Sell-Side Technology/News
Intel Preps New Nehalem Server Line
SANTA CLARA, CALIF.-To meet the demands of its high-end enterprise customers, Intel is developing a new family of expandable server platforms built on the Xeon processor, codenamed Nehalem-EX.
Global Equities Brings Human Dimension to BCP
PARIS-Going beyond what is required by French regulator Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), French brokerage Global Equities is in the midst of deploying a new business continuity protocol to address the needs of its employees in case of an emergency.
JonesTrading Adds International Trading Desk
LOS ANGELES-Agency-broker JonesTrading Institutional Services announced today, June 1, that it has deployed the international trading capabilities of its order management system (OMS) and connectivity provided by Fidessa to support the firm's new…
Citi Maps Out European Strategy
As new European markets pop up taking liquidity from long-established exchanges, investment banks find themselves chasing liquidity down a maze of various trading venues. DWT European reporter Cecilia Bergamaschi sits down with Jack Vensel, managing…
Canadian ATSes, SOR Drive FIX Adoption
TORONTO-Although the proliferation of the FIX messaging protocol in Canada has been behind the U.S. or Europe, the changes in Canadian capital markets and how industry members are responding to them highlight the need for greater adoption of the protocol…
Neonet Plans Global CorvilNet Deployment
JERSEY CITY, N.J.-In an effort to attract more high-frequency traders, Swedish agency brokerage Neonet will deploy the latest version of the CorvilNet latency monitoring device from latency monitoring vendor Corvil, vendor officials announced today, June…
Microsoft Ready to Join CEP Fray
NEW YORK-Software giant Microsoft is in the final stages of preparing for the July launch of its beta testing and technology acceptance program (TAP) for its complex event processing (CEP) offering, which it plans to ship in the first half of 2010, say…
Fixnetix Hosts Bats Europe
LONDON-Clients of Bats Europe now have the option to co-locate their servers in the same datacenter as the multilateral trading facility's (MTF's) matching engine via a new service offered by trading connectivity and market data distribution vendor…
Instinet Launches Third-Generation EMS
NEW YORK-Agency broker Instinet is close to completing the global deployment of the latest version of its execution management system (EMS), Newport 3, officials tell DWT.
MetaBit Turns to Solace for Performance Bump
TOKYO-In order to boost the performance of its trading offerings in the Asia-Pacific markets, trading technology provider MetaBit plans to embed low-latency, high-throughout Solace 3260 Content Routers from hardware-based middleware and messaging…
Thomson Reuters Adds Commodities to NewsScope
NEW YORK-Black-box traders have another tool at their disposal, as Thomson Reuters expands the coverage of its Reuters NewsScope Sentiment Engine (RNSE) with a new module that covers the commodities and energy markets, officials plan to announce Tuesday,…
Exchange Giants Prepare for New Markets
LONDON & NEW YORK-To meet the rapidly changing market structures, major exchange operators are on the verge of launching a number of initiatives to maintain their dominant positions in the global markets.
Experts: Think Twice About Low-Latency Race
LONDON-Although achieving ultra-low latency is the top priority for many market players, it is fundamental that firms assess their business needs as well as the costs of maintaining a leading-edge infrastructure before deciding to enter the speed battle,…
Open-Source OMS Adds Real-Time Capabilities
SAN FRANCISCO-The latest release, version 1.5, of the open-source order management system (OMS) from vendor Marketcetera now includes features to help traders scale, support multiple users and get deeper real-time reporting on profit and loss (P&L) for…
TraderTools to Integrate Caplin Trader
NEW YORK-Foreign ex-change (FX) trading technology provider TraderTools is planning major third quarter upgrades to its Liquidity Management Platform, including the white-labeling of Caplin Trader from Caplin Systems, vendor officials announced today,…
29West's UME Gains Low-Latency Queuing
NEW YORK-Low-latency messaging products provider 29West is set to introduce support for queuing as a delivery type for its Ultra Messaging for the Enterprise (UME) product, DWT has learned.
RTS Realtime Systems Connects to Bats Europe
CHICAGO-Traders looking to connect to multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) now can route to Bats Europe via exchange gateway provider RTS Realtime Systems Group, officials announced today, May 18.
Appro Rolls Out Hybrid Server
MILPITAS, CALIF.-Enterprise server maker Appro has released its first server offering-the Appro HyperPower Cluster (APC)-that marries graphical processing units (GPUs) from Nvidia with Intel Xeon processors, today, May 18, according to a vendor…
Patsystems Updates Pro-Mark
NEW YORK-In the recently upgraded release, version 5.4, of its Pro-Mark trading application, Patsystems has added additional keyboard functionality to improve the trading experience, according to a vendor spokesperson.