Emerging Technologies
StrongerTogether
Consolidation
People Moves
People Moves
Taking Stock of the Future
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Clive England, André Boisvert, Bruno Colmant
POSITION KEEPING
Arcing towards the buy side
Arcontech is another in a long line of technology firms that started life focusing on lucrative tier-one sell-side organisations, but due to the rise in prominence of the buy side, have since widened their scope to include hedge funds and long-only asset…
Turquoise Data to Mirror Boat
Project Turquoise, the European multilateral trading facility (MTF) formed by a consortium of banks is likely to base its data distribution architecture on that employed by trade reporting utility Boat, according to Cinnober, the vendor named last week…
Demand Rises for Hosted Tick Utilities
Demand is increasing from financial institutions for vendors to develop hosted tick-by-tick storage services as an alternative to firms having to host and manage huge databases of tick data internally, according to industry participants.
Traderforce Bolsters Asian Presence
Paris-based data and trading technology vendor Traderforce is building up its Asian presence and making investments in new infrastructure, offices and additional staff to support growing demand for its products in the region.
Traderforce Bolsters Asian Presence
Paris-based data and trading technology vendor Traderforce is building up its Asian presence and making investments in new infrastructure, offices and additional staff to support growing demand for its products in the region.
Boat Floats Free Trial, Delayed Data
Trade reporting facility Boat (formerly known as Project Boat), is offering a two-month free trial of its real-time quote-and-trade datafeed between its launch on Nov. 1 until the end of this year, and has decided to also provide a delayed feed of data.
Panel: Reg NMS Impact Exaggerated
Market forces are responsible for soaring increases in market data traffic, rather than the conventional wisdom that Reg NMS is driving data growth, according to an industry panel organized by Interactive Data in New York last week
FTSE Readies Delayed Data Fee Hike
Index provider FTSE is set to double the charge for receiving delayed data on its indexes. Sources say FTSE introduced a monthly per-user charge for its delayed data of 25 pence earlier this year, and that this fee will rise to 50 pence next year.
Research Key as EC Probes Thomson-Reuters
The European Commission last week extended its inquiry into the competition implications of the proposed merger between Thomson and Reuters, saying it needs more time to investigate "serious concerns" with the merger.
CEP Start-up Kaskad Denies Demise
Boston-based complex event processing vendor Kaskad Technology says it will continue operations, despite the loss of key executives and its main client, the Boston Stock Exchange, and moving out of its office in downtown Boston.