Data Management
Doubts Raised Over GFI, Icap Index Data
A multi-broker credit index tranche fixing service launched last week by interdealer brokers GFI and Icap appears to have run into trouble, with uncertainty over the data distribution and licensing arrangements for the new fixings, which are based on the…
Defending the Title
COVER STORY
FX algorithms gather steam
Algorithmic trading has taken equities by storm and now an increasing number of institutions are looking to apply trading algorithms to manage their foreign exchange (FX) transactions. Several firms kicked off FX algorithm initiatives last year to…
Islamic asset management set for substantial growth
Islamic asset management set for substantial growth – we summarise a Celent Report on the Middle East buy-side industry set against the backdrop of sharia-compliant investments and primed for substantial growth.
Start-up specialist
Anthony Clemente, chief executive of Manhattan-based Canaras Capital, speaks about the challenges facing new start-ups, the unavailability of third-party software to support the trading activities of firms like Canaras, and the difference between his…
A Mitt for Market Data?
Last week's column had a distinct baseball theme, with sporting analogies and quotes from the great Yogi Berra. This week, I'm continuing the theme—partly because I'm excited about the new season that's about to begin, and also because the game neatly…
Code Red Preps Research "Community"
Buy-side research management software vendor Code Red is preparing to launch an online network for communication of research, trade ideas and meeting suggestions between sell-side firms, independent research providers and buy-side analysts.
On Deck in the Data Dugout
With the baseball season about to get under way in my adopted homeland, it's not surprising that I find many conversations about market data littered with sporting analogies. Why? Perhaps because, as anyone who has witnessed a good double- or even triple…
Euronext Adds Derivatives Depth to EMDS
European exchange group Euronext is preparing to add full depth-of-order-book data for its derivatives markets to the EMDS (Euronext Market Data Service) consolidated feed after completing the technical work to accommodate the additional data last month.
TD's Wombat Install Preps Algo Growth
TD Securities is to expand its algorithmic trading operations during 2007 after implementing technology from low-latency data software vendor Wombat Financial Software, according to officials at the vendor.
WestLB Globalizes FX, Money Market Rates
German bank WestLB has expanded an agreement with London-based Gissing Software to use the vendor's technology to distribute prices on foreign exchange and money market instruments across its offices globally in support of the bank's dealing operations.
"Direct" Comparisons
Last week in this column, I compared the financial results of the big three listed real-time data vendors—Reuters, Thomson Financial and Interactive Data (minus Bloomberg, of course, which is privately held). One thing that became clear—apart from the…
FISD Preps for Next Stage of MDDL
US-based industry body FISD is getting ready to begin promoting adoption of Market Data Definition Language (MDDL), having completed development work on Version 3 of the XML-based standard and its accompanying documentation, officials tell Inside Market…