Inside Market Data/News
Deutsche Börse Unshackles Xetra Feed
Deutsche Börse has removed throttling restraints from its CEF datafeeds that distribute data from its Xetra cash market, so that data is distributed in un-netted and un-pulsed format, providing subscribers with faster and more comprehensive data.
ISE Launches FX Options Data
The International Securities Exchange last week began distributing data on currency options products that it began trading last Wednesday, officials say.
Exchanges Grow Q1 Data Revenues
Despite increased scrutiny from pressure groups of late, exchanges' revenues from market data services continue to rise, according to the latest round of financial statements from exchanges.
Commerzbank Taps Aleri for FX Pricing Platform
Commerzbank is gearing up to roll out a new foreign exchange pricing tool that will be used by the bank's FX staff around the world as well as being made available to clients via the bank's e-commerce portal, officials say.
Dow Jones Launches News Analytics for Algo Trading
Dow Jones Newswires last week launched Dow Jones News Analytics, a product that gives firms utilizing algorithmic trading strategies the ability to incorporate the impact of news into their trading models.
Asia Vendors Sign Data Deals
Tokyo-based trading software provider MetaBit Systems has signed a memorandum of understanding with Singapore-based data vendor NextView Pte to offer combined data and trading solutions to clients in the region.
After New Fees, Plus Markets Preps API
UK equity market operator Plus Markets Group is preparing the rollout of a new application programming interface (API) for market data connectivity as part of a recent technology overhaul, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Tibco Bolsters CEP Offering for Trading
Enterprise software developer Tibco Software will this week release version 2.0 of its BusinessEvents complex event processing application, featuring enhancements tailored for the real-time data and trading spaces, officials say.
Townsend, Vendors Carry NYSE Bonds Data
Townsend Analytics has made minor changes to its RealTick data and trading platform in order to accommodate additional functions and data fields required to carry fixed-income data from the New York Stock Exchange's NYSE Bonds platform, which goes live…
Eccleston to Reposition Pivot
Lou Eccleston, the new chief executive of US software vendor Pivot Solutions, has outlined plans to refocus the vendor as a broad provider of collaborative information solutions rather than just being known for its IMTrader messaging platform.
Vendors Split over "Acceleration"
Not all ticker plant technology vendors are turning to hardware-accelerated offerings, despite high-profile product announcements by Exegy and Activ Financial, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Interfax, Finmarket Integrate Terminals
Moscow-based news and data agency Interfax Information Services Group is planning to consolidate data products and make its content available over the Internet via a deal to acquire 90 percent of Finmarket, a provider of Russian market data Web sites.
Clariden Centralises FX Pricing Data
Clariden Leu, a Swiss private bank formed in January 2007 after a merger between five Credit Suisse subsidiaries, has rolled out a foreign exchange pricing solution to centralize pricing and distribution of FX rates throughout the new organization.
Morley FM Expands FITS Coverage
Morley Fund Management is expanding its use of The Roberts Group's Financial Information Tracking System (FITS) to bring functions covering reconciliation of data expenses previously performed by the firm's accounting division into the market data group.
Thomson Signs Daiwa; Launches Japanese Version
Thomson Financial last week launched Japanese versions of its Thomson One Investment Banking and Investment Management desktop solutions, and announced a deal with Daiwa Securities for the Thomson One Investment Banking desktop.
QIM Deploys Quant House Data, Algo Tools
US hedge fund Quantitative Investment Management (QIM) has deployed low-latency data and automated trading technologies from French vendor Quant House to support algorithmic trading in the futures markets.
Tick Data Unveils Historic Options Tick Database
Nexa Technologies' market data business Tick Data has launched a tick history database for US equity options, developed with the co-operation of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Wiener Börse "Highway" to Speed Data Traffic
Austrian exchange Wiener Börse will launch its new Alliance Data Highway (ADH) datafeed next Friday, replacing the exchange's existing legacy Integrated Datafeed, following a two-month simulation phase with exchange members, officials tell Inside Market…
Kiodex Adds Data, Tools to ASP
Kiodex, SunGard's commodities trading and risk management division, will this week roll out a new version of its ASP-based Risk Workbench, which includes the addition of data on cleared instruments as well as a market data audit function.
Interactive Buys Xcitek Data Arm
Interactive Data last week announced that it will buy the market data business of corporate actions data vendor Xcitek for $25.3 million and combine it with Interactive's Pricing and Reference Data division.