Sell-Side Technology/News
MUSI Preps for Algo Rates Trading
NEW YORK-The interest rates trading group of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International (MUSI), the European hub of the global securities and investment banking business of Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., plans to start algorithmic trading by the end of the…
Nasdaq OMX Picks SOR Partner
LONDON-Global exchange operator Nasdaq OMX is set to reveal the vendor selected to provide low-latency data to support smart order routing on its Pan European Market multilateral trading facility (MTF), and will launch a hosting facility next month to…
LSE Charts MTF Response
LONDON-The operators of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) expect to double the messaging capacity of its TradElect matching platform by September to 10,000 continuous messages per second and eventually scale it to 50,000 continuous messages per second with…
XAP Set for Summer Upgrade
NEW YORK-In a planned August general release, grid computing vendor GigaSpaces Technologies will add support for dynamic languages, such as JavaScript and Groovy, to version 6.5 of its Extreme Application Platform (XAP), GigaSpaces officials tell DWT .
Smaller Is Better for E-FX in China
BEIJING-Smaller institutions and retail organizations are finding it easier to penetrate the emerging domestic electronic foreign exchange (e-FX) market in China compared to the larger banks, say industry insiders.
Warsaw Exchange Adds Gateways
WARSAW-Accessing Eastern European Liquidity may get a little easier as the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) plans to roll out two new gateways in the coming months, say bourse officials.
Messaging Bodies Publish Investment Roadmap
LONDON-An alphabet soup of industry messaging bodies have released an investment roadmap that is targeted to standardize messaging across the financial services industry, say officials.
Bats Lands in New York
NEW YORK-Bats Trading, operator of the U.S.-based exchange-in-waiting Bats ECN, have taken up residence in lower Manhattan.
FFastFill to Gain FX Support
LONDON-Electronic trading software provider FFastFill expects to provide its trading platform users with expanded multi-asset strategies, with the introduction of foreign exchange (FX) trading support within a few weeks, say vendor officials.
Bear Updates GemFire
NEW YORK-Bear Stearns has recently signed a three-year contract renewal with enterprise fabric platform provider GemStone Systems, even though the bank is primed to be integrated with JPMorgan and its enterprise backbone, DWT has learned.
HSBC Links to Impact Pro
NEW YORK-Users of the Impact Pro integrated execution platform from Advanced Financial Applications (AFA) now have the option to route equities trades across borders via HSBC, DWT has learned.
City Awaits Financial Computing Grads
LONDON-Firms looking to fill financial IT posts are awaiting the first candidates standing for Master of Science (MSc) degrees in financial computing from the University College London (UCL), who will soon finish classes and begin three-month placement…
RTS to Add Options
NEW YORK-Users of the RTD Tango algorithmic trading platform from RTS Realtime Systems Group can plan on options trading support by year-end, RTS officials say.
GFI Expands EnergyMatch
NEW YORK-Traders using interdealer broker GFI's EnergyMatch will be able to trade electric power and natural gas products on the platform from the same interface within months, says Ian Clague, head of energy products for North America at GFI.
Taiwan Exchange to Retire FAST Engine
Taipei-As part of a local three-exchange consolidation, the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSEC) plans to retire its fully automated securities trading (FAST) platform and replace it with a third-party matching engine, according to officials.
NYSE Euronext to Enter MTF Fray
NEW YORK-Global exchange operator NYSE Euronext plans to roll out its own multilateral trading facility (MTF), say exchange officials.
Taming the Algo
DWT European reporter Cecilia Bergamaschi sits down with Alexandra Foster, head of global execution sales, U.K., for BNP Paribas, to discuss algorithmic trading trends.
SOA Makes Strides Down Under
SYDNEY-Financial firms in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) are leading their regional counterparts in Asia-Pacific in terms of adopting service-oriented architecture (SOA), according to research firm Springboard Research.
Wall Street Systems Acquires AGB
NEW YORK-Taking its finger out of the wholesale banking pie, complex event processing (CEP) technologies provider Aleri sold off its Aleri Global Banking (AGB) unit to Wall Street Systems (WSS).