Sell-Side Technology/News
NYSE Euronext Sets 2010 London Datacenter Debut
LONDON-Exchange operator NYSE Euronext is set to finish building its new primary European datacenter, located outside London, next month, and will have the core technologies in place by the first quarter of 2010, say officials.
SuperDerivatives Expands in Asia
HONG KONG-A Hong Kong-based third-tier bank is set to go live with SuperDerivatives' (SD's) trading and pricing platforms by June, according to the vendor.
Onix Solutions Signs French Banks
LONDON-Two unnamed large energy trading French investment firms recently inked a deal with startup FIX connectivity vendor Onix Solutions (OnixS) to connect to the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), say vendor officials.
CBOE Readies Management Automation
CHICAGO-In order to automate its application and infrastructure management, and stem the loss of institutional memory, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) is using two products from IT and business service management provider BMC Software.
Router Utilization Downs Tocom Trading
TOKYO-Traders executing on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (Tocom) experienced a three-and-a-half-hour break in action last Tuesday, May 12.
PHLX to Begin Inet Migration
NEW YORK-Global exchange operator Nasdaq OMX plans to begin moving the Philadelphia Stock Exchange (PHLX) to the operator's Inet trading system later this year as part of a trading platform upgrade. Nasdaq OMX aims to complete the project early in the…
Multi-Asset Platforms Pose Challenges for Exchanges
NEW YORK-Due to the latest wave of consolidation in the U.S. exchange space, several futures and options marketplaces have become multi-asset venues and are now grappling with the challenges that entails, according to industry insiders.
Capgemini Targets FIX QA Efficiency
NEW YORK-Technology and outsourcing services provider Capgemini has released a FIX testing accelerator, which aims to cut the quality assurance (QA) testing lifecyle by 30 to 50 percent, vendor officials tell DWT .
Sybase RAP Gains Real-Time Analytics
DUBLIN, CALIF.-Enterprise software and services provider Sybase has introduced time series analytics to its RAP-The Trading Edition platform in an effort to improve the development of risk and trading models with faster time-series analysis of market…
Nasdaq OMX to Finalize Clearing Deals
STOCKHOLM-Global exchange operator Nasdaq OMX plans to announce it has added one or two clearing partners for its European markets, which will go beyond the memorandum of understanding (MoU) the exchange operator signed with the European Multilateral…
DJ Co-locates Elementized Feeds
LONDON - U.K.-based algorithmic traders using the Dow Jones Elementized News Feed should expect microsecond latency as the vendor plans to collocate its service in Equinix's London-Slough (LD4) International Business Exchange (IBX) datacenter sometime in…
Saratoga to Deploy Nirvana Multi-Prime Platform
NEW YORK-Mini-prime brokerage Saratoga Prime Services plans to provide its small and midsize hedge fund clients with a real-time portfolio management system from Nirvana Solutions, broker officials announced today, May 4.
First Nordic MTF to Go Live Friday
STOCKHOLM-This week the European market will become more fragmented with the launch of multilateral trading facility (MTF) Burgundy serving the Nordic market.
Industry Finds Savings in Green IT
NEW YORK-Many financial services firms' IT projects have been put on hold due to the tough economic conditions that are still gripping organizations worldwide. However, green initiatives may be one of the bright spots on firms' "to do" lists at the…
LCH.Clearnet Still in Play
LONDON-LCH.Clearnet's proposed merger with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC) failed because the London-based clearinghouse did not agree on "a basis for consummating the proposed merger."
North American Exchanges Rein in Costs for 2009
TORONTO-Continued datacenter consolidation and deploying new equity trading offerings will be on Canadian exchange operator TMX Group's plate for the rest of the year as it addresses the ongoing fragmentation of the Canadian market, according to exchange…
Knight Match ATS Gets Update
JERSEY CITY, N.J.-Agency broker Knight Capital Group has recently redesigned its Knight Match dark liquidity pool to deliver an average response time for order acknowledgement or order cancels of less than 2 milliseconds, DWT has learned.
WSS Scales FX Offering with CEP
LONDON-By integrating complex event processing (CEP) technology from Aleri into its foreign exchange (FX) trading platform, Wallstreet FX, Wall Street Systems expects to increase its platform throughput to 3,000 deals per second from its current 70 to…
Merrill Lynch Cooks Up Internal Cloud
NEW YORK-To reap the cost-saving benefits of cloud computing, Merrill Lynch and parent Bank of America are in the process of developing an enterprise file system (EFS) that will power the bank's internal cloud computing initiative.
Deutsche Bank Debuts Portfolio Algorithm
NEW YORK - In order to give traders more control in the volatile and fragmented markets, Deutsche Bank's Autobahn Equity multi-broker trading platform is preparing to introduce a trading algorithm-Optimal Portfolio Execution (OPX)-designed to execute…