Articles by Max Bowie
Corvil Names Partner Program Participants
Dublin-based latency monitoring technology provider Corvil has unveiled an Industry Alliance Partner Program to drive development of solutions for analyzing and storing real-time data by providing timestamped data capture from firms' networks, lossless…
Options Upgrades NJ Datacenter Connectivity
Managed technology services provider Options (formerly Options IT) has upgraded the connectivity between its hosting presences in the NJ2 Weehawken, NJ datacenter operated by CenturyLink Technology Solutions (formerly Savvis) and Equinix's NY4 datacenter…
MDX Bows Server-Side Data Cache, Eyes Multi-Vendor Contributions System
UK-based MDX Technology, a provider of Microsoft Excel add-ins for real-time data publishing and distribution, has released version 3 of its MDXT Connect spreadsheet platform, featuring enhancements that will pave the way for the vendor to expand its…
Kinetix Taps Swaps Broker Bullingham for Compliance Solution Sales
Data-driven trading and risk systems provider Kinetix Trading Solutions has hired John Bullingham as New York-based director of sales, responsible for promoting the vendor's Monaco trade management system and its PTV (Pre-Trade Verification) compliance…
Barchart Bolsters Equity Options Web Data
Chicago-based data and analytics provider Barchart has unveiled an Equity Option Center on its website, in response to demand from users for more extensive coverage of the asset class.
SFI Taps Vets Miller, Hillier-Brook for UK, Euro BizDev
Startup data technology vendor Simplified Financial Information has hired two veteran data industry executives─Andrew Miller and Ian Hillier-Brook─as managing directors in London, responsible for business development throughout the UK and Europe.
Perseus Bakes Low-Latency London Microwave Network
New York-based fiber and microwave network provider Perseus Telecom has built a series of wireless microwave networks connecting key datacenters in and around London to provide market makers and latency-sensitive traders with ultra-low latency…
Nasdaq Extends New Feed Tests
Nasdaq OMX has delayed the end of beta testing for a suite of enhanced datafeeds by two weeks to ensure direct feed subscribers have adequate time to test the new versions.
Maple Leaves HFT Co-Lo for SpryWare Cloud
A proprietary trading group at Maple Securities USA, the US subsidiary of Canada’s Maple Financial Group, is finalizing a migration from direct exchange feeds and an in-house co-location operation to a managed market data infrastructure run by Chicago…
Startup Arialytics Exits Platform Sales, Re-Positions as Data Vendor; Nests with RavenPack
Rye, NY-based analytics startup Arialytics has repositioned its offering over the last six months to now solely sell predictive indicators generated by its Aria cross-asset-class predictive analytics platform─which the vendor unveiled last May─rather…
Datacom Expands TradeView Monitoring Appliance
East Syracuse, New York hardware switch vendor Datacom Systems has released version 1.6 of its FPGA-accelerated TradeView appliance for monitoring multicast gap, traffic and microbursts.
Kinetix Adds New Regs Support to Data Compliance Tool
Princeton, NJ-based trading technology provider Kinetix Trading Solutions has added support for new regulations to the Pre-Trade Verification module of its Monaco trading platform, which combines market data with trading firms' databases of counterparty…
Max Bowie: Lights, Camera, Data!
With movies about corporate espionage and greedy tycoons—from the high-flying The Wolf of Wall Street to the grimy Boiler Room—always popular, the average person’s understanding of market data and trading technologies comes from the big screen, not the…
Interactive Data Adds MT Newswires' US, Canada News to Market-Q Desktop, App
Interactive Data has integrated US and Canadian news and analysis from MT Newswires─a division of Midnight Trader─into its Market-Q web-based data terminal and its accompanying Market-Q Mobile platform.
Perseus Buys TLV for Low-Latency CME-ICE Microwave Data
Network provider Perseus Telecom has acquired Broadview, Illinois-based TLV Networks, which operates a low-latency microwave network connecting Chicago-based futures exchange matching engines, from wireless network infrastructure design and management…
Challenger Taps SuperDerivatives for Revaluation, DGX Terminals
Australian Investment manager Challenger is to roll out derivatives pricing and risk software vendor SuperDerivatives' bespoke portfolio revaluation service, allowing the firm to price basket options and underlying securities for ASX 200 index…
Feldstein Fits at BAML
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has appointed Josh Feldstein as vice president of market data sourcing, based in New York.
Tokyo Stock Exchange Offers Corvil Latency Measurement to Network Clients
The Tokyo Stock Exchange is to begin offering Dublin-based technology vendor Corvil's CorvilClear latency performance management solution to trading firms connected to its Arrownet network on an as-a-service basis, to provide them with visibility into…
Recognia Names CFO MacAskill New CEO
Ottawa, Canada-based technical analysis software vendor Recognia has appointed Kenneth MacAskill chief executive, replacing founder Rick Escher, who has stepped down from the CEO role but will remain actively involved in the company and its board of…
Redi Adds OTC Markets Data
Trading technology provider Redi Global Technologies has begun distributing real-time Level 1 and Level 2 market data from New York-based over-the-counter equities exchange OTC Markets Group, to offer its clients access to a broader range of traded…
Opening Cross: ‘Location, Location, Location’ Is Only Half the Battle
Wherever you feel at home, your location is ultimately only as good as the leverage it provides.
BATS–Direct Edge to Equalize NY4, NY5 Latency, Post-2015 Equinix Move
BATS Global Markets will ensure that trading members of its BATS and Direct Edge exchanges will experience the same latency whether they co-locate in datacenter provider Equinix’s Secaucus, NJ NY4 or NY5 facilities when the US equities and options…