Sell-Side Technology/News
AMD Partners Debut 'Magny-Cours' Servers
SUNNYVALE, CALIF.-Chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has announced the general availability of servers incorporating the vendor's new eight- and 12-core AMD Opteron 6000 Series processors, codenamed Magny-Cours, from its original equipment…
Omgeo Expands CTM Coverage to North America
BOSTON-Post-trade industry utility Omgeo is one broker closer to retiring its global trade and allocation platform, Oasys Global, as ITG Canada becomes the latest brokerage to participate in Omgeo Central Trade Manager (CTM), the central matching service…
Nomura Shrinks Latency with ‘Westmere' Processor
LONDON-The U.K.-based algorithmic trading operations of Japanese investment bank Nomura has shaved latency off its order processing and trading applications by running them on the latest six-core Xeon 5600 Series from Intel, say bank officials.
Fidessa Eyes Canadian Options
TORONTO-Market connectivity and trading platform provider Fidessa plans to add support for Canadian options trading to its hosted Canadian Trading Platform (CTP), according to officials.
UBS Readies to Go Dark
When the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) first introduced the concept multilateral trading facilities (MTFs), the first-generation facilities gained the backing of multiple banks. Now, individual banks are launching their own MTFs in…
Atrium Plans FX Fiber Ring
NEW YORK-As part of an ongoing project, network provider Atrium Network plans to finish the deployment of a network dedicated to foreign exchange (FX) connectivity by the end of the year, according to vendor officials.
Quod Prepares May Update for AEP
LONDON-Trading execution technologies provider Quod Financial will be launching an updated Version 5 of its Quod Financial Adaptive Execution (AEP) platform in May, say vendor officials.
Trading Firms Zero in on Nanoseconds
BARCELONA-The time it takes a beam of light to travel approximately 30 centimeters in a vacuum-one billionth of a second-will be the new performance benchmark for electronic traders, according to industry insiders who participated in a panel discussion…
Nasdaq OMX Eyes Pre-packaged Datacenters
BARCELONA-Exchanges in the near future will need to stop thinking about datacenters as expensive facilities and think of them as economical pre-fabricated datacenter pods, according to a Nasdaq OMX official.
Integration Demands Spur 29West Buy
NEW YORK-Acquiring low-latency messaging provider 29West means that data integration software vendor Informatica will be able to integrate messaging capabilities into its services and address more customer needs for the front, middle and back offices,…
Chi-Tech Betas WebSphere LLM
HONG KONG-Chi-X Global Technology (Chi-Tech), the technology service arm of Chi‑X Global, is in the midst of testing the low-latency middleware from IBM for three planned Asian markets-Chi-X Australia, Chi-X Japan and Chi-East-to be launched later this…
ConvergEx Delves into Options TCA
NEW YORK-Agency brokerage BNY ConvergEx plans to expand the breadth of its transaction cost analysis (TCA) offering to cover equity options, DWT has learned.
Vienna Delays Eurex Platform Move
barcelona-Operators of the Vienna Stock Exchange have moved the launch of the exchange's new derivatives trading system to April 26 due to a third-party migration issue, officials tell DWT .
Goldman Sachs Gears Up for New Options Era
Sell-side firms' electronic trading units are getting into new frontiers, both geographically and by asset class, with options being the newest of these. Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET) is tasked with developing and providing technology to…
Force10 Rolls Out Open Automation
LONDON-Global technology and datacenter infrastructure provider Force10 Networks has announced the launch of Open Automation, which aims to turn datacenter infrastructure into a streamlined, efficient and policy-driven cloud computing fabric, vendor…
SunGard Debuts Front Arena Update
LONDON-Trading software provider SunGard has rolled out version 2010.1 of its Front Arena trading platform for general availability today, March 22, and has added advanced Value at Risk (VaR) and credit limit functionalities, according to vendor…
IPC Alliance Gets Management Facelift
NEW YORK-As part of an upgrade to version 16 of its Alliance trading communications platform, IPC Systems has introduced a Web-based management terminal to manage system and customer account information, vendor officials announced today, March 22.
Activ Preps Frankfurt Datacenter
CHICAGO-Market data and technology provider Activ Financial is set to offer its clients direct connectivity to Deutsche Börse via a new datacenter facility based in Frankfurt run by datacenter operator and hosting services provider Equinix, say vendor…
Savvis Strikes First Notes of Symphony
NEW YORK-Network and datacenter host Savvis is preparing to deliver the first portion of its Savvis Symphony Virtual Private Datacenter (VPDC) offering sometime before the end of the second quarter, according to vendor officials.
Object Trading Shaves Pre-Trade Latency
SYDNEY-High-performance trading infrastructure provider Object Trading has rolled out enhancements to its FrontRisk Interactive In-Line Risk Management service for sell-side users, say vendor officials.