Emerging Technologies
Cloud Security Challenges Adoption
LONDON-Although some industry insiders say cloud computing is not a new concept, the technology presents solutions to new problems in financial services firms.
Thoughts on Turning 15
On May 13, DWT held its 15th annual DWT conference and exhibition at the Hilton Tower Bridge in London, drawing buy-side and sell-side financial technologists from the City and Canary Wharf, as well as Continental Europe. All gathered to discuss this…
Banks Seek More Automation in Portfolio Trading
LONDON-When it comes to automated portfolio trading, a lot of offerings in the marketplace today are not fully automated, industry insiders say.
Reuters Adds Commodities News Sentiment
Thomson Reuters has expanded its NewsScope Sentiment Engine, which ascribes sentiment "scores" to news stories to reflect how positive or negative they are for use in algorithmic trading engines, with the addition of scores for real-time commodity and…
Bloomberg Snaps Up Industry Veterans Brain, Jacobi
Bloomberg has bolstered its data sales and acquisition functions with the recent hires of two senior data executives from end-user firms, Simon Brain and Rich Jacobi.
Hedgehogs.net Seeks Data For Web Portal App Store
Hedgehogs.net, a recently launched Web portal that combines a social networking platform for investment professionals to communicate with peers with aggregated Web content, is in negotiations with data vendors to provide access to data for third-party…
BIDS Trading Rolls Out SuperFeed for Market Data
BIDS Trading, an alternative trading system for anonymous block equity trading, has deployed the SuperFeed managed ticker plant from NYSE Euronext's NYSE Technologies data and technology division (formerly Wombat Financial Services), to support its…
Lenahan Exit Prompts Skyler Shuffle
Order book aggregation and trading technology vendor Skyler Technologies has reassigned the duties of its executive management team, following the recent departure of vice president of sales and marketing Michael Lenahan, officials say.
XTF Forms Data Utility with ETF Sponsors
New York-based Marco Polo XTF, the exchange-traded fund rating business of Marco Polo Network, is setting up a data utility that will provide normalized data on ETFs to ETF sponsors, intermediaries and data vendors.
No Rest for the Wicked
I have always found April and May to be the two busiest months of the year. Maybe this is because winter is finally over and people have an added burst of energy. Then again, it could be that everyone is trying to accomplish everything they need to do…
This Is Not a Drill
As DWT goes to press, the World Health Organization (WHO) has not upgraded its swine flu pandemic alert status from Phase 5 to Phase 6. According to WHO, Phase 5 is characterized human-to-human transmission of the disease in two countries in a single WHO…
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