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Acquire Media Buys NewsEdge as Thomson Continues Divestments
Acquire Media, a Roseland, NJ-based provider of news distribution and management systems, is hoping to expand its potential customer base as the result of buying the NewsEdge consolidated news service from Thomson Corp. for an undisclosed sum last week.
MicrocapTrade Re-brands, Expands
MicrocapTrade, a Montreal-based provider of data on micro and small-cap stocks, is expanding its coverage to include larger and international markets, and is changing its name to reflect the new, expanded focus.
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Users, Exchanges Weigh Data Volume Issues
Exchanges and user firms are still grappling with capacity issues to handle the flood of increasing market data, according to panel discussions at recent industry events in New York.
Let the Games Begin
This week, most North American financial technologists will descend on the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan for the annual rite of passage: the Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association's (Sifma's) Technology Management Conference and…
Q-Wixx Targets CDS Data Transparency
Q-Wixx, a new credit derivatives trading platform created by interdealer broker Creditex and a number of bank partners, will improve price discovery for trading lists of single-name credit default swaps (CDSs) by automating the process of gathering…
Penny-Options Strategies Slow Growth
Following the success of quote mitigation strategies by US options exchanges to manage the anticipated growth in market data from the Securities and Exchange Commission's pilot phase of quoting options in penny increments, exchanges and observers are now…
Pivot Preps Integrated "360 Workspace"
Pivot Solutions, developer of the IMTrader FIX-enabled trader messaging system, will unveil a new strategy to reposition itself as an "institutional-strength collaboration vehicle" at the upcoming SIFMA Technology Management conference, according to…
SunGard Focuses on Growth
COMO, ITALY—Innovation and transformation were the central themes of last week's SunGard Europa user conference.
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As Inside Market Data goes to press, the latest round in the industry's merger and acquisition frenzy sees two companies make abrupt about-faces while contributing to the ongoing trend towards consolidation. It's big news—quite literally: the latest…
West Highland, CJC Join Forces for Global Support Services
West Highland Support Services, a New York-based provider of market data support and remote system management services, is preparing to unveil an agreement with CJC, a London-based consultancy providing market data consulting, administration and…
eSpeed-BGC Deal Drives New Data
The pending buyout of Cantor Fitzgerald's voice-broking spin-off BGC Partners by Cantor's electronic trading subsidiary eSpeed is expected to generate a wealth of new market data products as a result of combining the two businesses.