Inside Market Data/News
SGX Rolls Out OMX-Cicada Data Engine
The Singapore Exchange announced last Friday, Feb. 22 that it has begun rolling out a new data engine, dubbed Singapore Exchange Data Engine (SGXDE), based on the new Genium Market Info market data distribution platform developed by OMX and Cicada, to…
Fortis Integrates Sophis Data in DACS
Belgian banking group Fortis has integrated its Sophis Risque application with Reuters' Data Access Control System (DACS) to increase visibility of internal market data distribution and ensure compliance with data policies from both exchanges and vendors…
Exegy Adds European Level 2 Data
St. Louis, MO-based vendor Exegy last week rolled out feed handlers for low- latency Level 2 data from European exchanges to its hardware ticker plant, in addition to existing handlers for European Level 1 data, and support for Level 2 data from US…
Chi-X Targets ASX With Free Australian Data
Chi-X Australia, an alternative trading system (ATS) set up by the Chi-X business of inter-agency broker Instinet to compete with the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), will provide its market data free of charge when the platform goes live in the…
CME Prepares to Resurrect LDB
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is set to reverse a decision to retire the Chicago Board of Trade's Liquidity Data Bank service for end-of-day net and total volume data for CBOT-listed contracts by trader type, and re-launch LDB by April in response to…
Xignite Adds Third-Party Integration
Web-based data provider Xignite last week formally launched its Splice platform for creating "mashup" data applications on the fly from different Web services without the need to hard-code dedicated applications.
CEP Benchmark Specs Draw Closer
The Securities Technology Analysis Center's analytics working group is close to finalizing benchmark specifications for performance comparisons between rival complex event processing (CEP) technology vendors.
Xasax Preps Direct Feed Network for Hedge Funds
Xasax, a Naples, Fla-based provider of data, proximity hosting and software, is preparing to roll out a hosted direct feed offering for North American markets, dubbed xsFeed, that will target high-frequency hedge funds and active trader users of trading…
GL Trade, Infotec to Share Feed Infrastructures
French data and trading technology provider GL Trade has begun a long-term project to consolidate its data distribution infrastructure with that of Swiss data vendor Infotec, which GL acquired last year ( Inside Market Data , July 16, 2007).
Thomson Preps Tagged Algo News
Thomson Financial is preparing to launch a tagged, machine-readable news feed and a tagged archive of news that trading firms can use to power algorithmic trading systems that use news stories and events to generate trades, officials say.
VWD Buys Benelux Data Vendor
As Inside Market Data went to press last Friday, Frankfurt-based data vendor VWD Group announced the acquisition of Dutch market data vendor Tijd Nederland and its Tijd Beursmedia (TBM) subsidiary from Belgian media group Mediafin for €7 million in cash.
After RFP, Opra Renews SIAC Support
The Options Price Reporting Authority has renewed its contract for technical services with the SIAC division of NYSE TransactTools, following a competitive tender with other potential service providers, Inside Market Data has learned.
Ionic Info Upgrades Alpha Terminal
UK-based data vendor Ionic Information has enhanced a number of features and added new content to the latest version of its Alpha terminal product, which was released last month.
ISE Rethinks Rebate Rates
The International Securities Exchange has introduced inverted pricing for members, which eliminates market data rebates based on quoting activity on the ISE Stock Exchange, while increasing the rebate for executions that add liquidity, in a move designed…
RDF Direct adds Asian Exchanges
Reuters has expanded its low-latency Reuters Data Feed Direct service with data from several Asian exchanges, most recently the Tokyo Stock Exchange, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Benelux Banks Form InfoMatch User Group
Three Brussels-based banks-KBC Group, Fortis and ING Southwest Europe-have formed a user group to share ideas on how best to utilize their InfoMatch market data inventory management software from Dutch vendor Screen Consultants.
Fuller Enlists Fixnetix Data for New Smart Routing Service
Former Equiduct chief executive Bob Fuller is setting up a new company to provide hosted smart order-routing services for firms that collect low-latency market data from multiple trading venues.
Munder Reviews Data, Rolls Out Thomson
Birmingham, MI-based asset manager Munder Capital Management is in the final stages of migrating analysts and portfolio managers off products from FactSet Research Systems to replacements from Thomson Financial, as part of a broader project to cut data…
Arca Latencies Prompt Multicast Ramp-up
The NYSE-Arca division of the New York Stock Exchange last week rolled out an upgrade to the multicast version of its ArcaBook datafeed to encourage firms still using its legacy unicast feed to migrate to the new version.
Reuters Sweeps Post-Merger Management
Thomson Financial and Reuters have named the second tier of management positions in their combined financial data and news business, to take effect following the merger of Thomson Corp. and Reuters, with Reuters staff securing most key positions.