to provide a consolidated, pan-European data service, aggregating both real-time quotes from visible order books, and time and sales data from visible and dark liquidity pools.