Inside Market Data/News
InfoDyne Enlists RTI for Messaging Boost
Ticker plant and feed handler vendor InfoDyne is upgrading the multicast data distribution capabilities of its TPS+Plus ticker plant by integrating software from Santa Clara, Calif.-based low-latency messaging infrastructure provider Real-Time…
Activ Enlists BT for Pan-Asia Data Hubs
Activ Financial is building a pan-Asia network of ticker plants for delivering direct and locally-consolidated exchange datafeeds, using connectivity and datacenter hosting solutions from network and hosting services provider BT Global Financial Services.
Thomson Readies Local Asia Products
Thomson Financial is increasing its focus on Asian markets with the addition of data sourced from China and local-language components for its Thomson One workstation products, and is looking to bring US products to the region.
CEP Vendors Call for Benchmarks
Providers of complex event processing technologies are calling for independent, verifiable performance benchmarks that potential clients can use to compare and select vendors in a crowded marketplace.
Markit Preps Global Index With IIC, CDSI
UK-based credit and derivatives data provider Markit is planning to create a global credit index, following its acquisitions of the International Index Company and CDS IndexCo, officials tell Inside Market Data .
StreamBase, Reuters Ally for Faster Development
Event processing software vendor StreamBase last week unveiled a bundled package of services tailored for use with Reuters' RMDS data platform, to enable developers to more easily create applications that utilize data from firms' RMDS installations.
FPL Warns of Non-Standard Code as FAST Use Grows
In the wake of more exchanges implementing the FAST (FIX Adapted for Streaming data) protocol to reduce the bandwidth required for market data delivery-such as Nordic exchange group OMX, which launched a FAST-enabled datafeed last week-the standard's…
Credit Suisse Ramps Up Data Capacity
Credit Suisse was able to handle record data volumes in August without system disruptions as a result of a capacity upgrade program that enabled the bank to prioritize improvements for different business lines based on their contribution to-and the…
Wall Street Source Apps AIM to Cut Time, Costs
Wall Street Source, a New York-based provider of news aggregation and instant messaging technology, has launched a new Web site for distributing multiple messages at once via AOL instant messaging, to reduce the time taken by sell-side sales traders to…
LSE Glitch Sparks Price Confusion
A problem with the London Stock Exchange's Infolect data distribution platform that disrupted trading and data dissemination last week could prompt the market to review the way it derives end-of-day prices for exchange-traded stocks.
HSBC Cross-Asset Platform Grows Legs
HSBC is working on technology to price components of multi-leg trades and reduce "slippage" between derived or implied prices and prices at which a trade or hedge is executed, as part of a broader project to develop a cross-asset-class trading and…
Reuters Names Post-Merger Management
Reuters chief executive-elect Devin Wenig last week named the team that will lead the Reuters division of Thomson-Reuters, once the merger of the two companies is complete.
StatPro Divestment Boosts Tenfore's US Expansion
UK-based data vendor Tenfore Systems is in the process of migrating up to 100 new clients in North America to its datafeeds and terminals, after taking on the real-time data clients of FRI, a Canadian data and investment management software vendor…
Quant House Boosts US Presence
French low-latency data and trading technology vendor Quant House has opened a New York office and is looking to open another in Chicago before the end of the year to support existing US clients and the vendor's expansion plans in the region.
Fidessa Plans 2008 Enhancements
Data and trading software vendor Fidessa will roll out improved capabilities to its US ticker plant to handle multicast exchange feeds, options data, and improved analytics.
IDC Data Boosts Proquote TCA Service
The London Stock Exchange's Proquote data vendor subsidiary is expanding its Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) service to cover European markets, using the PlusFeed consolidated datafeed from Interactive Data's Real-Time Services division.
OILspace to Add LME Data
Web-based energy data and analytics provider OILspace will next month roll out quote and trade data for metals and plastics contracts traded on the London Metal Exchange to its OILwatch data portal.
LIM Enables Spreadsheet Sharing
Chicago-based derivatives and energy data provider Logical Information Machines will this week announce a partnership with Team and Concepts, a Hong Kong-based provider of online spreadsheet technologies, to enable users in multiple locations to use the…
NSX Rebates Target ECN Flow
The Chicago-based National Stock Exchange has restructured its market data and liquidity rebates in a push to attract higher order volumes from ECNs and alternative trading systems.