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Exegy Update Boosts Performance

St. Louis-based data technology provider Exegy has released version 1.2 of its hardware-based ticker plant appliance, which can accommodate greater throughput volumes at lower latency, officials say.

Xignite, JackBe 'Mashup' Data

Web-based data vendor Xignite is integrating its data content with the Web services platform of integration provider JackBe, to allow end users in financial firms to create "mashup" data products on the fly by pulling together different components from…

Users: Keep It Simple, Vendors

Market data managers want their data suppliers to go back to basics and provide service that is flexible, consistent, and where there is trust on both sides of the relationship, according to the opening user panel at Inside Market Data's North American…

Vendors: One-Size-Fits-All Is Dead

The increasing array of free news and data on the Internet, along with the threat of data piracy, is encouraging vendors to forge closer client relationships to deliver tailored content and technologies, said panelists at the North American Financial…

Data Dilemmas of Pricing Illiquid Assets

Decisions around vendor selection when acquiring data on illiquid assets remain driven by trader needs rather than by market data managers, according to panelists at last week's North American Financial Information Summit.

Markit Readies LCDX Index Launch

LCDX, a North American loan-only credit default swap index, is expected to launch in early May, coinciding with the launch of a new market standard identifier for credit agreements and loan tranches, provided by Markit RED Loans.

Roundtable: Tracking Indexes

Index data—once restricted to headline values and end-of-day files—is increasingly used as the basis for adventurous front-office trading strategies and for the creation of new investment vehicles based on or linked to established or custom-developed…

FTSE Seals Bloomberg, BGI Deals

Index provider FTSE has inked deals to distribute detailed index data via Bloomberg and to license several real estate index products to Barclays Global Investors to use as the basis for exchange-traded funds, officials say.

JPMorgan Expands Custom Index Use

JPMorgan is increasing its use of niche and custom indexes to support new structured products that help clients pursue thematic investment opportunities, officials tell Inside Market Data .

MSCI Barra Preps Index Changeover

Index provider MSCI Barra will this week release the constituent data for its new range of global indexes, which will be introduced during the coming year, reflecting a new methodology that will enable the vendor to substantially expand the range of…

Custom Index Boom

With indexes and index-based products growing rapidly, firms have a choice of how to create their own custom indexes. By Ridgely Walters, senior director of client development and support at Dow Jones Indexes

Tabb: Brace for Spend, Volume Records

Expenditure on technology to keep pace with low-latency trading is likely to be outpaced by market forces, despite a record spend of $1.3 billion per year expected by 2010 on technology to support advanced trading techniques, compared to $789 million…

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