Data Management
IFS to Expand MTF Tick Data Service
London-based data software developer Intelligent Financial Systems will this month expand its LiquidMetrix Tick Data Service (LMTDS) of tick data from European multilateral trading facilities to include historical market data from new market venues.
BATS Enlists QuantHouse, Updates Multicast
BATS Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility subsidiary of US-based BATS Exchange, has enlisted French low-latency data vendor QuantHouse to supply real-time feeds of market data from other European trading venues to support its trading…
Icap Bows Tervela Low-Latency Messaging
Interdealer broker Icap has begun rolling out a low-latency messaging infrastructure from hardware messaging provider Tervela, as part of a broader initiative to increase performance of its electronic trading platforms, while creating the "building…
UNX Preps Content, Analytics 'Marketplace'
Los Angeles-based agency broker and trading technology provider UNX is preparing to roll out UNX Marketplace, a new component of its Catalyst execution management system that will enable users to sign up for content and analytics packages from third…
Brokerjet Terminal Takes Flight with VWD
Brokerjet, the online brokerage subsidiary of Austrian bank Erste Group, has rolled out a new market data display and trading terminal from Frankfurt-based vendor VWD Group, dubbed Pro Trader, to institutional clients in Austria and neighboring countries…
Convertibles MTF Vega-Chi Prepares for Launch
London-based convertible bond multilateral trading facility Vega-Chi will officially open for trading and begin disseminating live market data this Wednesday, Feb. 17, following the release of a "pre-go-live" version of its trading application last week.
Hanweck Readies European Version of VoleraFeed
Options analytics provider Hanweck Associates is adding coverage of European markets to its VoleraFeed solution, which provides real-time implied volatilities for options on equities, indexes and futures, to meet demand from clients seeking to use…
Vendors Roll Out LSE UK Bond Market Data
Market data terminal providers serving the retail stockbroking and advisory market in the UK and Ireland have begun displaying real-time fixed-income data from the Retail Bond Market launched by the London Stock Exchange last week, officials tell Inside…
Nasdaq Migrates Feeds to Nordic Inet
Nasdaq OMX's Nordic markets will go live on the exchange's Inet trading platform this Monday, Feb. 8, to provide a high-frequency marketplace for stocks listed on the Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen and Iceland stock exchanges, which includes configuring…
Sell Side: Trading Venue Diversity Increasing
LONDON-As European markets and their regulators struggle to balance market liquidity with transparency, industry participants expect liquidity fragmentation to rise as the types of trading venues continue to diversify.
Fator Taps Apama for Algo Trading
Brazilian bank and brokerage Banco Fator Corretora has rolled out technology from Progress Apama to support development of algorithmic trading strategies by the firm and its clients for trading on Brazilian exchange group BM&F Bovespa, officials tell…
LSE Publishes Millennium Feed Specs
The London Stock Exchange has published feed specifications and a testing schedule to prepare clients for a new set of market data feeds-the result of its planned migration to a new matching engine and data platform from IT subsidiary MillenniumIT in…
IASG White-Labels CarryQuote Data Platform
Chicago-based managed futures brokerage Institutional Advisory Service Group has begun reselling a white-labeled version of Zug, Switzerland-based desktop and mobile data vendor CarryQuote's financial information application, to provide its professional…
Here to Stay
Turbulent economic conditions and regulatory pressure have resulted in increased awareness of reference data challenges, and end-users are as active and united as ever. Carla Mangado speaks to Societe Generale's Oliver Rose about recent market…
Counterparty Cleansing at Northern Trust Facilitates Improved Access to Data for Custody Clients
CHICAGO - Northern Trust has completed a data cleansing exercise to facilitate improvement of the web portal information system used by its custody clients, officials tell Inside Reference Data.
Disproving Prejudices against Open Source
Misconceptions and prejudices against open source software, which can be used for ETL and data integration purposes, are unsupported and contradict everything open source stands for, says Talend's Bertrand Diard
Waiting for the Switchover
If there is one market that is ready to explode, it is the U.S. equity options market. Once the Options Clearing Corp.'s (OCC's) Options Symbology Initiative (OSI) hopefully concludes on Feb. 12, the industry should see some major innovations take place…
Fincad Adds Emerging Markets Data
Software provider Fincad has added interest rate curve data for Asian and South African currencies to its range of derivatives valuation and risk management products, and plans to add more Latin American and Asian data in future, to meet client demand…